Jermaine Ainsley had arrived during the summer without making noise in Lyon from the Highlanders of Dunedin. This New Zealand, international … Australian three times in 2018, had established itself without a blow to the right side of the Mélée du Lou which he had helped stabilize at the start of the season. Dynamic in the game and solid in defense, he then brought a lot to the Lyon Pack.
But like most of the New Zealand pillars that chain the top 14 after the super rugby, without a rest beach, it knew a soft stroke at the entrance to winter. He was also caught up by the “us and customs” of the French championship, where the fray and its arbitration have nothing to do with what is done in the southern hemisphere. He spent an end of fall and a difficult start of winter even becoming the LOU player most often sanctioned: 15 penalties, including 12 in scratches.
While he had played 13 of the first 15 games of the top 14 with 11 tenure in the key, Jermaine Ainsley only participated since at a end of the match against Toulon the 1is March. He was the victim that day of a fracture of 2e Metacarpus of the left hand which removed it two months from the field. Today he makes his comeback. And Lou supporters hope that he will appear in his best light …
