DECRYPTION – Following the financial problems of Premiership clubs, many English internationals are bouncing back to France.
An exodus on a scale never before observed is currently taking place across the Channel. Every week, a big name in English rugby is announced to join the ranks of a Top 14 club next season. Latest: Bristol pillar Kyle Sinckler (30 years old, 69 caps) and Northampton third row Lewis Ludlam (28 years old, 25 caps) will don the RC Toulon jersey next year. « They correspond to the profile that we are looking for through our recruitment, we try to be more and more demanding on the state of mind, behavior and lifestyle of the players », justified Bernard Lemaitre, the president of the RCT, in a barely veiled reference to the healthy lifestyle of some of his players.
A new illustration of the transfers that take place between the two countries. But in a unique sense. One of the most resounding arrivals was that of the star flyhalf of the XV de la Rose, Owen Farrell, who signed up for the next two seasons…
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