the former international Benjamin Fall stops his career

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Former international rear / winger Benjamin Fall, in Oyonnax (leader of Pro D2) since October 2020 after having played in particular in Montpellier and Racing 92, announced on his Instagram account on Tuesday that he was ending his sports career at 34 years old. ” It’s been two years now that I’ve been trying in the shadows and in silence to return to my best level while waiting for a last interesting challenge in Top 14, but my body and my head no longer follow and no longer allow me to pretend to play. at the professional level “says, in the caption of a photo where he wears the jersey of the XV of France, Benjamin Fall whose last match with the Haut-Bugey club dates back to May 2021. “ I have only good memories of these 14 years spent at the high level in the various clubs and institutions with which I was able to evolve: Stade Langonnais, UBB, Aviron Bayonnais, Racing Metro 92, Montpellier Hérault Rugby, Oyonnax Rugby. Punctuated by selections in the French team and with the Babarians “, he adds. At the end of the 2019/20 season, Fall (14 caps from 2009 to 2018), had not been retained by Montpellier, where he had arrived in 2014 from Racing 92, after a season permanently interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. With the Blues, he won the Grand Slam in 2010 and with the MHR, the European Challenge in 2016.

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