Seven penalties, one transformation: 22-year-old full-back Melvyn Jaminet finished the match with a remarkable 100% this Tuesday in Melbourne.
– He almost stopped rugby
Young Melvyn Jaminet has considered quitting rugby. At the Toulou training center, in need of fun, he finally decides to join a small club in the Var. This transition to a more modest rugby gives him confidence and allows him to join the training center of Perpignan. Where it will reveal itself.
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“” He had a too ungrateful physique when he was young, he went on another path. He regained confidence in Perpignan and it is a real nugget, “explained Fabien Galthié after the match won on Tuesday against Australia.” We are several who were still playing in Federal 1 4 or 5 years ago. We come from the same place, from small clubs, and today we are there, in the French team “, reacted for his part Malvyn Jaminet to the Figaro.
– The pandemic has delayed its outbreak
In February 2020, the Catalan rear makes its first appearance in Pro D2 with USA Perpignan. And immediately noticed: he scored his first try in this first professional match. “It was a huge pride to play this match”, he explained to Rugbyrama.
Promising. But now, the Covid-19 has been there and decided otherwise. This first match will be the only one of the season. Regardless, the Catalan comes back just as strong a few months later. And USA Perpignan manages to hang on to the rise to Top 14 at the end of the 2020-2021 season. Personal assessment: 26 appearances and 9 tries.
– He was the author of a blunder during the first test match against Australia
Melvyn Jaminet’s premiere was marred by a fatal error. The Blues lead 21-20 in the 79th minute, they just have to secure their last touch to win. And then Teddy Iribaren and Melvyn Jaminet, who both celebrated their first cape, mess up, Tate McDermott recovers, the French defense is cornered … and Noah Lolesio passes the penalty, as fatal as it is cruel, in stoppage time (80th +4).
The young back was able to raise his head after this disillusionment. “I saw the negative comments about me. It’s normal. We lose on this action and I was very frustrated to lose the team on this pass”, explains Melvyn Jaminet at Figaro.
To bounce back, the Catalan back was able to count on the support of his coach, who decided to choose him as scorer instead of Carbonel for the second test match. “Even criticized, we knew that he needed to live this experience and that he was going to respond,” says Fabien Galthié.
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– A family of rugby players
The young Melvyn follows the path of his big brother, also a professional rugby player. Trained in Toulon, passed through Castres and Colomiers, Kylian Jaminet plays at Nevers, the club with which he faced Melvyn last season. And a third brother points the tip of his nose: Dylan Jaminet, 19, joined the Hopes of USA Perpignan.
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