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Gigena, l'international argentin arrive à Pau

Par Kim Ekin
GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIE - 12 SEPTEMBRE : Asafo Aumua (All Blacks) plaque Facundo Gigena (Argentine) pendant le match du Rugby Championship entre les All Blacks de Nouvelle-Zélande et les Pumas d'Argentine au Cbus Super Stadium le 12 septembre 2021 à Gold Coast, en Australie. (Photo par Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

La première ligne béarnaise se renforce avec l’arrivée de l’international argentin Facundo Gigena, a indiqué la Section Paloise dans un communiqué en date du 3 août 2023.

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Le pilier gauche international argentin, qui évoluait la saison dernière aux London Irish, s’est engagé pour une saison avec Pau.

Facundo Gigena (28 ans) a débuté sa carrière au sein des Jaguares en Super Rugby et a évolué dans le championnat anglais depuis 2017, d’abord à Leicester (47 matches) puis aux London Irish (48 matches).

« Nous avons pris le temps pour chercher le profil le plus en lien avec nos attentes et nos besoins », a précisé le manager du club, Sébastien Piqueronies.

« Les sélectionnés pour la Coupe du Monde et la lourde blessure de Nacho Calles ont renforcé la nécessité de consolider notre première ligne. Facundo est un joueur plein de détermination qui dispose d’un bagage certain à très haut niveau. Nous sommes très heureux d’accueillir ce joueur expérimenté et valeureux. »

Comptant sept sélections avec les Pumas mais non retenu pour disputer la Coupe du monde, Gigena vient renforcer le côté gauche de la première ligne paloise, affaiblie notamment par l’absence programmée du Tongien Siegfried Fisi’ihoi, retenu pour la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2023.

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Bundee Aki sends new reminder to All Blacks he's the one that got away

Interestingly, your dishonesty in not being truthful reflects on you. As explained to you and probably by many other people in the past, NZ is a multi-cultural country with a large percentage of the population being of Polynesian heritage.


Let me share a personal story that illustrates this. My cousin, a good Kiwi girl, fell in love and married a Samoan over 40 years ago. They started a family, and now their daughter is about to start her own.


Now, when the child is older, he/she can choose to play for ABs or Samoa—ABs via birth and Samoa via Grandparents. It is probably very likely, as the husband is a former AB, so a professional rugby career is a distinct possibility.


If he plays for ABs - given your state of mind, NZ has stolen him from Samoa...


There is natural immigration between NZ and the Islands. They are part of our community, and kids do come down on rugby scholarships to learn rugby and get an education.


On the other hand, Ireland specifically targeted adult professional rugby players, who they termed "project players," to cap them for Ireland. Among those numbers are people like Jarrod Payne, Aki, Lowe, CJ Stander, etc.


This "project "was run and funded by the IRFU to directly assist the Irish rugby team in addressing depth issues.


20% of the Irish run on team vs NZ at the WC, were in effect "project players" - maybe Jamieson GP is little different as don't think he was deliberately targeted unlike Aki/Lowe.


That you can honestly compare natural immigration between Islands and the Pacific, where the cultural makeup is similar vs. a targeted project set up by the IRFU, shows just how inherently dishonest you are.


The foolish thing about it is it embarrasses the Irish team when it's not necessary. As shown by the last test against the Boks, Ireland didn't need these project players to win, as they are a quality side without those players.


Instead, all they have done is give people the ability to detract from any achievements by pointing out the Irish brought their way to success.

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