Giovanni Habel-Kuffner will very soon join the closed club of Baabaas, this selection where you only come by invitation, and where you are asked to bring your socks. The 3rd Samoan line of the Section Paloise was selected by the coaching duo Christian Labit and Xavier Garbajosa for the Barbarians match scheduled against Tonga on Saturday 13 November at Gerland. He will meet there in particular Morgan Parra, Henry Chavancy or Iosefa Tekori.
21 players summoned … for the moment
The French Barbarians will play there the 61st game in their history. From the start, this selection has cultivated its atypical side, good humor in the group and favors the game of movement.. It aims to bring together experienced players, international or not, young people in the making, and also opens up to foreign players emblematic of the French championship, all guarantors of “the spirit Baabaas“. This is how Giovanni Habel-Kuffner, who has worked for the Paloise Section for 7 years, will be able to wear the Vert et Blanc socks high to accompany the blue-toned jersey of the Baabaas.
For the time being he is the only Pau called, but only 21 players have been called, which means that other names will be revealed in the coming days.
Players so far summoned to face Tonga
Morgan Parra (Clermont), Félix Lambey (LOU), Toby Arnold (LOU), Saïd Hirèche (CAB), Nolann Le Garrec (Racing 92), Clément Laporte (LOU), Mathieu Acebes (USAP), Thomas Combezou (CO), Iosefa Tekori (Toulouse), Guillaume Marchand (LOU), Clément Maynadier (UBB), Arthur Joly (USAP), Jefferson Poirot (UBB), Enzo Hervé (CAB), Mathieu Hirigoyen (BO), Romain Sazy (La Rochelle), Arthur Bonneval (Toulouse), Quentin Bethune (Stade Français), Henry Chavancy (Racing), Joe Ravouvou (Bayonne), Giovanni Habel-Kuffner.