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Fofana between 2012 and 2015 was an absolute nightmare of a player. Just so evasive and also strong through the contact. He’d be in and around an underrated players of the 2010’s for sure!
One of the biggest what if is imagining an experienced Fofana play in the current french outfit with Dupont, N'Tamack and the likes. Would have been unstoppable
They win the World Cup, simple as that. It’s a partnership of Fofana and Fickou.
@@williamjfrancefilm Ahhh man It would be amazing, I remember when vakatawa was breaking through and being gassed to see him and Wesley. That would've been incredible
It speaks volumes to his talent that France haven’t produced another centre like him since. Loved watching him play, shame his injuries got on top of him a bit. One of my all time favourite players to watch, everything looks so effortless
What a player. Too many injuries... A big "What If" in French rugby history
The way he casually gets past DC at about 4:53 - he had Larkham-like ghosting through defences, and a centre of gravity that made his fends deceptively powerful. As Squidge once wrote via a French philosopher, if Fofana is in the opposing team, does your defence actually exist?
Thank you sir for this marvellous compilation of one of my favourite players. What a player. Strength, power, acceleration, spatial awareness. Also, I really like his commitment to diving in for tries, actually propels himself forward - not only does it look awesome, sometimes it helps him evade the final tackle.
00:00 - Man, I really do miss Eddie Butler's commentary.
6:09 I remember that try against Toulouse, it was at the 30th second of the game. At that time, I had seen this game Clermont-Toulouse as a big clash (both were in the top 3 teams of the top 14), I wondered what it would give, and then you just had Fofana who erased almost all the worryings at the 1st minute. Wonderful try and big moment !
He was actually a monster in defence
I’d be keen to see some of this series on players such as: - Maxime Medard (France) - Alex Dunbar (Scotland) - Mamuka Gorgodze (Georgia) - Malikai Fekitoa (New Zealand + Tonga) - Martin Castrogiovani (Italy) - John Barclay (Scotland) - Lima Sopoanga (New Zealand + Samoa) - Todd Clever (USA) - DTH Van der Merwe (Canada) - Tawera Kerr Barlow (New Zealand) - Dimitri Szarzewski (France) - Imanol Harinordoquy (France) - François Trinh-Duc (France) - Louis Picamoles (France) - Tom Croft (England) - Nathan Hines (Scotland) - Jason White (Scotland) - Sean Lamont (Scotland) - Luke Charteris (Wales) - Andy Powell (Wales) - Dan Lydiate (Wales) - Tim Nani-Williams (Samoa) - Ignacio Fernández Lobbe (Argentina) - Felipe Contepomi (Argentina) - Santiago Cordero (Argentina)
Some great suggestions!
@@AndrewDavidForde tried to go for some of the maybe more subtle or underrated players with some other players in those teams capturing the spotlight 👍
I’d throw in Andrew Trimble and Chris Henry (Ireland)
Jordan Turner-Hall as well
Man could just glide through tackles, great running style. Not the playmaker Fickou is but sure ran beautifully
Always thought him & Alex Dunbar of scotland were 2 of the most under rated inside centres
Fofana and Regan King were a much too short lived match made in heaven 👌
Les blessures l'ont éloignées longtemps des terrains 😢😢😢. C'était mon joueur préféré à une période
I remember always getting nervous seeing Thierry Dusautois (ignore my spelling) and fofana in the lineup previews as a boy, you just knew they were going to add something to the game and make very little mistakes. That same feeling you get with the Conrad and ben smiths of the world, if they were your teammates you just know you can have full confidence they're doing the right thing at the right time
When I first heard there was a Wesley Fofana at Leicester football club, I genuinely wondered if it was this dude - he’s that talented I reckon he’d be bloody good at football too.
It's good that you say that because he was in a training center of a big French club and he almost finished professional
This try against Stade Toulousain... It's absolute awesome!!! 😮😮😮😮
If he hadn't been so injured he probably would have been one of the best centers of all time
underrated player
absolute baller
THE GOAT
Yep...class act
The cheetah 🫡🫡🫡
was there not a wesley fofana that played football as well?
Yep still does for Chelsea (albeit ironically he's injured atm too) - hence why I've put rugby highlights in the title to distinguish it :)
Thanks ! ffs the "ambiance" music...