On Thursday, Stade Rochelais announced the arrival of Australian three-quarter Suliasi Vunivalu as a medical joker for South African winger Raymond Rhule. Raymond Rhuleunavailable for several months following an Achilles tendon injury. Of Fijian origin, Vunivalu started out in XIII with the Melbourne Storm (376 points, 94 tries in 125 matches, top try-scorer in the championship), and took part in the World XIII Championship in 2017 (9 tries). He then switched to XV, signing for the Queensland Reds in 2021. He took part in the last World Cup in France with the Wallabies (one try in four matches). He “could play his first match starting with the trip to Castres on Saturday November 23”, announces the maritime club.