Ma'a Nonu. Photo / Photosport
By James Harrington of RugbyPass.com
Blues' Ma'a Nonu is on the verge of a dramatic return to former club Toulon, according to reports in France.
The 37-year-old former All Black could sign a one-year deal with the Top 14 club as cover for Mathieu Bastareaud, who has taken
a sabbatical to join Rugby United New York for one season of US Major League Rugby. It has even been suggested a contract is on the table awaiting Nonu's signature. And comments from president Mourad Boudjellal at the club's end-of-season garden party this week have done little to quell the rumours.
At the event, at Toulon's soon-to-be-redeveloped Berg training ground, Boudjellal confirmed the 12 players who have signed for the club ahead of the new Top 14 campaign, which kicks off on August 26, 2019. But he also revealed: "Recruitment is not over. We will hold a press conference around June 15. We are talking with important players. Things are moving forward."
Asked if that meant confirmation of the return of Nonu to the Mediterranean coast, he merely said: "All in [good] time!"
