Forced to end his career prematurely due to back problems, Sacha Valleau does not regret not having listened to advice from Antoine Dupont.
This is very sad news. This Friday, Sacha Valleau announced that he was ending his Rugby career at just 28 years old. Victim of recurring back pain for more than a year, the Vannes winger was forced to call it quits. A decision taken reluctantly, he who dreamed of shining in rugby union, after having embraced a career in sevens, even becoming a French international.
At the time, the man who was trained at Stade Toulousain had nevertheless been advised against getting into rugby sevens by Antoine Dupont. But Sacha Valleau ultimately did not listen to the star of French rugby, and he absolutely does not regret it. not.
“But why are you doing this? »
« It's funny because Antoine Dupont said recently that when he said he wanted to go to 7, everyone called him crazy. In another context, I remember that, when I left Pôle France, when I played at Stade Toulousain, and when I decided to join the French team at the age of 7 to 18, even he told me: 'But why do you do that?' »confided Sacha Valleau to Rugby Rama.
« Ultimately, I traveled all over the world, played against the best players in the world – Sonny Bill Williams, Quade Cooper, the Ioane brothers – made the Olympics and played in a World Cup. in San Francisco in front of 75,000 people, he continued. I was also able to challenge Bryan Habana in Cape Town, in front of 65,000 people. I also remember a semi-final with Virimi Vakatawa against François Hougard, Cheslin Kolbe… Frankly, I tell myself that I was really right to listen to myself. And, in truth, the career I've had, I'm super proud of it. »
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