There you go, it’s signed. Owen Farrell will be hitting the pitches of the Top 14 next season. The English international fly-half has signed up for the next two years with Racing 92, who made the information official this Monday early in the evening.
The president of the Ile-de-France club Laurent Travers welcomed this future arrival In The Team : “No need to explain what a player who has 112 caps with England and who has won three Champions Cups can bring to our group,” said Laurent Travers. “He will inevitably help our young people to mature, as, before him, Dan Carter, Rémi Talès or Finn Russell brought to our young people from our training center, starting with Antoine Gibert. »
At 32, Farrell will discover the second club of his career, since he has been playing for Saracens since 2008. The opener that French supporters loved to hate so much, as he often punished the Blues, should no longer wear the XV de la Rose jersey, of which he is the top scorer with 1,237 points.
Probable farewells to the England XV
The son of the Irish coach has been taking an international break since the last World Cup, which ended this fall in third place by England, in order to recharge his batteries mentally. Signing for a French club excludes him from selection, according to the current eligibility criteria of the English Federation.
At Racing 92, Farrell, who can also play in the center, will find Stuart Lancaster, new sporting boss of the French club, and former England coach (2011-2015), who offered his first cap to the player, on February 4, 2012 during a VI Nations Tournament match won against Scotland (6-13), in Edinburgh.