Noa Traversier

Noa Traversier is 1.93m and 96kg. In a back row that is a specific shape: tall enough to be a lineout target, light enough that he is not being picked to carry into contact.

He is French, born on 10 June 2005, and in the Bayonne squad.

Nothing further about him has been published. He has no article in any language searched, no age-grade international appearance recorded under his name, and the club’s published summaries skip him entirely.

The forwards ahead of him are established: Rob Leota has played for Australia, Alexandre Fischer for France, and Giovanni Habel-Kuefner has more than a hundred professional appearances across three clubs.

Ninety-six kilos is light for the Top 14 back row, where flankers now routinely weigh over 105. Players with his proportions usually add eight or ten kilos between twenty and twenty-three, and whether he does will decide whether he ends up a blindside or a second row.

What is confirmed is a place on the roster at twenty-one and a set of measurements. The rest is not written yet, and it would be dishonest to write it here first.