While Monty Ioane and Arno Botha both decided to extend their contract with Lyon, the Rhone club made sure of the arrival of Fijien Iosefo Masi next season.
The Lou will strengthen its ranks. Member of the Rugby Fiji team at 7 crowned Olympic champion in Tokyo in 2021 then beaten in the final by the Blues during the last summer games organized in Paris, Iosefo Masi will settle in France. Indeed, the Rhone club announced this Friday through a video published on social networks and then a press release the signature of the three-quarter center which can also evolve in the wing for next season, with an arrival on the banks of the Rhône scheduled for next July.
However, the arrival of the International Fijian (4 selections) should go hand in hand with the departure of one of his compatriots. Arriving at the end of his contract with the LOU after the 2024-2025 season, Semi Radradra should not extend his commitment, he who is attached to join the Japanese championship next summer.
Ioane and Botha will not leave
If the future of the Fijian should register far from Lyon, this will not be the case for two other players of the workforce entrusted to Fabien Gengenbacher under the supervision of Karim Ghezal. Currently excluded from the field due to joint edema on the left knee which also deprives him of the 6 nations tournament with Italy, Monty Ioane has signed on a new contract with the Lou.
Arrived in the summer of 2023 after a hook by Australia and the Rebels, the Italian international winger (32 selections) is now linked to the Rhone club for two additional seasons, until June 2027. Arno Botha, meanwhile, decided to extend the Lyon adventure for additional twelve months. Indeed, the South African third-line parafe a valid commitment until June 2026. This will make four seasons under the Lyon colors for the native Nylstrom, he who has already played 51 games with the Lou.
