Published on March 30, 2022 at 11:47 p.m.
Aurélie SACCHELLI
Four months after his terrible injury to both knees, Mathieu Bastareaud resumed racing this Wednesday in Lyon. But the rest of his career still remains in suspense.
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“Step by step” tweeted Mathieu Bastareaud this Wednesday, all smiles in training. It is indeed “step by step” that the LOU center carries out his rehabilitation, but this day marked a turning point in his healing phase since he was able to resume running, almost four months to the day after his rupture of the quadriceps tendon of both knees suffered while sliding on the soggy terrain of Toulon. Operated on December 3 in Lyon, the 33-year-old player must be absent for six months, that is until the beginning of June. However, his contract with the LOU will end on June 30. No one knows if the former Stade Français and Toulon player will resume his career once he recovers from this serious injury, even if his rehabilitation seems to be going optimally., he who explained at the beginning of March that he hoped to resume racing at the end of April. So he’s a month ahead. “I am not in a situation where the clubs necessarily think of me. Very few people think I can return to a rugby field. The phone doesn’t ring much. I’m concentrating on myself, and when it’s time to talk more seriously, we’ll see, “he confided in mid-March on RMC.
349 professional matches for Bastareaud
Throughout his career, Mathieu Bastareaud has played a total of 14 games with Massy (5 tries), 99 with Stade Français (20 tries), 211 with Toulon (25 tries), 5 with New York (2 tries) where the adventure was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic, and 20 with Lyon (3 tries). He also wore the XV de France jersey 54 times (25 tries).and has three Champions Cup and a French championship title with Toulon and a 6 Nations Tournament in 2010 to his name. Whether his career is officially over or not, Mathieu Bastareaud will remain a big name in French rugby.
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