Emilien Gailleton will experience his first minutes with the XV of France. Born in England, here is his portrait.
The very versatile player of the Paloise Section in the Top 14 will experience his first minutes with the XV of France during the test match against Scotland this Saturday August 5 on the side of Edinburgh. A few weeks before the start of the Rugby World Cup with the opening match against New Zealand, Emilien Gailleton will try to score points against XV du Chardon in order to secure his place for the World Cup , him the top scorer of the 2022-2023 season with 13 tries.
“I first hope to play in one of the preparation matches in August, confided Emilien Gailleton at the beginning of July during the first internship in Monaco at L’Equipe. It will already be a very big challenge, the most intense of my career so far. For the rest, I don’t put too much pressure on myself. If it works great, if not, too bad. What I’m going through now is already exceptional for my body, my mind and my game .”
Emilien Gailleton is not a French player by birth. The player was born on July 13, 2003 near Croydon in England to a French father and an English mother. He moved to around Cahors at the age of three and discovered rugby at the Cahors Rugby club in 2008.
Although he fell into rugby in his early years, Emilien Gailleton joined SU Agen as a junior from 2017 before becoming a professional within the same structure on October 15, 2021 during a Pro D2 match. opposite Vannes. It is in 2022 that the still very young Emilien signs in Pau to play his very first season in the Top 14. If he “hoped” to play a dozen games, he will very quickly become one of the strong links in the section. paloise to finally finish top scorer in the French championship with 14 tries in 24 games.
Present in the group of 42 players to prepare for the World Cup, Gailleton is not a novice. First of all, among young people, the Pau player is selected by the France Under-20 team to participate in the Six Nations Under-20 Tournament in 2021. He will be called up again in 2022 and will be even promoted to captain of the Bleuets. Among the “big guys”, Emilien Gailleton was called up for the first time with the XV of France for the autumn tour but did not play any matches.
