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Rugby: Melvyn Jaminet, the revelation of the summer to the test of the Top 14

2021-08-30T15:19:34.944Z


Passed directly from Pro D2 to the XV of France, the promising rear will discover the Top 14 with Perpignan, back in the elite.


The summer Hit.

Melvyln Jaminet was the big revelation of the tour of the XV of France in Australia (2 defeats, a victory for the Blues).

He who discovered the international level without having gone through the Top 14 box. Without this disturbing him.

We had two big weeks of training to put us in a match condition.

When I got to the test match, I wasn't more surprised than that.

I felt good, I was not surprised by the speed,

”he says.

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Even if everything was not perfect with this ball at the end of the first test match - like Teddy Iribaren and Damian Penaud - which led to the Wallabies' victory, he proved he had the level and the shoulders for the blue jersey.

I doubted after the game when I made this mistake at the end of the game.

I thought I wouldn't play anymore.

When we make a mistake at this level, we inevitably doubt, we say to ourselves that it is over.

But I was happy to play again in the second test.

We knew we could win, everyone gave 200% and we managed to do it.

"

Impressive in his composure

At just 22 years old, Melvyn Jaminet scored points.

Impeccable in his role as a scorer, sure in the air and sharp in his raises.

The native of Var, trained at RC Toulon, impressed above all with his composure.

All the more remarkable since he had so far not played any Top 14 match. But the Perpignanais is no exception, all the backs called up by Fabien Galthié and his staff have gone through the second division: Brice Dulin in Agen, Thomas Ramos in Colomiers and Anthony Bouthier in Vannes.

A lot of people tell me that I have changed my status, but I don't realize it.

I do not take the lead

Melvyn Jaminet

Jaminet who, by virtue of the FFR-LNR agreement, will not play the match of the first day (in Brive), is “

impatient

”: “

I can't wait to discover the Top 14, our team is ready. We all want to be there. We know it's going to be very complicated but we have a good group, a good squad. We are ready to fight. We have a bit of pressure from the result but it's an exciting challenge. We will go without pressure, we will give everything.

"

The spotlight will be on him.

Its performance will be closely scrutinized.

The Stade Toulousain already has an eye on him.

After Cheslin Kolbe's record transfer from Toulouse to Toulon, his name came back with insistence to join the reigning champions of France and Europe.

Before the Catalan president François Rivière puts things right: “

I want to reassure all our supporters in a clear and definitive way.

Melvyn will wear the Usap jersey for the 2021-2022 season.

End of speculation.

See you next season.

“We don't want to burn our wings.

Our ambition is first of all to aim for maintenance ”

But the person recognizes that he has shifted this summer to another dimension. Abrupt acceleration. “A

lot of people tell me that I have changed my status, but I don't realize it,

” he says.

I always take so much pleasure in playing, I do not take the lead. And I will continue to operate like that this season.

»With the will to prove and stay in the elite. “

We don't want to burn our wings. Our ambition is first of all to aim for maintenance. The club needs to rebuild, it will pass through the maintenance

"

,

continues Melvyn Jaminet.

But he insists: "

We must not tell ourselves that we deserve to be in the Top 14. There is no fear. We are part of this championship. It's up to us to prove that we can stay there.

“Two years that the hot Catalan public has been waiting for this. In 2018-2019, Usap had experienced a nightmarish start (15 defeats in the first 15 days). No ignition delay this time.

Source: lefigaro

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