Clermontois and Toulouse will wish each other a Happy New Year on the Michelin lawn this Saturday evening on the 14th day of the Top 14. The two teams have not played for two weeks.
The composition
For this first meeting of 2022, it’s Alexi Balès who will start in the scrum with the number 9 in the back. “I don’t know if I have the 80 minutes in the legs but I’m prepared for. Everything is calibrated to be ready for the weekend. I feel good physically”, explains the half-scrum back to competition after a particular hamstring injury. Antoine Dupont, spared, is not traveling.
Juan Cruz Malli will be aligned on a wing while Lucas Tauzin slides in the center in the absence of Sofiane Guitoune.
Flament: “The band is ready”
Deprived of a match these last two weekends (postponement of matches against Wasps and Stade Français), Stade Toulousain must find the rhythm but that does not worry the second row Thibaud Flament: “We did good training, we worked well. The matches were canceled at the last minute so we were able to have weeks of full preparation. The coaches were able to set up training which allowed us to seek intensities The group is ready and I think it’s going to go well. “