This time it's the right one.

At 35, François Trinh-Duc confirms this Wednesday in an interview with

L'Equipe

that he will retire from sport at the end of the season.

The opening half was already thinking about quitting a year ago before finally saying yes to a last freelance at Union Bordeaux-Bègles this season in order to work with Christophe Urios, the Girondin manager.

But, today, he really decided to say stop like his friend and teammate Louis Picamoles a few weeks ago: “I'm not the same on the field as eight years ago, in terms of physical qualities and others.

This is what is a little hard today.

Like people who are aging.

One day they can't run anymore so they walk.

In my mind, that's exactly it.

It's a bit like coming back from an injury but permanently.

»François Trinh-Duc, passed by Montpellier, Toulon and Racing, wore the jersey of the XV of France 66 times.

He is the second most capped opener of the Blues behind Frédéric Michalak.

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For now, he will be leaving the world of rugby

Elected best player of the Top 14 in 2011, he will have played more than 17 seasons at the top level.

As he recently confided to

20 Minutes,

he will be leaving the world of rugby for the moment.

With his wife and children, he will return to his hometown of Montpellier.

There, he joined the Fortil company, which recruited engineers and then placed them on his clients' projects in sectors such as health or IT.

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