Once again excellent against Bayonne with the MHR, Yacouba Camara has been piling up very good performances for several weeks. “Yacou” is the Oscar of the week.
The more the weeks pass, the more a feeling animates us: that according to which Montpellier Yacouba Camara is one of the most underrated players in French Rugby at the moment. For what ? Because he is simply excellent in each of his outings, week after week. And we wonder more and more why on earth such an alloy of mobility, power, aggressiveness and technical quality would not be useful to our good old XV of France, even if the competition there is truly hellish.
A French XV that “Yacou” has not been around since… 2019, the date of his seventeenth and last cape. That’s an eternity in a sporting career. And you will not make us believe that in the space of five years, the management of the Blues could not have found a place for the man who is a true beacon in all the storms that the MHR has gone through.
Today, his 30 years certainly no longer speak in his favor… Although, it is not such an advanced age considering his position. Rather in his positions because Camara is as excellent in the cage as in the third line. His performance on Saturday against Bayonne showed it again: placed in the middle of the field alongside Tyler Duguid, Camara distributed countless offensive tackles. And as he was this time holding the position of flanker, he also brought danger in the corridors, like his pass after contact for Cobus Reinach which allowed the South African world champion's solo try. In short, if Fabien Galthié is looking for a versatile forward, tough, powerful and fast, you will tell him that “Yacou” is fresh and available.
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