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Fin de carrière pour Benjamin Urdapilleta

Benjamin Urdapilleta (Clermont) face à Jefferson Lee Joseph (Perpignan) (Photo de VALENTINE CHAPUIS/AFP via Getty Images)

C’est une figure du Top 14 qui tire sa révérence.

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Benjamin Urdapilleta, ouvreur de l’ASM Clermont-Auvergne, a confié dans les colonnes de La Montagne qu’il mettrait un terme à sa riche carrière à la fin de la saison 2024/25.

« C’est sûr que je vais arrêter », a-t-il déclaré. « Je vais rentrer en Argentine avec ma famille et me poser un peu. »

Après avoir évolué aux Pampas XV, Benjamin Urdapilleta a d’abord porté les couleurs des Harlequins de 2010 à 2012, en Angleterre, pour son arrivée en Europe.

Il a ensuite posé ses valises en France, à Oyonnax. Depuis, sa carrière française est intimement liée à celle de Christophe Urios. En effet, il a évolué sous ses ordres à Oyonnax, puis au Castres Olympique avant de le rejoindre à Clermont en 2023.

C’est principalement à Castres que l’Argentin a fait parler son talent en Top 14, notamment au sein de la redoutable charnière qu’il formait avec Rory Kockott. Il a été sacré champion de France en 2018 avec le club tarnais, pour lequel il a joué 178 matchs et disputé une nouvelle finale de championnat en 2022.

Il compte également 15 sélections avec l’Argentine, avec qui il a disputé la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2019 au Japon.

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Hellhound 13 minutes ago
Forget Ireland, the All Blacks face the real alpha of Europe next

Actually you need to read my responses properly. The response on which you responded is actually aimed at CO, another responder. Go read my original response on Ben Smith's BS. He is a bloody joke, a wannabe. And so is any of that losers followers. If you talk crap all the time it try to clickbait like BS, then don't expect people to respect him.


Most people (not you of course) will never take him serious. We all see him exactly for who and what he is. Talking about victories for the French in 2017 and 2021. Most of those players isn't in the AB's team. In the game in the WC the AB's was fresh off a hiding from the Boks with their confidence so easy targets. Unsettled team with a coach that already lost his job. As if that is such a motivation, most players knowing under Robinson they will be dropped for his Crusaders players.


Not exactly the environment in which to claim WC honours. Yet, despite all that turmoil, that AB team that got thrashed by the Boks and lost to France, came back and made the WC Final. None of these things get mentioned. Oh no, that doesn't suit his narrative doesn't it? He needs to clickbait the SH teams as usual.


I'm not a violent man, not always, but that's a pathetic little worm I would break every bone in his body, and each sound of breaking bone would give me as much pleasure as a win for the Boks. I would record the sound of his breaking bones and use it as a new ringtone. That is how much respect I have for idiot clickbaiters like him.


Instead of proper articles like the rest out there, all he mostly dish up is tripe. He should change his name to Tripe Smith. That is a much better description of the weasel. Is that dissing enough for you? Next time, actually read to who my responses are aimed at and read their responses as to what elicited that type of response from me.


I don't usually strip myself for any response by you. I actually agree with most everything you usually say and I'm sure you would be a much better writer than BS, however, make sure you read to who and why the responses there is from various people before commenting. As for Lomu, he is one of the greats, despite not getting a WC trophy. I only had the highest regard for that man. What a player and what a human being he was.

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