Stade Toulouse: “I lost at least 4 kg”, laughs David Ainu’u, he explains why he decided to cut his hair

The loyal supporters of Stade Toulouse could not miss this change. For several months, the American pillar David Ainu’u no longer wore his long brown hair on the courts of the Top 14. The 24-year-old player who arrived at the “red and black” club in 2017 was immediately recognizable with his atypical bun.

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But that was before. Because the pillar that can play left or right has decided to cut everything. And he agreed to tell why during an interview with La Dépêche du Midi.

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“So it was during the match we played at Oyonnax (3^e today, 2 September 2023). It was an artificial pitch, it was super hot, he remembers. I wasn’t even on the pitch, I was on the bench and then I said to myself: “It’s too hot on my head”. After that fight I decided it was over. It was time to cut.”

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But the smiling Stade player seems happy with this change of cup, and makes many jokes on the subject. “I think I lost 4kg and I can run faster than before (smile). I had long hair for years, it was time to change. I had forgotten what it felt like to have long hair. short hair. The showers mine are shorter than before (laughs).”

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Back from a calf injury, David Ainu’u is applying for a place in the 23 for the season’s home ground.