Valence-d’Agen. Valencian Future Portrait Gallery: Lilian Bousignac

Every year, before the season resumes, it is customary to present the new recruits of the Valencian Future who will wear the sky and white jersey. First on the list is a left prop, Lilian Bousignac. Aged 33, 1.82 m for 116 kg, the Valencian rookie has known several clubs but has always remained faithful to Tarn-et-Garonne and its outskirts. He started rugby very young, at 5 years old, in the ranks of the rugby school of Villemur-sur-Tarn, in Haute-Garonne. He stayed there until first year cadets. The rest, he tells it: “I took the direction of Montauban, I signed at the USM where I passed all the categories: second year cadets, juniors, Reichel, hopes, and in seniors, I I was champion of France of federal 1. I started at the position of n. 8, then left, right pillar and hooker. Then I signed a season here, at the Avenir valencien, before joining CA Castelsarrasin for six seasons. The two previous seasons, I played them in Beaumont-de-Lomagne, to follow “Nico” Crubilé who was going to train there. When I heard that he was coming here, I asked him if he was looking for a left pillar, and here I am, happy to return to this club where I had a good time.”

“Lilian Bousignac is a vengeful player, underlines Nicolas Crubilé, who knows him well. He is a puncher, he crosses the lines, he always tries to advance with the ball which he handles well. He played n. 8, hooker and both sides, right and left; it serves him a lot. He is a modern pillar, and his goal is to prove again that he is worthy of the federal 1. “

Since the resumption of training, he is always present, with the good humor that characterizes him. He knows very quickly how to blend into the group in the company of another newcomer who will soon be introduced, Victor Yzabel, a hooker who comes from Lavaur.

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