Robins Tchale-Watchou
Cameroonian rugby union player, president of the French Rugby Players' Association
Robins Tchale-Watchou (born 10 May 1983) is a former Cameroonian rugby union player and the CEO of Vivendi Sports and Chairman of the MMA league ARES.
He played as a lock in France for Stade Français, Perpignan, Montpellier, and the Barbarians.
Life and career
Robins was born in 1983, in the university town of Dschang, Cameroon, the second of eight children. His father was a wood trader and former weightlifter. He was initially a basketball player and took up rugby at the age of sixteen after French rugby player Olivier Vachiet convinced him to swap sports. He made his début for Cameroon in 2002, aged 19.
He received his first professional contract in 2005, with Aurillac in the French Pro D2. In his first season Aurillac were relegated and Robins joined UA Gaillac, who had just been promoted to the D2. Gaillac are also relegated, this time for financial reasons, but Tchale-Watchou impressed and was signed by Top 14 club Auch Gers. Auch were once again relegated.
After Auch's relegation, he was signed by Paris club Stade Français.
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