Paris (AFP)

The last test marker is him. On March 1, the back of Stade Français Kylan Hamdaoui was the last player in the Top 14 to cross the line during a defeat at Toulon (19-18). Since then, the Championship has been stopped by the coronavirus. A month ago. Almost forever.

He plays the images in his head ... "We make several play times in their 22: we pass the big ones in front, Joris (Segonds, the opener, Editor's note) puts me + on + and I, I I just have to flatten it, "says 25-year-old Kylian Hamdaoui modestly. Stade Français then leads (18-16) to Stade Mayol.

No question, at that time, of igniting for the Parisians who were last in the Top 14. "I knew that there was still a little time and that it was going to be tense until the end. They were pushing more In view of the match last year, we thought it was going to be a hooked match ... and afterwards, everyone knows the scenario of the match, "said Hamdaoui.

In the process, the second row Yoann Maestri is sanctioned for offside and the young Louis Carbonel offers the victory to Toulon ... in the 83rd minute (19-18).

"We were upset. We were all down. It was really a victory that would have done us good. In addition, 'Carbo', I met him again on Monday at Marcoussis (at the French team rally, editor's note) and I told him I was sure he was going to put it ... It reminded me of a penalty he had spent with the under 20s. I was sure he was going to score. a little green, "recalls Hamdaoui.

- "All in the dark" -

Kylan Hamdaoui therefore remains the last test marker in the Top 14. "For now", specifies the rear, who has not forgotten this test, his seventh of the season, registered five minutes from the end.

This Sunday, March 1, after the Paris defeat, the Top 14 was to observe a break from the end of the Six Nations Tournament. Except that, since, the players have not driven back the lawns of the Top 14.

They are even confined, like the whole population, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. So the questions are jostling: will we finish the season? Who will go up and down? A question all the more important for him that, before the cut, the Stade Français occupied the last place.

"In view of the situation, it's delicate. It's been a month since we've played," said Hamdaoui, who arrived from Biarritz (Pro D2) in 2018.

If the containment is lifted, what to do? "It's a bit complicated to decide. There are so many cases. We're talking about descents, teams that are making efforts to climb ... We're all in the dark. It's complicated to project ourselves on a possible recovery ", explains the interested party who, confined to family, kills time by playing board games, while trying to keep in shape.

"And while eating. A lot a lot. My mother cooks very well," confesses the rear. It will be time to think about rugby.

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