The MHR is at most. Penultimate in the Top 14 with five defeats in six days, the Hérault club is under pressure before traveling to Aimé-Giral on Saturday to face Perpignan, the red lantern.
For this already crucial trip, Richard Cockerill, the English manager of the Cistes, recorded two important returns among his starters: the second row of the Blues, Paul Willemse, and Cobus Reinach, the scrum half of the Springboks recent world champions. Two strong reinforcements for Hérault residents who have no room for error: in the event of defeat, they would be last in the standings.