“someone special”, Yannick Bru’s superb eulogy on Damian Penaud

Damian Penaud made Champions Cup history by scoring six tries against the Sharks, while no one had managed to score so many in a single match. In the absence of Louis Bielle-Biarrey, the former Clermontois showed all his talent more than ever, displaying sparkling form ten days before the start of the 6 Nations tournament.

“Capacities much higher than normal”

His performance unanimously impressed everyone, and in particular his coach, Yannick Bru. The latter portrayed, as we can read in Sud Ouest, a player apart, endowed with exceptional quality. But Yannick Bru also goes further by talking about the unique character that is Damian Penaud, someone simple with a character that stands out.

This is a special record for someone special. We are super happy to have it. He has incredible abilities, far beyond normal. He is always in the right place at the right time. All this served by an incredible athletic dimension…

And he's not obsessed with trying. If he was, he would have scored seven today. He's super altruistic and frankly, he doesn't care.

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Frankly, he spends more time following chess tutorials than looking at the game plans during the week. It's a specific model, it's perhaps not the methodology to follow for all young hopefuls but with him, it works. He's a simple, original, endearing guy. You don't need ten in a squad but when you have one, it's good.