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Conor Trainor, long a star of the Canadian sevens squad, is off to France.

D2 club RC Vannes has confirmed they’ve signed the Vancouver-raised back. Vannes won promotion to D2, the second division, in May.

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Trainor’s contract is for one season, leaving the door open for a possible return to sevens.

“This will not be my last time playing for the sevens team as the Olympics in 2020 are the new goal,” Trainor told The Province via email on Wednesday. “After playing sevens for so long and missing out on the Olympics I wanted to try something completely new. Coming to France was as much about the culture and learning French as it was about improving my rugby.

“Vannes is a small town that I’ve been to before with Canada in 2014. They just got promoted and are very serious about improving their position and that underdog status is something I’m very comfortable with.”