Overview
- La Rochelle lost 26-15 at Bayonne in the Top 14 on Saturday, and three starters left the game injured.
- Assistant coach Rémi Talès said the club fears Will Skelton suffered an Achilles tendon rupture.
- Skelton had only just returned from a calf injury for his second game back after a layoff that began in early January.
- Bayonne played with 14 men after a 39th-minute red card to Rodrigo Bruni, but La Rochelle took three yellow cards and leaked two late tries.
- Skelton posted a photo of his foot in a moon boot, and La Rochelle will await scans this week before an April 4 Challenge Cup tie.