Only replacing against South Africa, Maxime Lucu is very happy to start with the number 9 in the match of the XV of France against Fiji, in Bordeaux.
He didn’t want to miss this. Absent since the end of August due to a thumb injury, Maxime Lucu returned in time for the French XV’s series of November test matches, where he will play an important role in the absence of captain Antoine Dupont.
A little tight to start against South Africa, where he took over from Nolann Le Garrec, Lucu will be fully operational and starting for the match against Fiji, in Bordeaux. A meeting that the UBB captain clearly did not want to miss.
“There are lots of little things. Already finding the jersey of the French team, in Bordeaux… I have ants in my legs! »he confides
in the South-West columns.
Maxime Lucu savors
“There will also be guys around me for whom this match will matter”he said, thinking of Charles Ollivon, back with the Blues after a serious injury, or his club teammates:
“Nicolas (Depoortere), Loulou (Bielle-Biarrey), Damian (Penaud). And there is also the premiere of Max (Lamothe)! There are parameters that make you particularly want to play certain matches, this is one of them. »
Over the months, Maxime Lucu showed that he was more than a simple understudy for Antoine Dupont. But the player still measures his luck in wearing this jersey. “Having the number 9 is still quite rare”he explains at the dawn of his 12th tenure.
“This will be my 29th selection, I participated in 34 or 35 matches, he confides, counting the matches in which he did not come into play. Given the competition for the position, it’s not common to have this jersey. Having him back in Bordeaux, I think it’s a strong point in my path: it counts. I wanted to live this moment. »
