Wales Great Halfpenny Linked With Beziers Move

Former Wales and British and Irish Lions backmost Leigh Halfpenny is being linked pinch a move to French second-tier nine Beziers.

The 36-year-old's statement pinch English Premiership broadside Harlequins finishes astatine nan extremity of nan season.

Although Quins caput coach Danny Wilson is simply a confirmed instrumentality of nan acquisition and mentoring opportunities that Halfpenny offers, nan full-back aliases wing's playing clip this run has been constricted to 562 minutes dispersed complete 10 appearances.

Halfpenny is nary alien to French rugby, having joined powerhouse Toulon from Cardiff successful 2014, playing 3 seasons - and winning nan 2015 European Champions Cup - pinch them earlier returning to Wales to subordinate Scarlets successful 2017.

An injury-hit 2023-24 Super Rugby Pacific play pinch New Zealand broadside Crusaders was followed by nan move to Harlequins for this season.

But a return to France could beryllium connected nan cards, pinch Rugbyrama reporting, external that Halfpenny has precocious visited nan Stade Raoul-Barrière wherever he met pinch Beziers president Bob Skinstad, nan South Africa backmost statement great, and Johnny Howard who will return complete arsenic nan club's head of rugby successful July.

Beziers are 1 of nan fallen giants of French rugby and nan nine has eager plans to summation promotion to nan Top 14 league.

Halfpenny won 101 caps for Wales and besides played 4 Tests for nan Lions complete 3 tours - including being named subordinate of nan bid successful nan 2013 Lions' 2-1 bid triumph successful Australia.

His experience, which besides includes playing successful 3 World Cups for Wales, would bring an added magnitude to nan Beziers set-up and connection nan chance for Halfpenny to widen his playing profession and get much minutes connected nan pitch.