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French flyhalf Remi Tales blows 'final whistle' on career

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Former French international flyhalf Remi Tales has called time on his 16-year-long professional rugby career at the age of thirty six. Tales, who won 24 caps for France, enjoyed stints, LaRochelle, Castres and Racing 92, before ending his career where it started at Mont-de-Marsan in the ProD2.

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Tales (6’1, 93kg)  broke the news on Instagram, where he used the analogy of a rugby match to chart his career.

“Today is the time to give the final whistle. This part I imagined it beautiful but in fact, it turned out to be magnificent,” said Tales on Instagram. “Rugby made me evolve, it allowed the little boy that I was to become a man. During this match, I met a lot of opponents, a first half with illusions, dreams of Brennus of models and guides but above all comforting shoulders, benevolent big brothers, educators, value trainers, coaches charismatic presidents.

“A second half with a taste for work, respect, fraternity and a balloon, which goes high in the sky like a drop made me grow and grow. My posts, my family who made me transform the essay, are the ingredients of my success. The third half with moments of sharing, team members who have become lifelong friends, travel, meetings.”

“The final whistle is now given, thank you to the big rugby family, to the supporters and to all my road partners. To give rugby all that it gave me would be pretentious but in my turn to pass!”

 

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Aujourd’hui est venue l’heure de donner le coup de sifflet final. Cette partie je l’avais imaginé belle mais en fait, elle s’est révélée être magnifique. Le rugby m’a fait évoluer, il a permis au petit garçon que j’étais de devenir un homme. Durant ce match, j’ai rencontré beaucoup d’adversaires , une première mi-temps avec des illusions, des rêves de Brennus des modèles et des guides mais surtout des épaules réconfortantes, des grands frères bienveillants, des éducateurs formateurs de valeurs, des entraîneurs entraînants, des présidents charismatiques. Une deuxième mi-temps avec le goût du travail, du respect, de la fraternité et un ballon, qui monte haut dans le ciel à l’image d’un drop m’a fait m’élever et grandir. Mes poteaux, ma famille qui m’ont fait transformer l’essai, sont les ingrédients de ma réussite. La troisième mi-temps avec des moments de partage, des équipiers devenus amis pour la vie, des voyages, des rencontres. Le coup de sifflet final est maintenant donné, merci à la grande famille du rugby, aux supporters et à tous mes partenaires de route. Donner au rugby tout ce qu’il m’a donné serait prétentieux mais à mon tour de faire la passe! Merci le rugby ?

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Tales earned his French caps in a period of time between 2013 and 2015. He won two Top 14 titles.

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Rieko took literally years to turn from a defensive liability at 13 into a guy, who’s defensively sound as it befits the position. And it all came at the cost of him being much less of an offensive threat, than what he used to be. Proctor is a natural 13, he handles, passes, and kicks way better than Rieko ever will, he just isn’t as fast.


It’s unfair to judge Tupaea on the handful of games he’s had in 2022 before he got nearly crippled by a Wallaby lock. What could Tupaea/Proctor pairing be, if they got the same amount of chances as Jordie/Rieko?


Because no matter how you spin it, playing a player outside of his natural position is a poor asset management. No matter how talented he is, he still competes against players who had years and years of practice at the position. And if said guy is so talented that he actually CAN compete against specialists, imagine how much better still he could have been, if he had all those years to iron the toothing issues at the position. It just drives me mad.


Two things I hate in rugby union beyond description: aping after league, and playing players outside of their natural position. Especially considering, that they all admit they hate it, when they’re allowed to speak freely. Owen Farrell spent 80% of his international career at 12, saying every time when asked, that he is a 10 and prefers to play at 10. Those players are literally held at a gunpoint: play out of position, or no national jersey for you.

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