Jean-Baptiste Marty
After a departmental title, the Red and Blue compete in the final of the New Aquitaine Territorial Championship against Arudy in Bazas, this Saturday (5 p.m.) with the desire to lift a shield.
last Sunday, 4:30 pm on the lawn of the Roc de Saint-Astier, the Nontronnais are grouped together and sing the song: “More than a match to lift the shield”. But without offending to Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, the last team beaten by the cutlers in the semi-finals, this Saturday’s opponent may be from another caliber.
Arudy and its 2,300 inhabitants, nestled in the Ossau valley is not known only by the passage of the Tour de France. Champion of Béarn, ex-fensional of the Federal 3 ten years ago, they have just achieved a season beyond the objectives making Happy Robert Ségalas, their president: “By losing a dozen players we hoped for the maintenance. But the young juniors brought us freshness and results that allowed us to reach such a level so quickly! ». This team is young, supervised by the two alumni that are Pierre and Thomas Sanchou, the latter having passed through Albi, Castres and Brive. An amalgam which is one of the keys to the success of this training but which will have to do without the formidable scorer, Adrien Latorre, also a former professional who broke his foot against Ustaritz, and his number 8 Lucas Lantenois, injured.
Do not relax on the end
On the Nontron side, the semi-final has passed as a letter to the post office as the cutlers have dominated their subject and above all practiced the game they love. “It’s the positive side, slides Sylvain Charbonnet. But as a coaches, we regret the last twenty minutes where we were not serious and where we have been released. It’s anecdotal given the score, we put them sixty points. But we must not let go like that on the end, regrets the coach. Against Arudy, the slightest error will pay cash, so be careful, ”warns Sylvain Charbonnet.
Much more seriousness will therefore be asked for the troops that will go to inflated and record the return of Noah Sior in the pack of forwards. “By finishing first of the four hens, we had set ourselves to go to the final. We are there ”. Stay ninety minutes, or more, to lift the shield. Kick -off on Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Castagnolle de Bazas municipal stadium.
