Baptiste Serin and Toulon, the love story goes on. For several weeks, the Var club’s management and the France international (46 caps) had been discussing an extension. On Friday, L’Equipe report that the scrum-half has agreed to two additional seasons (2028) rather than three.

An immovable presence at Toulon since his arrival in 2019 from UBB, Serin was of interest to a number of clubs, including Montpellier. He will stay in the Var after all, much to the delight of RCT supporters. The 31-year-old number 9 therefore extends on the Rade, as his rival Ben White recently did.