The terrible disillusionment of elimination in the quarter-finals of the World Cup is still alive for Peato Mauvaka. The hooker played on Sunday evening – he came on in the 46th minute – with his club Stade Toulousain against UBB. At his request, as he confided to the microphone of Canal.

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“I was supposed to be on vacation, but if I stayed home I was going to cry every day. So I asked to resume directly after the shift. Ugo (Mola) was nice, he let me take over, confided the 26-year-old. I like to show everyone around me that I’m always in a good mood. But, after the quarter-final, it was tough. So I preferred to quickly resume, otherwise I was going to hang myself.” Before concluding on a happier note. “It’s nice to win again, especially.”