VIDEO. Super League: Toulouse Olympique recruits Corey Norman, Australian with more than 200 NRL games
The Toulouse rugby club, which is having a difficult first season in the Super League, is strengthening with the 31-year-old Australian half from the National Rugby League, the benchmark championship. One more asset for the TO in its quest to remain among the European elite in the discipline.
NRL. National Rugby League. The most prestigious league in rugby league. Bringing together essentially Australian teams, it is a very spectacular elite championship.
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It is from this benchmark competition that Corey Norman, 31, Australian, and new recruit from the Toulouse Olympic. The half of 1m85 for 91 kg arrives on the banks of the Garonne, to help the club to secure its future in the Super League, the European elite. For now, the TO is last in the standings, with 8 defeats in 9 games.
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Corey Corman has always evolved within the very demanding NRL. He discovered it in 2010 in Brisbane. 4 seasons under the jersey of the “Broncos”, 63 games for 56 points. He worked with the Parramatta Eels (Sydney suburbs) from 2014 to 2019 (5 seasons, 106 games, 65 points), before joining the Saint George Illawara Dragons (New South Wales): in 3 seasons, he accumulated 59 sheets game for 106 points.
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Thus, Corey Norman arrives with an experience of 228 games in the NRL for 227 points scored.
The club specifies that he “was also called up for Queensland in a match of “State of Origin” in 2019, an Australian competition which sees the best players of its provinces compete in a series of 3 meetings which arouse the enthusiasm of the whole country”.
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A welcome reinforcement for the TO which hopes to have a second season in the Super League. The club was not able, this Wednesday, to communicate a date for Corey Norman’s first match in his new colors.
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Corey Norman: “I am looking forward to joining the club and meeting all the team, coaches and supporters. It represents a good opportunity and at the same time a challenge for me. I am also looking forward to acquiring the learning that this new beginning will bring me.”
Bernard Sarrazain, president of Toulouse Olympique: “Corey’s arrival in the squad is great news for the club at this stage of the season. level, his talent and his leadership will be major assets for the team. I am happy that Corey has agreed to trust us and I can’t wait to see him wear the colors of the TO.”
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