“The operation was a success and I’m on the road to recovery,” Adam Coleman wrote on Instagram on Wednesday.

Two starts this season

Coleman has played only two Top 14 matches this season, both as a starting lock: the win at La Rochelle (19-25) on 25 October, then the win over Bayonne (19-14), when he played the full 80 minutes. Injured in that match, he did not join Tonga for the Nations Cup in November.

Three locks missing

Bordeaux-Bègles were already without Cyril Cazeaux, who injured his hamstring at Clermont on 10 October, and Adam Zapedowski, concussed at La Rochelle. With Cameron Woki on France duty, Yannick Bru paired Boris Palu and Alexander Moon in the second row for the trip to Vannes, lost 23-14 on 8 November.

Key figures

5-6 weeks out after the operation

3 Bordeaux-Bègles locks injured: Coleman, Cazeaux and Zapedowski

2 Top 14 matches played by Coleman this season, both as a starter

Félix Lapoussière
Journaliste