Romain Teulet is a figure in the French championship. For good reason, the former versatile back of Castres Olympique is the best points scorer in the history of the French Championship during the professional era and second best all eras combined. In an interview given to Olympic Middayhe reserved a few words for the attention of his Stade Toulousain counterpart Thomas Ramos.
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Thomas Ramos, will you see a record?
From the top of its 2,612 units gleaned, Romain Teulet invites Thomas Ramos to challenge this account. “What to say? All records are made to be broken. If one day I am beaten by a guy like Thomas Ramos, what pride that would be! When we know the player, his track record, the fact that he seems to be quite humble and lucid in addition, it would be a great joy”, confides the Tarn icon.
But then, where is the Toulouse resident? Compared to this record, the back of the XV of France still has a good margin. Currently, he scored 1,553 points with Stade Toulousain in the Top 14 since the start of his career. Thus, he still has 1,060 units to register to exceed the milestone set by the former Castres Olympique player.
Since his return from loan from Colomiers, during the 2016-2017 season, and excluding the Covid season, Thomas Ramos averages around 222 points per Top 14 season with the Red and Black. So, it would take a little less than five seasons at this rate to get there.
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At 29 years old, Thomas Ramos therefore has the full capacity to break a record. If he succeeds, he will at the same time join the very exclusive club of players who have scored more than 2,000 professional points in their career. He would then join Richard Dourthe, Romain Teulet, Brock James, Dimitri Yachvili, Jonathan Wisniewski, Benjamín Urdapilleta and Gaëtan Germain.
Furthermore, such a performance would be all the more impressive for Thomas Ramos as he has a more than copious international career in parallel. In the list of players mentioned previously, only Dimitri Yachvili (61 caps) has more selections than the Toulouse player and his 42 appearances with the XV of France.
However, it seems almost impossible for Thomas Ramos to hope to hold the historic record for the French championship in all periods combined. Indeed, the latter is held by Richard Dourthe and his 3,004 points recorded in the French Championship. Small nuance, the first points scored by the Landais date back to the early 90s, at a time when rugby was not yet professional.
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