A player that the manager had spotted in Super Rugby when he played under the jersey of the New Zealand franchise of the Waikato Chiefs and whom he brought to Castres in 2016. He quickly made him one of the bosses of the Tarn pack and a of the great architects of the title of champion of France won two years later.
We will keep him next season – Christophe Urios
Number 8 in the back, the Tonga international wreaked havoc on Top 14 defences.”Ma’ama is a player that we absolutely do not have in the squad. First of all, he has quite incredible physical strength, he goes very quickly. That means that on scrum starts, for example, he is able to bring things that we don’t have today. Then he is a player who is both very physical, we see him especially defensively, and at the same time a very good rugby player, he is able to play standing up, engage, play like a three-quarter. And then his great strength is that he scores a lot of tries.“
Ma’ama Vaipulu, 32, will return to the French championship a few months after leaving Castres for family reasons. A freelance that should continue. “We will keep it next season“welcomed Christophe Urios, relieved to have repatriated the phenomenon who will therefore be the complement and then the successor of Louis Picamoles who will hang up his crampons this summer.