The adventure begins in a café in Oadby, a small town on the outskirts of Leicester, in central England. Facing Thibaud Flament, Marcos Ayerza. The former Pumas pillar wants to recruit the future international for the Argentinian club Newman, around thirty kilometers north of Buenos Aires. “I was contacted by George Chuter (ex-Leicester Tigers pillar) who coached Thibaud at Loughborough University. He tells me that a young Belgian-French, 2 meter second row fly-half, wants to learn to play and improve in this position and that he would like to do it in Argentinaremembers the “Toro” Ayerza. In Argentina, we have a tradition of excellent second lines. » Flament is 20 years old and as part of his university studies, he must complete an internship abroad. He also needs to expand his rugby training. “No club would have taken me in France without having gone through a training center, even though I had never set foot in a weight room”he will admit in an interview with The Mag Team by evoking the reasons for his choice.
