Within the XV of France, student Louis Bielle-Biarrey is the type to skip classes. A surprise guest on the list of Blues selected for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, the winger in the red helmet impressed throughout the competition, to the point of finishing it as a starter. One year after the high mass of the Ovalie, the 21-year-old player will be lined up from the start, Saturday November 16, at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), against New Zealand .
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The Union Bordeaux-Bègles (UBB) winger, who was not on the match sheet for the duel against the All Blacks, at the opening of the World Cup, will therefore take advantage of the second meeting of the autumn tour to discover the taste of these very particular confrontations. “It’s the team that makes all young people dream, including me. I often watched their matches against France, but unfortunately there weren't many victories for us.”remembers Louis Bielle-Biarrey near the Monde. For the 13e selection, looking like“huge challenge”the native of La Tronche (Isère) will be one of the main offensive weapons of the Blues, orphaned once again by their other arrow, Damian Penaud, ill.
But Louis Bielle-Biarrey showed that he was capable of getting by without his UBB teammate. This is evidenced by his two tries and his man of the match title the previous weekend, during the great success of Fabien Galthié's men against Japan (52-12). At the club too, the training fly-half has a series of starts and passes through the opposing goal, he who has already been there five times since the start of the season.
Partials postponed due to World Cup
Failing to sit on the bench of replacements of the XV of France, Louis Bielle-Biarrey still assiduously frequents those of the school. In addition to his rugby career, the young man studies management at the KEDGE Business School, in Talence (Gironde), not far from Bordeaux. Once a week, he goes to campus to take four hours of private lessons and follows the rest of his training remotely.
“It’s quite an organization, admits the player into the second year of the bachelor's degree, but the training sessions during the week still leave a little time to devote to studies. And I have a well-adapted schedule with the teachers. » The mechanism is well oiled: during international windows, the winger is exempt from lessons. Last season, however, he had to postpone his partials to the end of the year… World Cup obliges.
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