Rugby loves good stories. And this Saturday (4:30 p.m.) during the meeting between Toulon and Vannes, it is that of the Mézou brothers who will be written on the Mayol lawn. Because a week after making his very first professional appearance on the pitch at Stade Français, Corentin Mézou (19 years old) will once again start on the left of the Toulouse second line.
Because he showed himself in a good light in Paris, first of all. And because Pierre Mignoni and the entire Toulon staff believe enormously in the potential of this second line as tall (2m04) as it is mobile, arriving at the training center in the summer of 2023. But probably also because the rugby director of RCT wanted to offer “Coco” Mézou his first at Mayol against his training club, Vannes.
Except that the beautiful story does not just stop at the reunion between Corentin Mézou and RC Vannes. Because this Saturday in the middle of the afternoon, “Coco” will cross swords with a certain Timothé, who is none other… than his big brother. For the anecdote, holder on the right of the second Breton line, Timothé Mézou takes advantage of the rotation carried out by the Vannetais staff to discover the Top 14, he who has not yet been aligned since the rise of the RCV in the elite of the French rugby.
The opportunity for the Mézou brothers to make a dream come true? “You know, it’s more than a dream for both of us”the Toulonnais confided to us on Sunday in the corridors of Jean-Bouin, also upset to have taken his first steps with “the big ones” only excited at the idea of crossing paths with his big brother a week later.
“If we ever have the chance to meet in Mayol… It would be a first, and it would be really funny.” A big debut in the Top 14 for one, a first at Mayol for the other and a reunion, probably unforgettable, for two brothers who should, there is no doubt, fall into each other’s arms at the final whistle.
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