La Rochelle: Botia on the Start
Flying Fijians captain Levani Botia could leave La Rochelle to for Leicester Tiger next season. The move would see the robust centre join fellow Fijians Nemani Nadolo and Kini Murimurivalu in Leicester.
According to Minute Sports Rugby the Naivucini, Naitasiri native’s contract ends in June.
The three-quarter Fijian international center of Stade Rochelais, Levani Botia will see his contract ends in June.
After arriving in La Rochelle in 2014,there is a possibility that the leaves Stade Rochelais at end of the current season.
Indeed, according to information from the foreign press, the Fijian international would be courted by the English club Leicester.
The Daily Mail specifies that the Rochelais leaders could be forced to let go of their three-quarter center because of the salary cap.
For now, the Leicester Tigers would be in pole position to secure the services of the powerful Fijian.
In Leicester, Levani Botia would find two compatriots:Montpellier
Nemani Nadolo and his former Rochelais teammate Kini Murimurivalu.Botia has spent nine years playing for La Rochelle in the process having to switch to open side flanker for his club
Regular Starter
He is a regular starter for Stade Rochelais, he started 89 times in Top 14 rugby, 13 times in the European Rugby Championship Club, seven Europe Rugby Challenge Cup.
He has scored 16 Top 14 tries, three European Rugby Championship Club tries and five Europe Challenge Cup tries.
Botia made his debut at openside flanker for La Rochelle in 2017 where they defeated Viliame Mata’s Edinburgh 32-22 to reach the English Challenge Cup semi-final.
The switch gave the hard running centre the egde and the knowledge to master the art of breakdown.
During the Flying Fijians test match against the New Zealand All Blacks, Botia was a havoc in the breakdown.
He created some good turnovers in crucial moments of the game.