The Catalan hooker will bow out of the most beautiful of posters: a Top 14 final.
Montpellier Hérault rugby qualified for the Top 14 final on Saturday evening at the expense of Bordeaux-Bègles (19-10).
The Hérault club will face Castres on Friday June 24 for the revenge of the 2018 final which saw the Tarnais win at the Stade de France.
A special date for a player that the Catalans know well. The hooker of the MHR, Guilhem Guirado, champion of France with the USAP in 2009, will play his last professional rugby match that evening.
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The international with 74 selections in the XV of France (including 32 as captain and eight tries registered) had left Perpignan in 2014 for Toulon, where he became European champion in 2015, before signing in Montpellier in 2019. Club with which he won, in 2021, the European Challenge against Bristol.
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The captain of the MHR, aged 36 for a few days, hopes to add a second Brennus to his list before taking a well-deserved retirement.
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There is no doubt that the child of Vallespir, who played fourteen seasons in the blood and gold jersey, from the cadets to the Top 14, will be able to count on the support of the Catalans!
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