England-France: Jonathan Danty, this colossus who dreamed of being a dancer

A broad smile, without really exploding with joy.

Jonathan Danty has kept a certain sobriety after registering his first international try with the XV of France against Italy a week ago.

However, he could have celebrated it hip-hop style, with an air of American rapper Tyga in mind, which he liked to listen to, or by gesturing in all directions, a Tecktonik style which also rocked his adolescence.

The 28-year-old professional rugby player would have remembered the time when he dreamed of being a dancer.

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While the center of the Stade Français (1.81 m; 106 kg) remains focused on his 6th selection with the Blues which he will honor on Sunday against England in the final of the Autumn Nations Cup, his friend Matthieu Boscaro tells : “I have known Fatou

for 11-12 years, we played a lot of years together in a club.

Investing in music, dancing, must have stuck in his head.

He surely had this intimate wish since he was on the block, as in everything he undertakes.

He had also set up a small group with childhood friends from his neighborhood in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.

It was a passion like rugby.

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Mov 'and flashy clothes

"Jo was in the move, on this mode of urban music, with a little flashy clothes", smiles Jean-Max Calice, former coach at the Stade Français who spotted him and recruited him while Danty, then aged 16 , was at the PUC (from 2006 to 2008).

"He has the dance in him," he continues.

Jonathan Danty will certainly not hold it against his relatives for having indulged in some confidences, he who has never denied his past despite his popularity.

Moreover, a week ago, just before France - Italy, the Parisian hastened to send a photo with his cellphone to Fernand Lannes, former player and secretary of ASPTT Paris since 1985. “It was his jersey, with the number 12 on the back and the inscription of the name of his first training club, that is to say ours.

It is necessarily fun.

We are all very happy with his success ”, confides, with a touch of emotion, the manager who remembers“ his smile and the qualities of a player he was already in junior, at the age of 12 years.

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Love the blue jersey

“He hasn't changed after all these years, unlike some I have known and who have made rugby their profession.

He's a whole guy who has kept his feet on the ground, gives everything for others ”, guarantees Matthieu Boscaro.

“He kept the same facial expressions as when I knew him, the same modesty and kindness, without letting it show that he is bathing in another world, that of the high level.

He is someone who is really loyal in friendship, ”adds Jean-Max Calice.

Suffice to say that this closed circle will be in front of the small screen on Sunday to encourage the Guadeloupean with dreadlocks who made his return to the Blues thanks to the injury of Julien Delbouis, his club teammate.

His last selection was in 2016 for the Six Nations Tournament, under the Guy Novès era.

"I can assure you that he is happy to be back with the France team, this jersey is important for him who has gone through the youth teams," concludes Jean-Max Calice.

He was not the most dominant of his generation but he got away with it and is one of the Top 14 centers that count!

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