The recruitment of FC Grenoble for the future Pro D2 season ended with the arrival of the English 2nd row Levi Douglas, to compensate for the unwanted departure of Leva Fifita to Connacht (Ireland). But the Isère club is still registering other reinforcements.
He has indeed just attracted two young Georgians: the 2nd row Guram Ganiashvili (1.99 m, 108 kg) and the pillar Irakli Apsiauri (1.84 m, 118 kg), able to push to the left as to the right of the 1st line. Both 18 years old and members of Georgia’s U20 team, they are currently on a tour of South Africa, where they will meet Uruguay, Argentina and the “Baby Boks”.
They are not necessarily intended to integrate the professional group straight away. But, like the Portuguese José Madeira a year earlier, arrived in anonymity for the summer preparation but ultimately very quickly performing, they will make their mark within the Isère club, in order to give themselves time to harden up and prepare. the future.
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A medium-term vision
“We are working on a succession plan, in cooperation with Franck Corrihons (director of rugby) and Jérôme Vernay (director of the training center)”, explained Fabien Gengenbacher, the new manager of the FCG, on the sidelines of an interview. this week. “We need visibility on our age pyramid and, very clearly, this year we recruited profiles that we had not foreseen but because we want to bring our players to maturity. “
Ganiashvili is presented as “a rather fighter second line”, capable of covering both positions, while Apsiauri has “a tonic and explosive profile”.
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