Back from a serious knee injury having held him away from the field for ten months, Charles Ollivon will replay this weekend in Top 14 with Toulon.
He has been impatient for about a month. This Saturday in Mayol, Charles Ollivon will finally find a rugby lawn ten months after his last appearance. On January 4 during a top 14 meeting against Racing 92, he injured himself seriously at the right knee, brutally ending his season. Victim four years earlier of a similar injury to the left knee, the former captain of the XV of France is about to make a second return to the highest level. Whoever has taken part in the RCT collective training for a month, will be on the bench and will enter during the game during the 5th day of Top 14 against Pau teaches us Olympic Midi.
Parish: “Ollivon? Athletically, it is incredible ”
“After a long absence, you are no longer a week away. We are listening. It is up to him to feel 100 % in his body and in his head. In his head, he is close to resuming competition for several weeks. It is full of energy. Athletically, it is incredible. (…) In terms of his speed, he found good sensations. Now, when you have been far from the field for so long, you’re expecting only one thing: replaying rugby, ”commented Sergio Parisse, deputy coach of Pierre Mignoni, last week against the press on the sidelines of the aborted comeback of the 3rd line. Pressed to make his return, integrated into the group summoned for the 4th day in Bayonne, Charles Ollivon had finally been preserved.
At the peak of his form, Charles Ollivon was stopped net at the start of the year after only 11 appearances with Toulon in Top 14. On the international scene he had participated in the success of the Blues against the All Blacks during the tour of November. The following week, he had played in the 3rd center center station during the entire match won by the XV of France at the expense of Argentina.
