La Rochelle international pillar Georges-Henri Colombe, injured in a knee, will be absent for several weeks, AFP learned from the maritime club, confirming information from the daily L'Equipe.
Colombe (25 years old, 2 caps), left with the group for South Africa before the eighth of the Champions Cup, “had examinations which confirmed the hematoma” in his right knee, caused during a shock against Oyonnax (40-21), in Top 14, indicated the training.
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As a result, the right pillar, replaced in the 19th minute by Uini Atonio against Oyonnax, will be absent "several weeks" and will already not be able to play in the possible quarter-final of the Champions Cup, scheduled for the weekend of April 12.
La Rochelle, double continental title holder, faces the Stormers, the South African franchise from Cape Town, on Saturday in the round of 16 of the Champions Cup. Currently 5th in the Top 14, Ronan O'Gara's men return to the championship on the 20th in Castres.