Former All Black Carl Hayman has agreed to come out of retirement to play in the French Federale 3 – the fifth, and very firmly amateur, tier of French rugby.
Hayman, who joined Top 14 outfit Section Paloise as forwards coach at the start of the 2016/17 season after five successful seasons with the Galacticos of Toulon, has will pull on his boots again for Bizanos, a small club in the suburbs of his hometown city of Pau in southwest France, according to local newspaper La République des Pyrénées.
The 37-year-old 45-cap prop was persuaded out of retirement by Pau’s video analyst, Paddy Sullivan, who plays in midfield for the small Béarnese club. While their respective day jobs mean neither will be always available for selection, they hope to play alongside each other as regularly as their commitments with Section Paloise allow.
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If they're good enough to play at World Cups, why not in between?