Who are these violets who leave from Bourg-en-Bresse? • Ain’s voice

You had to expect it. By having around twenty players whose contract expires next June, the USBPA is preparing to know an important renewal of its workforce this summer. An important wave of departures concerns the first line.

Since January, we know that the ATONIO ULUTUIPALELEI pillar, 28, will evolve on the side of Colomiers, in Pro D2 or TOP 14, since the Columérin club will compete in the final phase in the coming weeks. In the meantime, he will play the final phase of National with Chambéry, leader of the regular phase, as part of a loan. The player arrived in Bourg-en-Bresse in 2023, from Rennes.

His counterpart Vazha Kapanadze, 30, will wear the Nice jersey. The Georgian, at the club since 2019, will find his old colors next season, since the Nice club will not be able to maintain itself in Pro D2.

Still at the pillar, Erich de Jager and Téo Bordenave will not extend the adventure in Bresse. Both had joined Bourg-en-Bresse in 2022. These departures are added to that of Nicolas Lemaire, who has been playing in Rouen for a few weeks.

At the post of hooker, Arnaud Feltrin, 29, will not continue his mission in the Ain either, after two seasons on the side of Marcel-Verchère. In 2^e Line, the Briton Josh Peters, 29, also purple since 2023, will no longer wear the Bressan jersey.

Same thing for the young Grégoire Demangel, 23, trained in Limoges and arrived in Bourg in hopes in 2022. In 3^e Line, USBPA will not keep its thirties Nicolas Tachat, 31, Joseph Penitito, 30, and Lucas Lyons, 32 years old.

Leaving for Orleans, the first had joined the Bresse during the 2022-2023 season, while the second was paralyzed after a tackle, during the meeting against Narbonne, on March 23, 2024. At the club since 2018, Lyons wore the purple jersey 74 times.

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Departures will be less numerous a priori in the ranks of three-quarters. Little used this season due to an injury, the melee Nicolas Faure, 30, leaves, after four seasons in purple. Ditto for the young Tom Buisson, 21, and the South African opening half Frederik Zeilinga, 32, at USBPA since 2023.

In the center, the US Bressane lost Benjamin Doy, 31, who, after ten years spent in Bourg-en-Bresse, will find Nantua in Federal 2, the club which formed it. Finally, at the wing, Tom Ivanjine, 22, will continue his career elsewhere. Audric Sanlaville-Guillard, he put an end to his life as a high-level sportsman after a new knee injury.

Other elements may have to leave the club, after the negotiation period. As a reminder, next season, the USBPA’s wage bill will increase from € 2.1 to 1.6 million.

Jonathan Elgoyhen takes rank

Arrived in Bourg-en-Bresse in November 2023, following the departure of the Duo Estebanez-Brugnaut, Jonathan Elgoyhen will bounce back to Langon, as manager and coach of the proclaimed team. He will form a pair with Sébastien Dimitri. 13^e And a barragist at the end of the regular phase of the national, the Langonnais stadium will face the unhappy finalist of National 2, to hope to be maintained.