{"id":345061,"date":"2025-12-13T09:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T09:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/345061\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T09:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T09:28:12","slug":"toulon-officially-announce-signing-of-pumas-pivot-tomas-albornoz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/345061\/","title":{"rendered":"Toulon officially announce signing of Pumas pivot Tom\u00e1s Albornoz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/toulon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toulon<\/a> have officially confirmed the club\u2019s long-rumoured recruitment of Los <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/pumas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pumas<\/a> 10 Tom\u00e1s Albornoz, with the pivot signing a long-term deal that will see him remain in southern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/france\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">France<\/a> until 2030.<\/p>\n<p>A specialist 10 throughout his professional career, Albornoz joins Italy\u2019s star playmaker, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/paolo-garbisi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paolo Garbisi<\/a>, as an option at 10 for Pierre Mignoni.<\/p>\n<p>With Garbisi also under contract until 2027, Toulon are well and truly covered for the years to come, and are sure to get the most out of their flyhalves while they compete for gametime.<\/p>\n<p>Albornoz has now made 25 Test appearances for Argentina, leading the team to famous wins against New Zealand, the Lions, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/south-africa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Africa<\/a> in the past 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>Having spent the past four seasons at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/benetton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benetton<\/a> after starting his professional career at the Jaguars in Super Rugby, the 28-year-old will join the third-placed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/top-14\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top 14<\/a> heavyweights at the end of the December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very honoured to join Rugby Club Toulonnais, a historic club that every player knows in the world of rugby,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a lot of respect for this institution and for the unique atmosphere of the Mayol stadium. I arrive with the desire to give the best of myself, to progress further and to contribute to the ambitions of the RCT. I can\u2019t wait to start this new adventure and meet the Red &amp; Black supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Laurent Emmanuelli, Sports Director of the RCT, added,\u00a0\u201cWe are very happy to welcome Tom\u00e1s to Toulon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a player who has demonstrated, both in the club and with the Pumas, an impressive regularity and an ability to make his team play in the right direction. His profile corresponds perfectly to the RCT\u2019s sports project: ambition, demand and total commitment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTom\u00e1s is a competitor, creator and leader. We are convinced that it will bring real added value to our collective as soon as it arrives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toulon have officially confirmed the club\u2019s long-rumoured recruitment of Los Pumas 10 Tom\u00e1s Albornoz, with the pivot signing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-345061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}