The Bordeaux-Bègles opener, left out of the French XV and back with his club, received a crutch on his right knee shortly after kick-off, this Saturday in Brittany.
Back as a starter in the colors of Union Bordeaux-Bègles this Saturday, Matthieu Jalibert only spent ten minutes on the pitch at RC Vannes, at La Rabine. The UBB opener, who slammed the door of the French XV to find his club, experienced a real nightmare.
From the 2e minute of the match, on a small kick over the top, the English pillar of Vannes, Mako Vunipola, involuntarily hit his left thigh. Care in the goal and limping back for Matthieu Jalibert. Who, eight minutes later, left the pitch, to the applause of the caring public at the La Rabine stadium, replaced by the Irishman Joey Carbery.
«It’s a shock to the quadricepssaid UBB manager Yannick Bru. Matthieu very quickly felt that he could not accelerate. We knew there was an emotional charge for him tonight (Saturday evening). Destiny took it upon himself to find the solution…»
