Arrived in the workforce of the Stade Français in 2023, the three-quarter English center Joe Marchant should cross the English Channel again this summer. The capital’s club is expected to finalize the arrival of Tani Vili, who was playing this season in Vannes this season to replace it.
The return to the country of English internationals continues. While Owen Farrell recently ended his adventure in Top 14, leaving Racing 92 to find the Saracens a year after his departure, it was Joe Marchant who is preparing to cross the Channel to find his native land.
Indeed, according to site information Rugby,,
The three-quarter English international center (26 selections) should respond favorably to the solicitations coming from the dirty SharksHe who made most of his career in the colors of the Harlequins before trying his luck in Top 14 after the last World Cup. And this despite a successful adaptation to Parisian life, materialized by the recent purchase of accommodation.
The formation of northern England has of Ores-et-Déjà entered with its Parisian counterpart to study the methods of what would be a transfer. Indeed, Joe Marchant is still under contract with the Stade Français for the 2025-2026 season. This return to a Première club will once again open the doors of the XV from the rose to the native of Winchester.
Vili to replace Marchant
Indeed, he was not eligible during his two seasons under the Parisian colors. An element that can promote a positive outcome in these negotiations is the fruitful research of a replacement in Joe walking by the technical supervision led by Paul Gustard. Indeed, according to information from the magazine Olympic Midi,, Tani Vili would have given his agreement to the French stadiumof which he would be the third recruit after the Rochelais Thierry Paiva and Tawera Kerr-Barlow. The native of Brive-la-Gaillarde, formed and launched in Clermont before joining Bordeaux-Bègles in 2022, carried this season the colors of Vannes, promoted in Top 14 last summer.
However, under a clause of his contract allowing him to free himself in the event of relegation of the Breton club in Pro D2,
The player called in selection during the 2021 summer tour without however wear the XV jersey of France will soon join the “pink soldiers” In a weakened game sector for the start of next season. Tani Vili will also have the opportunity to relaunch a career that stagnates after promising start at ASM.
