Rugby – Pro D2: a great pick, a three-quarter Samoan international center holder in Super Rugby arrives at Racing Club Narbonnais

On Friday 19th June, the Racing Club Narbonnais officially arrived at the new recruits for the first season in Pro D2: the left winger Charles-Henri Berguet (1.85 m, 115 kg), the right winger Facundo Pomponio (1.90 m) m, 120 kg) et Thomas Crétu (1,90 m, 136 kg), the three polyvalent line Chlayton Frans (1,91 m, 105 kg), the half of mêlée Imanol Biscay (1,73 m, 74 kg), the players Hugo Goyenech (1.79 m, 84 kg) and Lubadalo Dobela (1.75 m, 80 kg), as well as center Titoan Rouvelet (1.82 m, 94 kg).

These eight new faces in the orange and black squad follow the thirteen already announced earlier: Loïc Varenne (left pillar), Thomas Vernet (left pillar), Stefan Buruiana (hooker), Baptiste Collet (right pillar), Clément Bitz (second row), Simon Huchet (second row), Édouard Richer (third line), Jeff Goufan (third line), Caleb Timu (third line), Hugo Navizet (center), Morrison Mabopé (center), Kylian Destarac (winger) and Victor Hannoun (winger).

Number 12 is polyvalent

The count was therefore 21 recruits to which we must now add a 22nd since this Saturday, June 20. And it’s a name that will make more than one Racing supporter salivate. This is three-quarter center Faletoi Peni (1.73 m, 106 kg). A Samoan international with three selections in 2025, this 26-year-old player participated in qualifying for his country’s tenth World Cup in 2027 in Australia. After two seasons in the New Zealand provincial championship in the Southland jersey (16 matches, 12 starts and 3 tries), this versatile number 12 who can play as an opener joined the New Englands Free Jacks in the United States to play in Major League Rugby.

Six matches including three as a starter, and a discovery in the eyes of the general public on the channelYoutube de NogodiDuring an MLR match, he was recruited by the famous Super Rugby province, the Moana Pasifika. In seven days and four in the starting XV of the New Zealand team, Faletoi Peni energizes his team, leaves an impression and makes differences. The native of MÄ ngere in the suburbs of Auckland in the land of ferns is a great pick for Racing, to further strengthen the center of the field. Now only three new faces are missing to know the full squad of Narbonnais in Pro D2.