Meeting the Alo-Emile brothers, united pillars of Stade Français

Paul Alo-Emile (in pink) and his brother Moses (in blue), two pillars of Stade Français Paris. Paul Delort / Le Figaro

Paul, the eldest, and Moses have become essential in Paris. Where they learned to love each other. They tell, not without emotion, their beautiful story to “Figaro”.

Despite their imposing size, their arrival is smooth, like children who don’t want to wake their parents by stealing candy from the cupboard. Paul and Moses Alo-Emile, the two brothers from Stade Français, are not the most talkative. But probably the nicest ones. On the sofa of a box at the Jean-Bouin stadium in Paris, the Australian pillars of Samoan origin spoke openly about their relationship, between emotion and bursts of laughter.

This strong bond that unites them, however, was not immediately obvious. Because the two guys (128 kg for Paul, 137 kg for Moses) have a nine-year difference, Paul being the eldest (32 years old). “Because of this age gap, we haven’t shared many moments together. When I was 9 years old, he began his professional career.Moses suggests before Paul continues: “We come from a family of eight brothers and sisters. I was closer to my big brother. Plus, I left home at 18 years. It is…

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