Toulouse (AFP)

The Japanese hooker Takeshi Hino, 29, arrived from club Yamaha Jubilo, has committed as a joker World Cup with the Stade Toulousain, announced Tuesday the club champion of France.

Takeshi Hino (1.72m, 100kg) was tested a week ago by the Toulouse coaching and will make his debut Saturday on the first day on the lawn of Union Bordeaux-Bègles, announced forwards coach Régis Sonnes in a press conference.

The signature of this player is part of a partnership between Stade Toulousain and Yam Jubilo, playing in the Top League, the Japanese championship. It aims to bring around and in the period of the World-2019 (September 30 - November 2) players to overcome the absences of many international club.

The arrival of Australian Richie Arnold, who belongs to the Japanese club, is already part of this agreement, as are the loans for four months to the Yamaha Jubilo of two young people, the 2nd line Yannick Youyoutte, 19, and the 3rd line Karl-Robin Malanda , 20 years.

A match between the two teams is scheduled for November in Toulouse.

Takeshi Hino is an explosive player, who has scored 35 tries in 82 league games played, but he is considered the number 4 nippon and was not selected for the World Cup in his country.

Takeshi Hino must complete a position for which Stade Toulousain is in short supply. He recently lost Guillaume Marchand, victim of a fractured cheekbone, waiting for the return of his brother and captain Julien, injured (cruciate ligaments) at the last tournament of the VI nations, that in mid-October and must also do without Peato Mauvaka, retained in France team for the World Cup.

That's why another hooker is expected in Toulouse: this is Jacobus Visagie (1.88 m, 105 kg), 27, who played last season at the Bulls Pretoria (AFS). "Everything is tied" but the player is still "waiting for his visa," confirmed to AFP Jerome Cazalbou, the manager of high level Stade Toulousain.

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