Toulouse's Ramos to miss Champions Cup semi with injury / Photo: Valentine CHAPUIS - AFP/File
Toulouse's Ramos to miss Champions Cup semi with injury
Toulouse full-back Thomas Ramos has been ruled out of this weekend's Champions Cup semi-final against Bordeaux-Begles with a calf issue, the French club announced on Friday.
France's Ramos, 29, has been replaced in the starting lineup by Argentina's Juan Cruz Mallia for Sunday's game at Bordeaux's Matmut Atlantique stadium.
The six-time champions are also without superstar scrum-half Antoine Dupont, hooker Peato Mauvaka and winger Blair Kinghorn.
The absence of Ramos, the club's record points scorer, as well as Scotland's Kinghorn means Mallia will take over the goal-kicking duties.
For the hosts, Tonga prop Ben Tameifuna starts on the bench after a calf injury had sidelined him since April 12's quarter-final win over Munster.
Teams (15-1)
Bordeaux-Begles
Romain Buros; Damian Penaud, Nicolas Depoortere, Yoram Moefana, Louis Bielle-Biarrey; Matthieu Jalibert, Maxime Lucu (capt); Pete Samu, Guido Petti, Mahamadou Diaby; Cyril Cazeaux, Adam Coleman; Sipili Falatea, Maxime Lamothe, Jefferson Poirot
Replacements: Connor Sa, Matis Perchaud, Ben Tameifuna, Pierre Bochaton, Marko Gazzotti, Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer, Arthur Retiere, Joey Carbery
Toulouse
Juan-Cruz Mallia; Ange Capuozzo, Pierre-Louis Barassi, Pita Ahki, Dimitri Delibes; Romain Ntamack, Paul Graou; Alexandre Roumat, Jack Willis, Francois Cros; Emmanuel Meafou, Thibaud Flament; Dorian Aldegheri, Julien Marchand (capt), Cyril Baille
Replacements: Guillaume Cramont, Rodrigue Neti, Joel Merkler, Clement Verge, Anthony Jelonch, Mathis Castro-Ferreira, Naoto Saito, Santiago Chocobares
W.Janssens--RTC
