He would have signed his contract last Friday. A three-year contract that makes Anthony Belleau the new ASM opener for the seasons to come. Anything but a surprise as his name kept coming back, Anthony Belleau will therefore be the new Clermont opener for the coming seasons.
An experienced player even if he is still young, he will be 26 when he wears the yellow and blue jersey. He has already played 80 Top 14 and 13 European Cup matches. After being trained in Agen, he has been playing at RC Toulon for six years. He was notably in the 2017 final won by ASM against Toulon. Anthony Belleau also has 12 selections for the French team.
He is coming at the same age as Camille Lopez when he joined Clermont but with the experience of a very high level in addition. Small advantage all the same for the club, Anthony Belleau no longer seems an option for the XV of France, helmed by younger openers, he should therefore be fully available for ASM. And it has the advantage of being JIFF (Player From the French Formation), an element that has become essential to compose a group.
Anthony Belleau is the first recruit in the reconstruction of the Clermont team. The site remains open but it is an important stone of the future building that is laid. And his recruitment frees Camille Lopez, who had asked to leave, a priori for Bayonne.