Kumamoto (Japan) (AFP)
The right pillar of the XV of France Demba Bamba, injured on a thigh Friday, is very uncertain for the rest of the World Cup, we learned from the coaching.
According to information from L'Equipe, confirmed by RMC Sports, the 2018 U20 World Champion is even forfeited for the rest of the competition. "The decision has not yet been made," said a source of supervision to AFP.
Bamba (21 years old, 7 sel.), Who was to hold on Wednesday against the United States after coming into play against Argentina in opening (23-21), spent Saturday medical examinations that revealed a lesion requiring ten fifteen days off.
Absent for the next three group matches (Tonga on October 6th and England on the 12th after the USA), he could only come back for a possible quarter-final (October 19th or 20th).
A dilemma for coaching who, if he chose to bet on a recovery of Bamba, should do with only two straight piers, Emerick Setiano (23 years old, 3 sel.) And Rabah Slimani (29 years old, 54 sel.), for the remaining three groups of hens, grouped together in ten days.
If, on the contrary, he decided to replace the neo-Lyonnais, his substitute would probably be fit, once the time difference digested, for the "Crunch" against the XV of the Rose. Racingman Cedate Gomes Sa (26, 9) and Rochelais Uini Atonio (29, 32), more powerful and experienced but less mobile, appear as the two main candidates.
A package of Bamba, holder in four of the five meetings of the last tournament of six nations, would be a blow for the player and staff of the Blues, who had decided to take him to Japan despite his cervical surgery in early June. She had made him miss the three preparation meetings.
The XV of France had already regretted last Sunday, the package for the continuation of the World Cup of its leader of attack, Wesley Fofana (thigh), replaced by the young center of Lyon Pierre-Louis Barassi (21 years, 0 sel.).
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