2023-05-06 13:30:27
This is certainly not how he imagined his end of career. Victim of a new concussion in December, Sébastien Vahaamahina is forced to say stop, at 31 years old. The second line of Clermont, 41 selections with the XV of France, is bitter. He is very angry with his club for letting him down, as he explains in an interview with The team this Saturday.
Vahaamahina has not played with Clermont since December 10, 2022 and a match against the South African Stormers franchise in the Champions Cup. “In six years, this is the tenth (concussion) listed. There were others, but apparently they weren’t recorded in my medical records. I have increasingly strong symptoms after each concussion, with an impact on my life as a professional rugby player but also on my private life”, he confides, recounting his “headaches”, his “dizziness and his “tiredness”.
Withdrawal of license without having been notified
“A week later, I wanted to come to the stadium driving alone. Result: I fell asleep in the parking lot when I arrived, I was so exhausted from having driven not even fifteen minutes. We also had to postpone my nose operation because anesthesia was not recommended in my condition, ”he continued. After two operations, the former player from Brive and Perpignan, who arrived at Marcel-Michelin in 2014, has “resumed an almost normal life”, but continues to live with “a sharp sword above his head”.
“Five months have passed and they (the leaders of Clermont) could have made me a decent and clear proposal to properly end my history with the club. If they haven’t, they don’t want to. The club continues to buy time and hope that I give up. I thought I deserved more respect. I am disappointed and hurt, said the second line again. I understood that the ASM surely had other things to do than take care of its old soldiers. »
During the week, club and player received a letter from the FFR, indicating the withdrawal of Vahaamahina’s license “following a letter from the ASM doctor and a recommendation from the medical commission before which I did not never been summoned”, according to the native of Nouméa who explains that he has not received any prior information.
“Shame for my club”
“I am ashamed for my club while my dismissal for incapacity is in progress. I have a lot of trouble setting foot in the stadium. I told the leaders that they had ruined everything, as if they had erased everything. I was programmed to play, to give everything and perform,” he notes.
“They had to and must protect us. Players have duties but also rights. They are in a hurry to finish me off. All of this is unfair. They do not assume. We are like cars for them. And when we’re screwed, we go to the scrapyard, ”says Vahaamahina, considering that” on several occasions, the rest periods after concussions have not been respected ”. He is the third ASM player to denounce the attitude of the Auvergne club, after second line Jamie Cudmore and third line Alexandre Lapandry, who filed a complaint against the club for “endangering the lives of others”. .
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