Pro D2 – Genesis Mamea Lemalu, ability and experience in US Dax service

At the age of 35, Bad Beginning not the head of the Dacquois locker room, but close. With Faitotoa Asa and Elvis Lévi (37), Maxime Delonca (35), Matt Luamanu and Ilikena Bolakoro (36), he is one of those veterans, in the professional circuit for a long time, whose experience is valuable. “Genesis has joined the group well. He is one of the elders and is quiet and thoughtful. Every day he does not talk more than that, he acts wisely and knows that the truth is only that of the ground.”, asks Benoît August, sports director of l’ USD.
Arriving in Landes in mid-September, the former USAP player (2016 – 2023) did not immediately start a series of meetings. He played only four matches in the first round. “Genesis was waiting in Perpignan. He liked the fact of being able to come to the region, with his family, in a good living environment. In addition, he knew many local players, but he arrived without sufficient preparationhe remembers August. He had to log into the system. He took some time to find his feet and was joined, little by little, by the crew.”

He tours with Wasley

A fan of permanent changes in the composition of his team, Jeff Dubois at the beginning of this return, he gave his number eight a chance to play, against Grenoble then Biarritz (J17, J18), before returning him to the field against Soyaux and Aurillac (J20, J21). “It does not have a set plan, but the rotation system is useful for it, as for all organizationsemphasizes the former holder. Moreover, if we look at the number of injured among us, it is small. It is part of the success of our season.”
When Gently he is not in the field, it is the citizen of New Zealand Sam Wasley who holds the third position of the middle line. “With the two of them, we have a very good two-eighth for our squad rotation, he likes August. Sam is small, has good gestures, punching power, and looks like “Gino” (Lemalu’s nickname, Editor’s note), a few years ago. Is this a guide for him? I don’t know, I don’t know, you I would like to ask him, but there is a very good competition between them..”

August: “He has this ability to move forward”

With a lot of experience in the French championship (he has a total of 150 matches in Pro D2), Lemalu no longer has the legs of a 20-year-old, but he still has some energy, which USD does not hesitate to exploit. “Gino is now more intelligent in his racingremember August. He has this ability to get forward, set up balls well behind the scrum and brings an encouraging side to the youngsters. In fact, he is one of the players that allows us to move forward, regardless of the weather..”
Get used to arguing on the Pro D2 table (he won two titles in the division with Perpignan), the number eight could be a key boy at the end of the season for Dax, who keeps repeating that maintaining remains his priority, even though he is only one point from sixth place…