Racing statement: Nolann Le Garrec signs for La Rochelle

Stuart Lancaster’s Racing 92 have confirmed that France scum-half Nolann Le Garrec will leave Paris at the end of the 2024/25 campaign and will link up with Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle for the following two seasons.

The 22-year-old, who made his club first-team breakthrough in the 2020/21 campaign, has since gone on to be capped on five occasions by Fabien Galthie’s French national team. He will now move to La Rochelle next July to replace Tawera Kerr-Barlow, whose current contract expires in the summer of 2025.

A statement read: Nolann Le Garrec, who arrived at the Racing training centre in 2017 from RC Vannes, has just announced to us that he will join Stade Rochelais from the 2025/26 season. The whole club and Nolann will have at the heart of closing of this adventure with the always strong ambition of Racing 92 to win titles.”

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From Vannes, where his family still lives, Le Garrec hinted in a recent rugbyrama.fr interview that he could indeed be leaving when his Racing contract expired.

“I owe a lot to Racing. That’s something I have in mind. I grew up there and they gave me a lot of resources. But I also worked a lot on the side. Success is a balance between the club and the player. We are in a professional world and things can change. We’ll see.”