David Ligier knew, after several departures last summer, aborted recruitments, a lack of depth on the bench and promising but inexperienced young players, that this 2024 – 2025 season in Federal 2 would be complicated. At the end of the exercise, the president of the CA Pontarlier rugby greets the « courage » and “Beautiful surprises” of the senior group. “The season is failed, we don’t hide it. Nevertheless, in the field the guys have never dropped, regardless of the evolution of a meeting or season. I no longer count the number of games where we are in The blow at halftime or even ahead. We fall for the end, because of a insufficient workforce “explains the interested party. Among the rare sporting lights during this hopeless season, the two CAP victories, in Dole on December 7, 2024 (19-22) and at home on April 13 against Le Creusot (33-17). The latter opponent, however, took his revenge two weeks later during the last meeting of the championship (50-13).
Find players and continuity
Already last year, relegation was miraculously avoided. This time, the CA Pontarlier will evolve well in Federal 3 in 2025, just like the Grand Dole. A page of Franc-Comtois rugby turns and a restructuring is essential for the Pontissaliens, in order to ensure continuity within the workforce, in all categories, including training. “With studies, many more young people leave than before and the senior workforce is no longer sufficiently fueled. We remain an amateur club, rugby business to compensate is no. Training must be targeted where young people are likely to go less or less long. Work with vocational high schools for example or look if we have hollows of generations very early to compensate in the long term ”continues David Ligier. “Our U18s are in the national championship next year, but I don’t know if
We will have enough players ”.
Raphaël Boyer back, Baptiste Clément named team coach first
To lead this restructuring, David Ligier relies on a well -known man: Raphaël Boyer is appointed general manager. A return, ten years later, to “Supervise” The club. At the head of the pennant team, Baptiste Clément, who had known the rise in Federal 2 in 2017 as a player before becoming a U18 coach last year. To accompany him François Humblot remains in the staff. “He is a man in whom I have fully confidence, who goes well with the guys. This season, he unfortunately could not be available 100 % ”says David Ligier. Finally Noa Legros, also at the club last year, completes this trio. Before displaying the ambitions of this future 2025 – 2026 season, the staff must carry out individual interviews and build its workforce. “We thought that some young players were going to have trouble in Federal 2 and finally, they showed a fairly surprising capacity for adaptation, which will serve them in Federal 3”analyzes the president. “Whether you go up immediately or not next year is not the priority, it must be done with a long -term group”.
