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Nowell, who made his senior debut for Exeter in 2012, captained the club on Sunday as they went down 47-28 to La Rochelle in the semi-final of the Champions Cup. After defeat in Bordeaux, the Cornishman explained that his love for the Devon club had made it extremely difficult to part ways with them. In February 2014, he joined French Pro D2 rugby side, La Rochelle. [4] Fiji national team (15s) [ edit ]

It is yet to be officially confirmed that he will join Ronan O’Gara’s squad and Nowell remained coy on the subject but saluted the “unbelievable” atmosphere that the La Rochelle fans generated in Bordeaux. That said, the England wing is eager to play against Irish in one last outing with Exeter. Northampton Saints: Furbank; Ramm, Proctor, Dingwall, Freeman; Smith, James; Waller, Smith, Hill, Salakaia-Loto, Ribbans, Coles, Hinkley, Ludlam (c).I think we've started our season now, it will do us a lot of good, it was an important victory," O'Gara told broadcaster Canal+.

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La Rochelle: Dulin; Leyds, Doumayrou, Botia, Rhule; West, Kerr Barlow; Priso, Bourgarit, Antonio, Sazy, Skelton, Alldritt, Gourdon, Vito Australian second row Will Skelton, who lifted the trophy with Saracens in 2019 , paid tribute to O'Gara's coaching style. It was a wake-up call that I had probably been saying in my head, but then to hear it from one of the coaches was an eye-opener. Under the guidance of head coach and former Munster fly-half Ronan O'Gara, they saw off Leinster - another four-time winner - 32-23 in the semi-finals. France winger Damian Penaud made his first Bordeaux-Begles start after his move from Clermont as ex-New Zealand scrum-half Tawera Kerr-Barlow captained La Rochelle, two-time Champions Cup holders under former Ireland fly-half O'Gara.

He did not go to high school as he left school after finishing class eight to focus on his rugby career. He left for Suva after a few years and there he played for the Suva development side before playing for City Eagles. He was spotted one day by former Fiji 7's coach Waisale Serevi who included him in the sevens team to the 2011 Pacific Games. [2] After returning, he was included in the Fiji team for the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series; an injury ruled him out for most of the season but he was included in the Fiji team for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. [3] Botia also played in the Digicel Cup for his province, Namosi and he even took his side to the semi-final in 2013. He captained the national 7's team in some tournaments.Northampton wing Courtnall Skosan: "I think for us it's all about cleaning up our game, just not making a lot of mistakes. We have the game that can take us all the way, it's just about making sure that it's clean and I think that's a big focus for us."

Nowell is bound for La Rochelle at the end of this season and will be part of a mass exodus from Devon, with a plethora of first-team regulars leaving the club in a legacy of Covid and a tightened salary cap.

Alex Mitchell drops to the bench in the aftermath of a defeat by Gloucester but 20-year-old Fin Smith, who signed from Worcester in October, remains in the team and makes his Champions Cup debut.