MHR: Paul Willemse out for three more months, his future remains uncertain, Chalureau injured in the shoulder

MHR second row Paul Willemse (32 years old) saw his rest extended by three months after his concussion suffered at the beginning of October.

A possible more important decision will be made later. In the meantime, according to our information, the medical staff of MHR has extended the Paul Willemse stoppage by three more months. Victim of a new concussion last October against Stade Français, the sixth in a year, the international second row has been on forced rest since then.

Before this last virulent but not impressive shock, the 32-year-old Montpellier player confided in our columns. “In twelve years of my career, I have not had a single concussion. Now, in one year, I have had five […] With all the little shocks I have had over the last twelve years, my head is only now alerting me to the “danger”. And if that is the case, it is necessary to take the thing much more seriously”, Willemse said on October 4th.

His return to the rugby field is not guaranteed, as he is also being monitored by Dr. Brauge, a neurosurgeon connected to the French Rugby Federation. The player's family is, naturally, on the lookout for the evolution of his physical integrity.

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At the end of his contract next June at the MHR, the French international (32 caps) with South African origins sees his future increasingly unclear. Regardless of his medical result in three months, rumors announce a return to the country.

Chalureau injured in the shoulder

Since the injury of the colossus of Pretoria, the Montpellier staff is busy looking for a medical joker. Joan Caudullo, the manager, is looking for a third number 5 to support Tyler Duguid and Bastien Chalureau, the only right second rows by trade. And again, the second injured his shoulder against Clermont on December 27. He had an operation and his absence is estimated at at least one month.

“It's always difficult in the middle of the season to find a player. Super Rugby is going to start again, so there aren't the best players in that championship. I'm not saying that there's still the plague and cholera, because there are always good profiles, but we're looking. Marco Tauleigne, physically, is capable of holding the position. We have this advantage, in the second row and third row, of still having people and especially quality”, assured Caudullo in mid-December.

The number 5 file will intensify in the coming weeks.