Clermont opener Benjamin Urdapilleta will end his career at the end of the season

A Top 14 monument will say stop at the end of the season. At 38 years old, Clermont opener Benjamin Urdapilleta (38 years old) revealed to our colleagues at The Mountain that he will end his career at the end of this season and return home to Argentina. “Next year, I’m going to go back to Argentina with my family and settle down a bithe announced. I may play as an amateur from time to time, but the priority will be the children, so that they can get their bearings in our new life, in Buenos Aires.he explained.

A true architect of Oyonnax’s rise to the Top 14 in 2013, and still under the leadership of Christophe Urios whom he followed throughout his career, the Argentine metronome led Castres to a championship title in 2018, registering in passing 19 points in the final against Montpellier. And Urdapilleta scored points. The Clermont opener is notably the record holder for points scored in a single Top 14 match (33 points alone, against Montpellier in February 2021). The same year, Urdapilleta finished best director in the championship (321 points scored).

An essential figure in the French championship, the Argentinian international (20 caps) has often stood out for his skill against the poles, his robotic mimicry when hitting, his “Maradonesque” gestures but also his tackles, he who does not is never paraded.