After the bloodletting – no less than 20 player departures – the arrivals. CA Brive, relegated to Pro D2, revealed at a press conference hosted by manager Patrice Collazo and sports coordinator Didier Faugeron the identity of ten recruits for next season.
Among these reinforcements, the Tongan second or third line of the Stade Français Paris Sitaleki Timani (36 years old), the center of Australian origin but Scottish international Sam Johnson (30 years old, Glasgow), the international hooker Adrien Pélissie (32 years old, 7 selections), from Clermont or the scrum-half Julien Blanc, who wore the Corrézien jersey from 2019 to 2021, before playing a season in Toulon then another at Castres Olympique.
Two Fijian players also join the squad. Olympic champion winger Asaeli Tuivuaka (27), who has only played two games with Racing 92 this season, as well as 7-a-side international Paula Walisoliso (26), who plays as a center.
The other recruits are the Algerian international hooker from Nevers, Issam Hamel (25), the Australian third line from the Western Force, Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco (27), the New Zealand opener Jackson Garden-Bachop (28 ), who played in Japan, and the rear-winger of Rennes (Nationale), Mathieu Brignonen (28 years old).
The Brive recruitment is not completely finished since Patrice Collazo is still waiting for a right pillar whose name should be made official this week. “We want to be a credible candidate for a rise in the Top 14”, aspires the Corrèze manager.
