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Kepu also on French conveyor belt

By Online Editors
Wednesday 21 Jan 2015

Australian international prop Sekope Kepu has become the latest addition to the conveyor belt moving players from the Southern Hemisphere to France.


Kepu signed a three-year deal with ambitious Top 14 club Bordeaux-Begles.


The 28-year-old Wallaby - who will join after this year's World Cup - is the second player from the Waratahs to join the club coached by former France captain Raphael Ibanez.


Fellow Australian international utility back Adam Ashley-Cooper signed a similar deal with the Top-14 side in December 2014.


Kepu has played 52 times for Australia and will be a key player for them at the World Cup being hosted by England and which gets underway in September.


Bordeaux, who were founded in 2006, were promoted to the Top-14 in 2011 and are currently fifth in the top flight after finishing eighth last season.


AFP

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