2023-09-26 14:28:00
Injured in the thigh at the beginning of September, Paul Willemse (30 years old) might make his return to the France group in the coming weeks. In a World Rugby podcast, the French second row gave his news, and spoke of “a return within a week or two”.
The news is good from Paul Willemse. Injured in the thigh on September 1 last, the Montpellier resident saw his participation in the World Cup seriously compromised.
Since then, he had not spoken. He spoke for the first time following this physical problem in a World Rugby podcast. And the least we can say is that these are positive words. “I am ready to join the team if necessary, the time to get back on my feet, in one or two weeks it should be good”, admits the second row of South African origin. He then continued: “For the moment, I’m at 70% I would say. Over the coming weeks, I’m going to make sure everything is going well, and we’ll see what happens.”
He will have to replace an injured
Obviously, Willemse is one of the first supporters of the Blues since the start of the competition. Watching his friends through his screen, something he accepted: “I got used to it. With each hard blow during my career, I always gave myself several days to digest. I eat quite a bit under the emotion, so I manage steak by steak.” The possible quarter-final of the Tricolores (who are not yet officially qualified) would take place in two and a half weeks, which makes it easy to see coming.
As a reminder, for the 2022 French champion to return to the squad of the French XV, another player must withdraw. For the moment, no player has withdrawn from the rest of the competition. Affected once morest Namibia, Antoine Dupont et Paul Boudehent will be able to return to the field before October 28, the date of the grand final. The Rochelais even applies for the match once morest Italy which will take place on October 6.
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