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Supports, hooks, pirouettes: the most beautiful magic tricks of Virimi Vakatawa in videos

2022-09-07T05:36:00.826Z


Even if he experienced a few eclipses, Virimi Vakatawa, forced to definitively interrupt his career due to a heart problem,


Throughout his professional career, which lasted eleven years, Virimi Vakatawa, forced to stop playing rugby due to a heart condition, as he revealed on Tuesday, has signed a string of exploits, whether either with his Racing 92 club, the XV of France (32 caps) or the France VII team (121 caps).

A brief overview, in three dates, of the talent of a player who hangs up his crampons at the age of thirty.

January 21, 2011: a debut marked by a feat in the European Cup

Virimi Vakatawa enters the professional world through the front door.

Facing the leader of the Racing group in the European Cup, Leinster, the young 18-year-old Fijian scored his first try with the big boys, despite the severe defeat of his team on their lawn in Colombes (36-11).

And what a try!

The winger leaves Sean O'Brien on the spot on a 360° to go flat behind the line.

His teammates are taken aback.

The shy young man, who arrived from Fiji on tiptoe, is not afraid of big events.

(at 3′20 on the video)

February 6, 2016: author of a test and elected man of the match for his first with the XV of France

This is a first in the history of French rugby: a rugby sevens player finds himself selected within the XV of France.

Two years after his naturalization, Virimi Vakatawa made his big debut at the same time as those of Guy Novès, the new coach.

Established on the wing against Italy (23-21 victory), he scored his first try in the 15th minute and was voted man of the match.

At the end of the tournament, he was named among the twelve contenders for the title of best player of the edition.

May 13, 2016: a treat against Canada with the France Sevens team

While the World Rugby Sevens Series, the international rugby sevens championship, made a stopover in Paris, at the Stade Jean Bouin, the Blues, qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio which took place the following August, entertained their supporters.

And Virimi Vakatawa in particular.

During the victory against Canada (42-5).

On this one, the player of Fijian origin, who obtained French nationality in 2014, shows the full extent of his talent on a royal test: agility, precision, vivacity, and the speed to go and conclude the action. .

Source: leparis

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