Toulouse. François Cros, this discreet fighter
The Stade’s third international line is just as discreet in life as it is omnipresent on the pitch. He thus made 29 tackles against Clermont.
> Son status
François Cros continues his seventh pro season in the red-and-black club. However, out of modesty and humility, the third line of the France team refutes the term executive: “I do not really like this term because it highlights aspects that I am not necessarily looking for. There are Still a lot of things to work on and you always have to question yourself to perform better. We are a club where it has been performing for a few years, places are expensive. “
> Son physical evolution
François Cros is currently at 109 kg. The result of an essential physical evolution: “I got bigger, I gained a lot of weight compared to my beginnings because it was a limiting factor in my hatching and my progress. to do also when you see the shocks suffered on the ground. I had to gain weight to be ready to take the loads and especially to repeat them week after week. “
> Mr. tackle
The third row made 29 tackles against Clermont. A huge figure which testifies to his defensive activity: “It is my record. Everyone congratulated me on that but it is not a stat which is great to remember because it means that we have not had much of the ball, that we defended a lot and that we exposed ourselves a lot. the correctional. If we had had a little more the ball and had less tackles to achieve, we would have been quieter At the end of the match.”
> His tackling technique
François Cros is hardly penalized for a high tackle. A technical story: “We all tackle according to our sizes. I started out not being strong and when we are not strong and we want to tackle high, it causes accidents. legs, that’s what I learned in rugby school and it’s a choice that I love to do and that I am asked to do here. “
> A qualified rugby player
The 27-year-old diploma obtained in 2019, alongside rugby, a podiatry diploma which has contributed and still contributes to its balance: “It cannot be said that obtaining the diploma freed me from a burden because I do not not consider it as a burden but really as a project that I wanted to accomplish. But in any case it has freed me of time. And now I no longer have the pressure to work in the evening at home to work on my exams. It would have been a shame to throw in six years of study. And now, I am lucky to have my school principal who offers me to do training on my days off, at the Toulouse school with students. This allows me to continue to be an elder because even though I have graduated I still lack experience in a profession that is evolving so much. It also allows me to continue practicing Si never at the end of my career, i have to set up my practice, i have to be ready and operational. me to keep my knowledge, my training acquired and even to continue to develop them. It gives me a breath of fresh air and think of something else. It’s a certain balance that I found. “
> Stadium – Castres
“It’s a derby and we suffered a reverse this weekend being in difficulty in the combat zones and we know that this is the strong point of Castres. Obviously, this will give them strength to come to We challenge ourselves on that. It’s a reminder. We put our finger on our faults. It’s up to us to erase them. “