Who are Toulouse going to get?

[psychic duck]

Mantanavou was a bit of a wildcard.

not really, to the British and Irish press maybe because they hadn't heard of him

but signing the top try scorer of Pro D2 who was given an award for the best player in the league was hardly signing some little known talent based in another country

Toulouse's recruitment tactic is just to buy any French player who gets an international cap through from for a smaller team

examples are such as Picamoles (Montpellier, who were small at the time), Nyanga (Béziers), Poux (Narbonne), David (Bourgoin), Fritz (Bourgoin), Jauzion (Colomiers) from the current squad

all of whom made their international debuts with those clubs, and then Novès just thinks "oh, they are in the France team and in a small team, let's sign them"

and previous examples are Heymans (Agen), Elissalde (La Rochelle), Delaigue (Toulon, pre money), Pelous (Dax), Tournaire (Narbonne)

Dusatoir and Lecouls are also players who have been signed after international debuts, but they aren't really in a small team

add that to a fantastic academy, and several established overseas names and that's why they are the French champions

He must be bad if they're considering Dan Biggar...

where have you heard this ?

 

[Draggs]

Racing were after Dan Biggar and Ian Evans.
Biggar is staying in Wales for another season to try and get into the national squad.

 

[big ginger 8]

I know Mantanavou had done well but ProD2 is a different world to Tolouse's level.

 

[Melhor Time]

not really, to the British and Irish press maybe because they hadn't heard of him

but signing the top try scorer of Pro D2 who was given an award for the best player in the league was hardly signing some little known talent based in another country

Toulouse's recruitment tactic is just to buy any French player who gets an international cap through from for a smaller team

examples are such as Picamoles (Montpellier, who were small at the time), Nyanga (Béziers), Poux (Narbonne), David (Bourgoin), Fritz (Bourgoin), Jauzion (Colomiers) from the current squad

all of whom made their international debuts with those clubs, and then Novès just thinks "oh, they are in the France team and in a small team, let's sign them"

and previous examples are Heymans (Agen), Elissalde (La Rochelle), Delaigue (Toulon, pre money), Pelous (Dax), Tournaire (Narbonne)

Dusatoir and Lecouls are also players who have been signed after international debuts, but they aren't really in a small team

add that to a fantastic academy, and several established overseas names and that's why they are the French champions



where have you heard this ?

So true. They are after Yoann Huget now.