Top 14: “Greg (Alldritt) is missed on a daily basis,” recognizes Danty

Saturday at 6:00 p.m., Stade Rochelais faces is out. Facing Stade Français, the Maritimes will try to obtain their fifth success in the championship.

Present at a press conference the day before the meeting, Jonathan Danty covered various subjects. And in particular the case of Grégory Alldritt, on vacation since the end of the World Cup: “I think he resumes after Toulouse (match on December 30, editor's note). He was on vacation there. I let him enjoy it. Knowing him, he follows the matches, and he must be more frustrated than some on the pitch. But we are really waiting for his return, even if Yo (Tanga), Paul (Boudehent), Leps (Botia) and the others are doing the job,” he confided.

“Greg, he’s our real captain. He gives off something. He has great leadership, and even though he is young, he is a guy with 50 caps for the France team,” explained the French center. Before adding: “As captain, Greg is missed on a daily basis. On the pitch, he gives us confidence, he almost never backs down in duels. And when the teams opposite see Greg arriving in great shape, they are not calm.”

Defeated twice in the European Cup, but also lagging behind in the championship (ninth), the Rochelais did not have a start to the season that lived up to their expectations. An observation accepted by Danty: “We are lagging behind, and we need to regain our level of play. It is a difficult period, we realize that the favorable rebounds that we have had the last two seasons, They are no longer there. He concluded by addressing the shock against Stade Français on Saturday afternoon: “At Stade Français, we are going there with young people, it is positive for the competition, because some managers perhaps felt too established and did not did not make the necessary efforts to perform. We all need to get back up to speed.” It remains to be seen how this statement will be perceived within the La Rochelle locker room.