“The Journey of Waisea Nayacalevu: Overcoming Challenges and Finding Success in Toulon”

Arriving on the Rade, in the offseason, Waisea Nayacalevu (32) was preceded by his reputation as a lethal weapon. It will however have taken time to put his game. Laborious beginnings, frayed matches, fallen balls… In the stands of Mayol, some wondered if the Fijian had not “lost his hands”. ” Far from there, rectifies Franck Azéma the manager of the RCT. It is even its first quality. In his first match, against Bayonne, he broke the defensive line well, but threw the ball blind because, unconsciously, he thought: “It’s going to converge around me.” He had just spent ten years at the Stade Français. After all this time, the automatisms and the background of the game were set up to harmonize around him. In Toulon, Waisea had to do the opposite, but he arrived in a club project in full development. Fine-tuning the automation, the timing and the feeling requires hours of practice. »