Surprise guest of Fabien Galkié’s list to prepare for the first match of the 6 Nations tournament, Noah Nene, present Friday in Colomiers with Dax but without participating in the match lost by his team, held his first words since his convocation on the sidelines of this meeting. “I am very proud and very happy,” said the young 20 -year -old center belonging to the Stade Français.
It undoubtedly constitutes the huge surprise of the 42 names unveiled last Wednesday by Fabien Galkié to prepare for the first match of the 6 Nations tournament last Wednesday, on January 31 against Wales at the Stade de France. Noah Nene, a surprise guest of the French coach’s list, had not yet reacted to this convocation who had surprised many people for whom the young center of 20 years loaned by the Stade Français in Dax, in Pro D2, was true before hearing his name on Wednesday a perfect unknown.
His first words since this day that he is not about to forget (“I learned it from my coach Jeff Dubois, who took me after the end of training and told me that potentially I was going to be part of this list”), the former resident of the Inf Clairefontaine for his talents as … footballer (“It was nice football, but the time is over, we will say on Friday evening on Friday evening Colomiers’ lawn (43-16). Nene had made the trip with the Dacquois group. On the other hand, he did not appear on the match sheet.
NENE: “Look forward to being on Sunday evening”
And it was from the bench that he delivered to the microphone of Canal and Sports His first feeling of neo-international. “What is it?” I am very proud and very happy first to be in this list, and I think it will be a very good thing to be able to be part of this group and to train with people and players of this experience, “savor the former Val de Bièvre player, touched by the texts he received (” Laurent Labit sent me a message, another of the coaches too, Kobus Potgieter). He was aware and sent me a little message, it made me happy ”), with great trouble hiding his desire to be already at the start of the gathering.
“Stress, yes but good stress, but yes very impatient. I can’t wait to be on Sunday evening. Business is ready. And Nene, who should not be part of the team who will face the Welsh on January 31, ready to prove that he did not caught the eye of Galkié by chance.
