Toulouse (AFP)
The winger or international back of Toulouse Yoann Huget, 62 caps with the XV of France between 2010 and 2019, will retire at the end of the season, he announces at 33 in an interview to appear on Sunday evening in the Canal Rugby Club.
"It's been two years that I drag an Achilles tendon injury, I have trouble recovering," explains the three-quarter Toulouse broadcaster to the Top 14. "That's why I made this decision to stop and let my body restructure because since 2015 I have been taking it into entrenchments which are a bit hard. I think now is the right time. "
Trained at the Stade Toulousain with which he began his professional career in 2005, but lacking playing time under manager Guy Novès, the Ariégeois had exiled himself to Agen (2008-2010) then to Bayonne (2010-2012) before to return to Ernest-Wallon.
To finally win a title of champion of France on the ground, in 2019 against Clermont (24-18), by scoring the two tries of his team.
His career with the Blues will be marked by two misadventures in the World Cup: failures in anti-doping monitoring deprived him of the 2011 edition, before a rupture of the cruciate ligaments in the first match of the 2015 edition. On the other hand, he fully worked in the selection route in Japan in 2019 (3 matches).
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