Maxime Lucu finds the position of holder at the scrum with the UBB. ROMAN PERROCHEAU / AFP
UBB can count on the return of its internationals to hope to win against La Rochelle (Saturday, 9:05 p.m.).
In front of a jam-packed Matmut Atlantique and an atmosphere that should be there, UBB must win at home against Stade Rochelais (Saturday, 9:05 p.m.). For this, the Bordelais can count on the return of their internationals after the end of the Six Nations Tournament.
If Maxime Lucu and Sipili Falatea are lined up from the start, Yoram Moefana will have to sit on the bench at kick-off. It is Tani Villi and Nicolas Depoortere who will form the center pair with Louis Bielle-Biarrey and Santi Cordero, whose departure for Connacht has just been announced.
Zack Holmes will start at the opening following the absence due to injury of Matthieu Jalibert while Antoine Miquel takes advantage of Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer’s package to recover number 7. For the rest Frédéric Charrier and Julien Lairle have opted for classic with a first line Kaulashvili-Lamothe-Falatea.