REPORTAGE – The Essonne club, promoted to Pro D2, is betting on training. Bastareaud, Macalou or Woki come from it.
Back in Pro D2 after a great campaign in National, punctuated by the title of champion of France, RC Massy hopes to settle permanently in the antechamber of the elite. To achieve this, the Essonne club intends to rely on its training center, recognized as one of the best in France. Jimmy Marlu, the pioneer, Mathieu Bastareaud, Sekou Macalou, Judicaël Cancoriet, Yacouba Camara or even Cameron Woki, there are countless great players who have passed through the Massicoise school. Since its creation, the center of Massy has seen sixteen of its players join the France pole in Marcoussis.
With training labeled FFR since 1is July 2007, the RCME welcomes new nuggets every year divided into three structures: the rugby school (4-13 years old), the pre-centre (14-17 years old) and the elite center (18-22 years old). But the Blues and Blacks are not opposed to changes of vision. While development is still just as crucial, Massy has indeed reviewed its detection policy…
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