Raphaël Sanchez, versatile three-quarterback will play his first minutes of the season with US Montauban at the Boniface stadium in Mont-de-Marsan, seven and a half months after his last appearance. He took part in the question-and-answer game.
US Montauban travels to the Mont-de-Marsan lawn, Friday November 10, 2023 in the evening, after the slap received at home in the derby against Colomiers (13-37). Wake-up time for the Tarn-et-Garonnais and the return to the field for Raphaël Sanchez, seriously injured for many months.
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Can we talk about your big comeback?
Indeed, these will be my first minutes of the season in competition. At the end of last season, before Grenoble, I ruptured the cruciate ligaments in one knee. She kept me out of the stadiums for seven and a half months. I’m ready today. I can’t wait to get back on the pitch and with my friends in match jerseys.
How do we deal with such unavailability?
It is not easy. We see his comrades training and playing. I couldn’t help the team finish a complicated season. They did the job. We question ourselves. The injury makes you grow and evolve. The operation and the recovery of the crusaders went very well. After seven months, when I returned, I injured my other leg. This often happens in such cases because we compensate with the leg that is not injured. That was two more months of downtime. Today everything is fine. This is my first big injury of my career.
You must have a strong desire to play?
I have fangs. When you come back from the Crusaders and you get a taste of the field with your friends and you repeat yourself, it’s mentally hard. When you come back you only want to go on the field and play.
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What do you think about making your return to an artificial pitch?
That does not bother me. I only think about playing. I have no apprehension on this question. This doesn’t worry me.
You are a versatile player as they say…
I don’t really have a preferred position. I adapt to where the coaches want me to play. This season I understand it will be mostly center or garlic. I can still cover the fullback position. I can play everywhere.
What do you think, seen from the stands at the start of your team’s season?
We attacked the season well. We have two tough matches left. It’s up to us to bounce back to get back to our standards at the start of the season. This Friday, we will be opposed to a big team in its stadium which is capable of imposing its method in all areas of the game. I will say that for my return, it does not matter which team will be opposite. I will want to give everything. We are going to try to change our last image. We have nothing to lose. It’s a good match to bounce back from. We are a group and it’s not just the players who played against Colomiers who lost.
Didn’t make a seven this year?
I didn’t want it because I didn’t want to get injured at seven before my recovery at fifteen.
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