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UBB fullback Romain Buros (27) should in all likelihood appear in the starting XV of the Blues, who face New Zealand this Saturday, November 16 at the Stade de France (9:10 p.m.).
Everything comes in time to those who wait. Romain Buros knows the adage only too well, he who has been patient for a long time to put on the blue tunic. At 27, the Bordeaux player has still not tasted the pleasure of a first international cap with the A, despite several selections for the under-20s.
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This small anomaly should be repaired, finally, in the most beautiful way for the full-back, strongly anticipated to appear in Fabien Galthié's starting XV to face the All Blacks, no more and no less, this Saturday at the Stade de France ( 9:10 p.m.). An entry through the front door for the one who until now had only stayed on the steps of the blue house: often called up since 2021 in the tricolor group but never elected on the ground.
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“What could be more beautiful than celebrating a first against the greatest?”, underlines William Servat in a purely rhetorical formulation, when discussing the case of the Landais, whose career has been thwarted in recent years by injuries, whether to the shoulder or the hamstring of the left thigh. “It wasn’t always easy for him […] but if he is here today it is because he is a boy with character”, also praises the former Stade Toulousain hooker about the one who also had to deal with the fierce competition for his position with Thomas Ramos, or even Melvyn Jaminet.
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“There are players that La Marseillaise transcends, I think Romain is one of those people”
While the first named is playing at the opening this fall, and the second no longer has the right to mention in blue after his Argentinian video, Romain Buros could have claimed to start against Japan. But here again, it was another who undermined his politeness in the person of Parisian Léo Barré, who did not really make an impression against the Brave Blossoms. Or how to wait once again, for the one who, after having studied at the Section Paloise, joined the UBB in 2018, with whom he climbed all the ranks until the Top 14 final last June.
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It is an understatement, therefore, to say that Romain Buros is ready. “There are players who, under the weight of a Marseillaise, can collapse,” continues William Servat. “And there are players who this transcends. I think Romain is one of those people.” Nice compliment to the rear, which undoubtedly also paid for his lack of versatility and the fact that he does not stumble so as not to experience the big blue thrill earlier.
