{"id":468705,"date":"2026-03-11T00:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T00:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/468705\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T00:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T00:55:11","slug":"season-likely-over-for-france-star-as-yet-more-misery-comes-from-scotland-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/468705\/","title":{"rendered":"Season likely over for France star as yet more misery comes from Scotland defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

France<\/a> centre Nicolas Depoortere<\/a> will likely miss the remainder of the season after dislocating his shoulder against Scotland<\/a> on Saturday in the Guinness Six Nations, French outlet Sud Ouest<\/a> have reported.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old was forced from the field shortly into the second half of Scotland\u2019s comprehensive 50-40 win over Fabien Galthie\u2019s side in Edinburgh, and scans on Sunday revealed he will need to undergo an operation on his right shoulder.<\/p>\n

The centre had already been omitted from France\u2019s squad for the final round of the Championship against England<\/a> on Saturday at the Stade de France, but his absence will now be long-term, with his participation again this season looking unlikely.<\/p>\n

Depoortere had already had his Championship punctuated by a calf injury, which ruled him out of rounds two and three against Wales<\/a> and Italy.<\/p>\n

The question for Galthie will now be whether he simply replaces Depoortere for Le Crunch with Pau\u2019s Emilien Gailleton<\/a>, or he replaces the entire midfield unit to accommodate Gailleton\u2019s Pau<\/a> team-mate Fabien Brau-Boirie. The Pau pair started the round two and three clashes with the Bordeaux-Begles duo of Yoram Moefana<\/a> and Depoortere both injured.<\/p>\n

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Galthie could opt to maintain a club partnership in the centres rather than pairing Moefana and Gailleton together. He may also opt for changes after a surprisingly poor performance by Les Bleus, which brought their Grand Slam charge to a shuddering halt. They sit at the top of the Six Nations<\/a> standings, level on points with Scotland, heading into the final round, where they will likely need a win to defend their title.<\/p>\n

The injury is also a huge blow for Bordeaux, as they look to defend their Investec Champions Cup<\/a> title. Depoortere\u2019s team-mates will host Leicester<\/a> Tigers in the round of 16 in April, while also fighting on the domestic front, being fifth in the Top 14<\/a> currently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"France centre Nicolas Depoortere will likely miss the remainder of the season after dislocating his shoulder against Scotland…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-468705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}