Laumape found a new base

A new adventure for Ngani Laumape. This Wednesday, Japanese rugby franchise Kobelco Steelers announced the arrival of the New Zealand international three-quarters. The latter was released from his contract, no later than the beginning of August, by the Stade Français. through his account Twitter official, replied the principal interested party, noting in particular: “ Excited for the next three seasons with the Kobelco Steelers, I can’t wait to start working with the team. At the Stade Français, Laumape, now 29 and already with a total of fifteen picks, arrived a year ago. And if he is released, at the beginning of this August, with the formation of the 14 best teams, it will be “following the difficulties of family adaptation”, as he explained, at the time, the French Stade.

Excited for the upcoming third season Tweet embed ✝️🔥🔥 I can’t wait to start working with the team https://t.co/SykxWCTTmx

– NGANI LAUMAPE (NLaumape) August 24, 2022

‘We didn’t expect that’

On this matter, the club’s general manager, Thomas Lombard, recently confided toFrance Press agency : “It was more brutal, we did not expect it, we learned about it late, at the end of May. (…) We were a little embarrassed, but keeping a player against his will is completely counterproductive.” Especially compared to the departure of the Fijian player Waisea Nayacalevu towards Toulon this time, which was only the center of the other three quarters of the club. As Lombard captured: While preserving the interests of the club, and asking that the club not be the loser in this story, we tried to find a solution. with my survivor. The season hasn’t been on top of his game, but we know the acclimatization process can be a long one for players from the Southern Hemisphere. »