Despite staying beneath agreement with Stade-Toulousain till June 2023, Alexi Balès has made a decision to close his vocation prematurely this summer months.
Asked by way of Southwestthe scrum fifty percent advised various anecdotes.
He did not fail to inform the tale that took position in 2017, when he was nevertheless enjoying with the Rochelaises colors.
Halfway as a result of the Problem Cup match towards Gloucester, Stade Rochelais manager Patrice Collazo basically went mad in his team’s locker space by kicking a fridge.
The visuals circulated on the net have immortalized the instant.
Alexi Balès tells the scene. Extract:
“We return to La Rochelle with Patrice Collazo. One particular working day in Gloucester at 50 percent time [demi-finale de Challenge Cup en 2017, 14-17], we have been taking part in poorly and he was indignant. We normally had a significant fridge in the locker home and he kicked it like mad, it all shattered, he will have to have truly hurt his foot! He experienced been locked up for quite a few months. “
In the method, Alexi Balès exposed the strongest player he has at any time played with. He designates the previous Agenais winger Rupeni Caucaunibuca. Extract:
“The strongest, I you should not know, but the most gifted is an Agenais, it really is Rupeni Caucaunibuca. As considerably as he played with earth-course gamers like Jerome Kaino, Victor Vito or Antoine Dupont, but what trapped me, and I was younger, was Rupeni. We saw him coming to training, he weighed 110 kg. Properly, even when we were being touching, he was elusive. On 5 meters, he threw you to the wind with his supports of him. “
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