Having gone down injured against Toulouse this past weekend Argentine Benjamín Urdapilleta now faces a three month recovery period. The ten time capped former Puma suffered a torn hamstring in his team’s 37-20 away loss.
Urdapilleta is to undergo surgery over the coming days. The club is also expected to be without Julien Dumora sho was also hurt in the match. On the flip side both Sitiveni Sivivatu and Dan Kirkpatrick are fit again.
After three rounds Castres occupy 6th position one place ahead of Urdapilleta’s former club, Oyonnax. All fourteen participants have won at least one match while only Clermont and Toulouse remain undefeated.