UBB center Yoram Moefana and Clermont prop Sipili Falatea are unexpectedly related.
The young and powerful three-quarter center of the UBB, Yoram Moefana, stood out for his XXL performance on Saturday morning during the first test against Japan (success 42-23). One anecdote, however, went more unnoticed. During this match, he evolved with… his uncle, the pillar of Clermont Sipili Falatea, who came into play in the 47th minute (in place of Lyonnais Demba Bamba). Hard to imagine, the first being 21 years old and the second only three years older!
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In the post-match conference, Moefana returned to this first in the history of the XV of France. “Sipili is my father’s little brother. They both have a big age difference. So I consider Sipili more like a big brother, said the Bordeaux center. We grew up together in Futuna. Small, we did not know that we would play together one day in the France team. Realizing that is really a treat…»
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