Only a few months ago, he was discovering Pro D2 in the colours of Aurillac. Today, Ugo Seunes is establishing himself at Racing 92 and setting the corridors of Marcoussis buzzing. In the space of a few months, the young fly-half from Agen has turned the pecking order at his position upside down, carried by rare maturity and a game of surgical precision.

There is in Ugo Seunes a form of quiet discretion, the kind found in players who have learned to build their destiny patiently, far from the spotlight. Born in Agen twenty-four years ago and schooled at SUA, he never went through the gilded pathways of the federal academies. As a teenager, he left the Agen nest to join Blagnac, in Fédérale 1, where he discovered the harshness of grassroots rugby. Few cameras, plenty of hard graft. There, among battered forwards and wet pitches, he forged a rigour, an eye, a desire to understand the game rather than simply endure it.

In 2023, Aurillac gave him his chance in Pro D2. Seunes came to the fore there. Firm hand, head up, he put together a full season, scoring close to 190 points and running the Cantal side’s game with disconcerting assurance. His reading of the game, his technical accuracy and the quality of his passing won over the observers. Racing 92, looking for a fly-half for the future, did not hesitate: in the summer of 2025, Ugo Seunes arrived in Nanterre, bound for the Paris La Défense Arena and its 30,000 seats.

An old-school fly-half in a modern game

In an era obsessed with physicality and power, Seunes intrigues. 1.82 m for 75 kg, a rangy frame, the look of a student more than of an oversized athlete. And yet the lad is making his mark. His secret? Intelligence. Where others force it, he thinks. Where some crash into contact, he anticipates.

His kicking game, his master weapon, already fascinates the coaches: 17 successes from 21 at the posts (81%) and precise, sometimes inspired strikes that recall a certain Lionel Beauxis in his finest days. In open play, he knows how to mix it up – a flat diagonal to counter-attack, a little grubber to break the defensive line, a perfectly calibrated up-and-under for territory.

But to reduce Seunes to a mere marksman would be unfair. In defence, he shows exemplary rigour: 32 successful tackles from 39, five of them dominant, proof of a commitment without calculation. “He never cheats“, his manager Roméo Gontinéac kept repeating at Aurillac. Same story this year at Racing: “He has that tenacity which reassures his team-mates.“

A future in blue

In the space of a few weeks, Seunes has brought Racing’s game to life. After Farell’s departure in the off-season, he has established himself as a credible alternative, a French-style fly-half, precise, methodical, a touch romantic. And his name is starting to circulate beyond the Hauts-de-Seine: Fabien Galthié and his staff have ticked his profile in their weekly monitoring. Nothing official, nothing promised, but obvious curiosity about a player who, without any fuss, ticks every box: consistency, composure, situational intelligence.

For the young man, the dream is not an obsession. He is moving forward in measured steps, aware that the top level forgives nothing. “I know where I come from, he confided recently to the press. I don’t want to skip stages.” And yet he is devouring the stages: Fédérale 1, Nationale, Pro D2, Top 14. An upward curve of almost mathematical consistency. Will the equation take him to the highest peaks and to France?