A surprise signing for SU Agen. Stade Rochelais confirmed this week that Gaël Galván is joining the Lot-et-Garonne club on a season-long loan. The 21-year-old tighthead did not return to training with La Rochelle on Thursday.
A surprise signing for SU Agen. Stade Rochelais confirmed this week that Gaël Galván is joining the Lot-et-Garonne club on a season-long loan. The 21-year-old tighthead did not return to training with La Rochelle on Thursday.
An imposing figure (1.91m, 150kg), the former Argentina U20 international finished third at the 2025 U20 World Championship with his country, beating France 38-35 in the third-place play-off. Having arrived at La Rochelle last summer, he managed only a few minutes of Top 14 rugby, in the defeat at Stade Français (26-24) in October.
At Agen, where Mauricio Reggiardo has acknowledged wanting to deepen the competition on the tighthead side of the scrum, Galván joins an already well-stocked area alongside signings Enrique Pieretto, Nail Audoire and Adam Bouaré, not forgetting the versatile Akato Fakatika. SUA start their season on 28 August at Provence Rugby.
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