The left pillar signed with USAP as a medical player until the end of the season and signed an additional two-year contract.
Acted and signed. While the USAP is exempt from the second day of the Challenge Cup this weekend, it officially offers the services of a new member in its squad. This Friday, December 17, 2021, the left pillar Xavier Chiocci (JIFF, 31 years old, 1.80 m, 119 kg) officially initialed his commitment with the blood and gold team as a medical joker for the next six months (count given the long-term injury of Giorgi Tetrashvili (ruptured Achilles tendon), to which is added a contract for two more years from this summer. His qualities as a mobile player in the game and solid in scrum hit the mark with the Catalan staff.
Xavier Chiocci comes straight from Lyon, where he has only started twice this season. His career began in 2000 at RC La Valette en Provence where he stayed for seven seasons before joining the Toulon squad. He was red and black for twelve seasons, and he won the European Cup twice (2014 and 2015) and once the Top 14 championship in 2014. In 2019, he left RC Toulon to join Lyon.
In June 2017, the management of the XV of France integrated Xavier Chiocci into the Elite list of players protected by the FFR / LNR agreement for the 2017-2018 season. He has 10 selections with the XV of France.
On his arrival in Catalan lands, the thirty-something told the supervisory team of blood and gold to have “Can’t wait to start playing here in front of a very hot and bloody crowd with enthusiasm for the club.”
For his part, club president François Rivière acknowledged that “It’s a great day today for USAP as part of our tough course for sustaining this year. Xavier’s arrival is a lovely Christmas present for all of us. It’s an effort that the club in order to achieve our goal and offer supporters the best rugby. “
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