“Rugby is my life”: despite a heart problem, Virimi Vakatawa played again

by time news

2023-08-19 07:32:12

At exactly 8:58 p.m., Virimi Vakatawa plunged back into a world he had to leave in spite of himself. At the time of the first ball touched on Friday evening, of these two Samoan defenders erased by an electric kidney stroke, it seemed far away this cursed press conference, organized by Racing in September 2022, during which he had to announce his professional retirement. . The reason ? A progressive heart defect preventing him from obtaining his license to play in France. Farewell to the sound of crampons on the tiles in the changing rooms, the smell of resin mixed with perspiration, all those banal and irresistible details that make up the daily life of a rugby player.

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