Diminished by the Covid-19 epidemic, which has affected around thirty players in its workforce during the past month, Castres Olympique will soon benefit from a reinforcement of choice with Tom Staniforth. The Tarn club in fact announced on Wednesday on its site that the twenty-six-year-old Australian second-line, former captain of the U20 Wallabies, would join the club in the coming days to sign a three-year contract. This robust warrior (1.98 m, 119 kg), who has already played 62 Super Rugby games, had been playing for several seasons in the Australian franchise of the Waratahs (Sydney).
Jelonch courted by Toulouse and Bordeaux
On the other hand, the CO will lose its international third row Anthony Jelonch at the end of his contract at the end of the season. The twenty-four-year-old, French champion in 2018, had been in the club’s ranks for seven seasons. He is expected to stay in the Southwest next season. Probably in Toulouse, where his friend Antoine Dupont is playing, who should win his duel from a distance with Bordeaux-Bègles, led by another of his acquaintances, the former CO manager Christophe Urios.
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