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Top 14: Laumape released from his contract with the French Stade

2022-08-01T20:05:10.193Z


The three-quarter New Zealand international center has been released from his contract with Stade Français. Author of disappointing performances in


A small year and then goes away.

Star rookie of the summer of 2021, three-quarters New Zealand international center Ngani Laumape has been released from his contract with Stade Français after just one year.

The two parties “agreed to put an end to their collaboration following the difficulties of family adaptation which Ngani told us about”, explained the French Stadium in a press release.

📃 Official press release



Stade Français Paris and its New Zealand International center Ngani Laumape have agreed to put an end to their collaboration following the family adaptation difficulties that Ngani told us about.. [...] 👇#SFParis

— Stade Français Paris (@SFParisRugby) August 1, 2022

The 29-year-old, who has 15 caps, for eight tries, in the prestigious All Blacks jersey, arrived in Paris last summer from the Hurricanes (Super Rugby), preceded by a reputation as a demolisher.

But in 22 games in the pink jersey of Stade Français, the New Zealander has never really managed to forget the international tricolor Gaël Fickou, whom he was to replace in the center of the Parisian attack.

The capital club, in its brief press release, "thanks Ngani for this season and wishes him good luck for the rest of his career", which he should pursue in Japan.

Asked about it, Gonzalo Quesada had recently explained to us.

“We are waiting before officially communicating on his future, but he has not resumed with us.

At the end of the season, he expressed personal worries and his desire to leave Europe to be closer to New Zealand, where he has a daughter.

He is a key player in our squad that we recruited a year ago for three seasons, it is problematic.

The situation is not clarified, we are studying how to manage it.

“Now everything is clear…

Source: leparis

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