While the mid-season has now passed, the editorial staff of
Olympic Midday
gives us an overview of the recruitment of Top 14 clubs this season. Among the Tops selected, we find two players who joined our club this season. The first is our third line, Test Matthewarrived from Biarritz Olympique:
” With Test Mattheweverything always goes very quickly! The son of the former international Read Matthew gets used to new environments very quickly. While he only started Rugby after Covid, he made his debut in Pro D2 with Biarritz after only a few months. A notable and remarkable debut since he only remained at the BO for two short seasons. Recruited by the Union Bordeaux-Bègles, Test Matthew arrived on tiptoe, but very quickly put his qualities at the service of the Gironde collective. Aerial, fast, agile, robust, he has all the qualities to shine at the highest level. This season, he has already distinguished himself with very high-level performances. The UBB, always in search of a first title, has surely taken with Matiu an X factor that could allow it to go even higher…”.
The second is our versatile three-quarter, Arthur Retierearrival from Stade Toulousain and able to occupy the positions of winger, full-back or scrum half:
“After six seasons spent at La Rochelle and two at Stade Toulouse, Arthur Retiere seems to be doing like a charm in his new club UBB with whom he has had a string of great performances in this first half of the season. As proof, we want its try counter which recently opened and now has two units with one achievement in Vannes and another last weekend against Toulon. Let us also mention his very good performance in the Champions Cup against Leicester. Comfortable on both sides of the attack, the ex-Toulouse player seems to appreciate the freedom that the Gironde staff gives him and which allows him to dezone to intervene in different places on the pitch. With Retire, Bielle-Biarrey,
Sheepish et Ubertiwe can say that the wings of the Gironde attack do not lack qualities…”.
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