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Pro rugby player in Grenoble, Timoci Nagusa has decided to take all of his paternity leave. A decision that surprises in the world of sport. He tells.
“I took 27 days off to be with my children. And when I return to the team, I will have a calm mind and a heart full of love, after taking care of my two beautiful children and my wife.“Professional rugby player Timoci Nagusa took a month’s paternity leave. A decision unprecedented in France in a team sport.”After seeing what my wife went through with the first baby, I want to be there for her this time“, he explains. If Timoci Nagusa hesitated to take this leave, he does not regret his choice.
However, the choice of Timoci Nagusa is criticized in the world of rugby: he is accused of abandoning his team. “You know, as a professional athlete, as a rugby player, we are expected to give 100% to training, to matches, with the fans“, develops the sportsman. For the rugby player,” mothers should always be a priority in society because they do more than what we think. “
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