“My wife and I feel incredibly lucky to live in such a beautiful place with very nice people. It was an easy decision to make,” confides the Australian international full-back in the club press release announcing that he is extending until 2027. However, everything was not easy in Pau for the 27-year-old player.
But after a first season rotten by problems with calcification of a hematoma and only 4 matches played, Maddocks justified his arrival in France and his fine reputation from the following year, in 2022-2023, with 20 matches played and 7 tries registered. Enough to establish itself as the 15 essential in the Paloise Section, with a contract extension until 2025 at stake.
The editorial team advises you
The editorial team advises you
After Gorgadze, another extended frame
Having become an executive of the team (53 matches, 21 tries in 4 seasons), the former Waratahs and Rebels, top scorer of the club last season with 9 tries, will stay two additional seasons in Pau, until 2027.
“Jack brings a lot of serenity and confidence to the team. We are very proud to have a player of his talent in our ranks. Jack's extension consolidates our sporting project, assures manager Sébastien Piqueronies. His leadership, his experience and his enthusiasm are the best accelerators for our young three-quarters. »
After the recent extensions of Beka Gorgadze and Joe Simmonds until 2028, Jack Maddocks is the third major player to extend his lease in Green and White. A nice gift under the tree, as the club perfectly illustrated by having the Australian pose as Santa Claus in a video posted on social networks.
Other cases to be decided
If Joe Simmonds, Beka Gorgadze and Jack Maddocks constituted the three major contract extensions to be won for the Section Paloise, several other players, including some important ones, are also at the end of their contract next summer: left pillars Nacho Calles, Hugo Parrou and Rémi Seneca, the right pillar Siate Tokolahi, the hookers Youri Delhommel and Romain Ruffenach, the versatile 2nd or 3rd lines Lekima Tagitagivalu and Thibaut Hamonou as well as the three-quarter center or winger Eliott Roudil.
