Bryce Heem scores for Toulon.
Former New Zealand Sevens international Bryce Heem is quitting glamour French club Toulon to return home to New Zealand for “major family reasons’’. The 32-year-old former Chiefs wing was a try-scorer in Toulon’s 35-13 home win over Stade Francais on Sunday (Monday NZ time), but the club later announced he would play his last game against Brive next weekend.
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Bryce Heem of Auckland charges forward during the 2015 NPC semifinal. He is returning to New Zealand from French club Toulon. A statement from the club stated Heem was returning to New Zealand, and the Rugby Rama website reported that he was leaving for “major family reasons’’.
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Toulon coach Patrice Collazo praised South Africa s Rugby World Cup winner Eben Etzebeth after he returned from concussion in Sunday s 29-23 victory at Racing 92 in the French Top 14.
Etzebeth, who won the last of his 85 Springboks caps in the 2019 final, missed more than four weeks of action after suffering a head knock in the European Cup win over Sale on December 12. He played at the level we expect. Tonight I saw a very good Eben Etzebeth, like I saw very good French internationals and very good non-internationals, Collazo told reporters post-match. When there are individual performances on a collective basis like that, a team performance follows, he added.