“I have already started my professional retraining, and I find it difficult to juggle between these two lives. A choice had to be made” admits Jonathan Best. The former third line of FCG and AS Béziers, a native of Romans-sur-Isère, has already stopped his professional career, and returned to amateur rugby, with the RCRP. He remains there, but no longer as a player: he became responsible for partnerships and events. After 17 years of sporting career, he leaves the grounds definitively.
I’m starting to be a little old to play rugby, I’ll be 39 in August
His profession now: teacher in a business school, in particular at ECEMA in Valence, also in an establishment in Montpellier, and the next school year in Grenoble. A dual activity that he has been carrying out since 2013, having wanted to anticipate his retraining. “I give a little lessons, and _I also help my Romans club to structure itself, with a view to the resumption of the Federal 3 championship in September._“ A Roman life still a little in contact with rugby
“As Romans, we try to develop rugby at Guillermoz. We have a great tool at our disposal, and it’s up to us to ensure that the Romans come to Guillermoz, the historic stadium, while continuing to follow the VRDR, because one doesn’t preclude the other!”
Jonathan Best also explains that he wants to devote himself to his family life – it is moreover to avoid leaving for three weeks that he finally refused to participate this summer in qualifying for the World Cup with Algeria. “I also do mental preparation and physical preparation with business leaders, a little communication, and I continue to write.”