Toulouse. Australian Emmanuel Meafou “wants to play for the XV of France” and does everything to
By Remy Messegue
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This is a statement that should please Fabien Galthie and the staff of Blues. Emmanuel Meafouthe Australian colossus (2.03m; 140 kg) from Toulouse stadium one declared to French Rugby Podcast that he was doing XV of France an objective.
“I would really like to play for France”
Arrived in 2019 at the Toulouse training center, the second line has made a name for itself in the workforce, even dethroning the Arnold brothers in the hierarchy of its position and establishing itself as a sure value of the Red and Black packeven if he struggles to follow up and show consistency over time.
In this podcast hosted by former professional players Benjamin Kayser and Johnnie Beattie, Emmanuel Meafou confessed: “I want to play for France. I work to get my passport. I have been here for more than three years (condition to be called up by the XV of France, editor’s note) so I would really like to play for France. »
He turned down a career in American football
A boon for the staff of Fabien Galthié who can count on his profile massive second line, similar to that of Paul Willemse, in its rotation. Because Emmanuel Meafou could also, by his physique, be an American football player. Selected among the five best young people to insert an academy of the NFL (the American football league of the United States), the colossus of Australian origin refused to focus on rugby union and make the bet to sign in Toulouse.
And it was in the Pink City that he successfully completed his training when he arrived at the age of 20 to gradually become an essential part of Ugo Mola’s workforce. With 11 match sheets in the Top 14 this season (9 starts), the Australian colossus took advantage of the doubles to settle in the second row at Stade Toulousain. Doubloons that he could no longer know quickly if he were to put on the flocked jersey of the rooster in the near future. Indeed, Meafou, if Stade Toulousain is not qualified for the final of the Top 14, could contest the next tour of the XV of France in Japan, in June. After the administrative formalities, his dream and his destiny will be in the hands of Fabien Galthié and his staff…
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