{"id":15003,"date":"2020-06-07T14:36:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T18:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15003"},"modified":"2020-06-08T09:37:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T13:37:24","slug":"former-french-captain-jefferson-poirot-announces-retirement-from-international-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15003","title":{"rendered":"Former French Captain Jefferson Poirot Announces Retirement From International Rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2.47715927.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2.47715927.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2.47715927-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Former France captain Jefferson Poirot has announced his retirement from international rugby citing motivational issues.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old said he made the decision \u201cin a fraction of a second\u201d following France\u2019s World Cup quarter-final defeat to Wales last year, although went on to appear in this year\u2019s Six Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Poirot, who won 36 caps for his country, told L\u2019Equipe: \u201cI feel my motivation is not at its maximum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always promised myself I would be at 100 per cent when playing for France, to not lie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLes Bleus, it\u2019s the Holy Grail. I can\u2019t go and play for them and just take my cap and my bonus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Poirot was called up for the French squad for the first time for the 2016 Six Nations, and captained the team against Tonga in last year\u2019s World Cup group stages.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Bordeaux-Begles prop only started in one of his country\u2019s four matches in this year\u2019s aborted Six Nations Championships, against Scotland in March.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-15003\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15003&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-15003\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15003&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-15003\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15003&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15003\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former France captain Jefferson Poirot has announced his retirement from international rugby citing motivational issues. 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