End of January in Marcoussis.
The Blues are preparing their clash against Ireland to open the Six Nations Tournament.
Toulouse's Thibaud Flament and Emmanuel Meafou were forced to withdraw.
Another hard blow, weakened by an infected wound in his leg, Romain Taofifénua must also give up.
To compensate for these absences, the staff called on Posolo Tuilagi to help.
A 19-year-old kid, certainly, but preceded by a reputation as a bogeyman.
In June 2023, it broke out in the media.
Under-20 world champion with the Bleuets.
His first steps with the big Blues are awaited with curiosity.
In the Top 14, the second line of Perpignan, the club where he was trained, is starting to make a name for himself.
Videos of his buffalo charges are already playing endlessly on social media.
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Scary power
If his first training session had been filmed, there is no doubt that both sequences would have broken records.
Under the eyes of amazed journalists, on impact, he threw Gaël Fickou two meters…
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