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Stade Francais confirm 13 players leaving, including ex-Wasps duo
By Liam Heagney
Stade Francais have confirmed the names of 13 players leaving their squad now that their 2022/23 Top 14 season has ended, a lengthy list that includes Paolo Odogwu and Vincent Koch, their two mid-campaign recruits from the busted Wasps.
The Paris club bowed out of the French title race with their 33-20 home play-off loss to city rivals Racing last Saturday, losing out on a place in this Friday’s semi-final versus Toulouse in San Sebastian.
They have now confirmed an overhaul of their squad with Laurent Labit and Karim Ghezal set to take charge after their upcoming Rugby World Cup duty working as assistants to France coach Fabien Galthie.
Odogwu and Koch were among the casualties when 167 players and staff lost their jobs with last October’s announcement that Wasps has financially collapsed.
Both were quickly snapped up by Stade but their respective stays have now ended with one-time England prospect Odogwu set to compete for a place in the Italy Rugby World Cup squad and Koch doing likewise with the Springboks.
About Odogwu, Stade tweeted: “Arrived from Wasps during the season, our centre/winger is leaving after 12 games under our colours.” And about Koch, they posted: “Arrived from Wasps during the season, our mainstay world champion is returning home as the World Cup approaches.”
The full list of Stade leavers is: Arthur Coville (Provence), Alex Arrate, Jame Hall (Racing), Marcis Kremer (Clermont), Sione Tui (Provence), Telusa Veainu (Sale), Harry Glover, Nemo Roelofse (Perpignan), Morgan Parra (Stade Francais coaching staff), Theo Dachary, Vincent Koch, Paolo Odogwu, Sitaleki Timani. Coaches Gonzalo Quesada and Laurent Sempere will also exit.
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Who would you have played at 10 with Richie Mo'unga gone and Fergus Burke not available till late in the season ? Scott Barrett hardly played, Sam Whitelock was overseas. There were injuries amongst the replacements. The fairy story that Robertson would have won in this situation is a exactly that a fairy story. We went within a whisker of getting in the play offs late in the season, because we had Fergus Burke, Blackadder others back. Codie Taylor made a big impact when he came back from his sabbatical. Hopefully he will be the captain next year, Codie has had a great season since returning to the Crusaders and for the All Blacks.
Go to commentsEarned a 9.5 with top game overall though Tk while Italians were allowed to crowd breakdown without penalty often. We do have Love with two tries in 4 Test 😎minutes on field!
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