{"id":77141,"date":"2025-05-05T18:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T18:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/77141\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T18:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T18:38:09","slug":"damian-penaud-injury-update-after-bordeaux-stars-tearful-semi-final-exit-planet-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/77141\/","title":{"rendered":"Damian Penaud injury update after Bordeaux star&#8217;s &#8216;tearful&#8217; semi-final exit : Planet Rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>First-time Champions Cup finalists Bordeaux have suggested that Damian Penaud has a fighting chance of making the May 24 decider versus Northampton \u2013 despite appearing to be seriously injured when exiting Sunday\u2019s semi-final.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Penaud looked to be in agony when he limped out of the win over Toulouse, leaving the fray on 57 minutes to be replaced by Arthur Retiere with his team leading at the time by 25-18.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/bordeaux-begles-v-toulouse-winners-and-losers-damian-penaud-departure-a-sad-sight-for-viewers-who-enjoy-glorious-champions-cup-weekend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The winger\u2019s premature departure<\/a> didn\u2019t hamper his team as they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/joey-carbery-aims-for-first-proper-trophy-but-bordeaux-star-expects-huge-challenge-from-northampton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">went on to win 35-18<\/a> and progress to the final in Cardiff against the Saints.<\/p>\n<p>However, the chat in the immediate aftermath was that the French club would likely miss not having the services of Penaud available, not only for the Principality Stadium match but for the run-in to the Top 14 title race.<\/p>\n<p>A day, though, can be a long time in rugby and the message now coming from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/bordeaux-begles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bordeaux<\/a> is that Penaud potentially has a chance of making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/tournament\/european-champions-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Champions Cup final<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe news is rather assuring\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lequipe.fr\/Rugby\/Actualites\/Victime-d-une-entorse-damian-penaud-pourrait-disputer-la-finale-de-la-coupe-d-europe-avec-l-ubb\/1559378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A report in L\u2019Equipe<\/a> read: \u201cUBB\u2019s victory against Toulouse on Sunday was marked by Damian Penaud\u2019s tears after his team qualified for the Champions Cup final against Northampton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComing off just before the hour mark, the Bordeaux winger suffered a left ankle injury and his participation in the final, scheduled for Cardiff, seemed compromised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut this Monday, the news is rather reassuring. As reported by\u00a0Sud-Ouest\u00a0and confirmed to\u00a0L\u2019Equipe, the first signs are positive. And optimism remains high on the Bordeaux side. However, we will have to wait until midweek or the weekend to get a more precise idea of \u200b\u200bhow long Penaud will be out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce his ankle swelling has gone down, the Bordeaux winger will be able to undergo medical tests. While there is little doubt that he will not play in the next two Top 14 matches (away to Montpellier and home to Castres), his participation in the final against the Saints cannot be ruled out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike Toulouse\u2019s Ange Capuozzo, who returned to competition after three weeks of absence, the Frenchman could be operational in Cardiff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/bordeaux-begles-v-toulouse-five-takeaways-as-rugby-genius-louis-bielle-biarrey-stars-to-end-champions-magnificent-reign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Five takeaways as \u2018rugby genius\u2019 Louis Bielle-Biarrey stars to end champions\u2019 \u2018magnificent reign\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First-time Champions Cup finalists Bordeaux have suggested that Damian Penaud has a fighting chance of making the May&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[2383,12761,225,12,4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-77141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-champions-cup","9":"tag-damian-penaud","10":"tag-home-page","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-rugby","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114456684806502568","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}