If Provence Rugby is only in 4th place in the ProD2 at mid-season, everything suggests that the new year will be, as for several seasons in the Aix basin, synonymous with great dynamics.
Accustomed to the cannonball end of the season, the Aixois have all the more reason to believe in it in 2025 as they will very soon benefit from XXL reinforcement to tame this bitter 2nd division championship.
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Him ? It's obviously George North, the Welshman with a career as full as his thighs – 121 national caps, 3 caps with the British Lions, several 6 Nations Tournaments and other national titles – about to make his debut in the black jersey .
“The return and therefore the beginning of the story of George North in Provence is not very far awayindicated the club in a post this Tuesday morning. And with him, this presence that inspires. Already a leader by example, respected and listened to. After months of patience and resilience, George returned to the field, bringing great energy.“
In collective training and all smiles at the start of the week, the 32-year-old 3/4 center will perhaps still be a little tight and preserved in view of the trip to Agen on Friday. So, the athlete (1m94 for 109kg) could make his debut in Pro D2 next week, in front of the closed Maurice-David crowd, for the reception of the Grenoble leader.
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An important reinforcement which will not be too much to try to bring down the impressive Isère residents before the break. Nor to enable Provence, more broadly, to achieve its objectives. Namely that of an accession to the Top 14 which it was said, at the start of this season, and in view of Provençal recruitment, that it would be for 2025 or never.
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SO ? To do this, the former Ospreys figure will have to help his teammates remain undefeated at home and learn to win away (no victory in 7 matches so far). In order to have enough to afford a semi-final at home, at the end of spring. Ideal path to try to access the floor above. What George North crossed the Channel for last summer…