Monday evening, in the prestigious setting of the Pavillon Cambon, located a stone's throw from the Opéra Garnier in Paris, Toulouse Stadium fullback Thomas Ramos received the silver Oscar rewarding his exceptional season.
Who other than him, behind the indestructible Antoine Dupont, could claim this silver Oscar? To be honest, no one likes Thomas Ramos unanimously. The back (or flyhalf) of Stade Toulouse had an almost perfect 2023/2024 season. “Versatility is something I take pleasure inhe said on stage. Did this help me improve? I hope so. I work for that. Afterwards, being versatile is good, but the important thing is to be efficient. I'm lucky to be at a club that allows me to move between the two positions, which gave me the opportunity to play at the back and in 10 at international level, which I wouldn't have never imagined a few years ago.”
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The bad tongues will perhaps remember his performance in the quarter-final of the World Cup against South Africa. Others will remember the Top 14-Champions Cup double achieved with Stade Toulouse for which he was a major player. Just as they will remember the way in which he assumed as a boss and a man of challenge his repositioning at the opening during the 6 Nations Tournament, after three games played at the back, distinguishing himself in the process for the second time as the best director of the competition with a total of 84 points. “If Matthieu (Jalibert) does not get injured, he would have finished the tournament at the opening and me at the backhe confided modestly recently. So it was, as the word says, a repair. […] Today, what I know is that my position is number 15, that I take great pleasure in this position. And that my goal has always been to try to start at full-back in the French team”. And for good reason…
Remember. Thomas Ramos was relegated to the role of substitute for the victorious Champions Cup campaign, leaving Blair Kinghorn with the honors of number 15. No matter, the native of Mazamet did not flinch. In the final against Leinster, he came on in the 59th minute, scoring a conversion and four penalties to seal his team's victory at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Because Ramos' other talent is to never give up. On the contrary. After his loan to Colomiers then the recruitment of the Jaminet/Capuozzo duo which was to overshadow him, he once again came back into the spotlight, starting in the final phase of the Top 14 despite the explosion of Kinghorn. “Like this generationunderlines his manager Ugo Mola, Thomas is the symbol of the normal guy, good-natured, brilliant but also exceptional. » Thomas Ramos has also entered the legend of Stade Toulouse. By reaching the 1777 points mark in the legendary red and black jersey (in the 15th minute of play during the Top 14 final against UBB) the full-back became the best director in the club's history and closed its season at 1792 points. Just that. With this total, he overtook former scrum half Jean-Baptiste Elissalde and his 1776 points. Moved at the moment of receiving this new distinction, Thomas Ramos did not fail to emphasize the importance of the Toulouse collective in his personal success.
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