Monaco player Ibai Leconte talks about this “extra-ordinary experience”
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Rugby 7 animated this month of August. After the Perpignan stage, then the La Rochelle stage, the third and final stage took place yesterday at the Hameau stadium in Pau. A stage which once again saw the Monaco team crowned. A rock team which has in its ranks a third line playing at Anglet Olympique (AORC) who will discover the National 2.
This player is Ibai Leconte. The latter has just taken part in the three stages of the summer with the Monaco Rugby Sevens team. An experience that he describes as “extra-ordinary”. For the 26-year-old, integrating one of the best teams on the circuit was not the easiest.
“The first tournament in Perpignan on the lawn of Aimé Giral, it was complicated. I had the pressure, the stress, to enter a professional organization, like that, especially since at the beginning, it is complicated to get used to it. And afterwards, in La Rochelle, it was still much better. I had more confidence in myself, because with the other players in the group, it immediately stuck “.
As he prepares to join the Basque country to start the season with his club, the player hopes to be part of the group that will play the grand final on November 19 at Paris La Défense Aréna.
“You never know what the future holds for us, I just want to enjoy the present moment and we’ll see. But if the possibility arose, it would be great to live this great adventure to the end.”
to summarize
The Monaco Rugby Sevens team won their second title in three stages. Among these players, the latter has in his ranks a third line who plays in National 2: Ibai Leconte. The latter was called after the third and final stage.