Double New Zealand champion Ma’a Nonu arrived in Toulon on Friday, where he has already played between 2015 and 2018 and where he was signed as an additional player for the rest of the season.
The all-black center, 103 selections between 2003 and 2015 and two world crowns (2011 and 2015), left for New Zealand with the Blues after three seasons in the Var where he had failed to win a trophy , losing in the final of the Top 14 in 2016 and 2017.
The adventure had even ended badly in 2018 with the failure of the dam against Lyon highlighting the divorce between Fabien Galthié and part of the locker room, which had obtained the departure of the manager, replaced by Patrice Collazo.
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Address the wounds of Hériteau and Belleau
After the Blues, veteran Nonu (38) had tried the American adventure in San Diego, like his former Toulon teammate Mathieu Bastareaud who left for New York, but the Covid-19 pandemic led to the final interruption of the season 2020 Major League Rugby.
Nonu compensates for the absences of two centers, Julien Hériteau and Anthony Belleau (also opener), injured for a long time.
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