Despite the defensive bonus obtained in the Yvelines against the MLSGP (Maisons-Laffitte/Saint-Germain-en-Laye/Poissy) this Sunday, September 29 (22-15), SA Rochefort is still clearly breaking in. If the only success to date against Tours last week had seemed to launch the Saristes season (20-16), the latter fell back into their ways of approximations and inconsistency. In this context, it was difficult to hope for anything against a team that simply wanted more.
And yet the Rochefortais were better in the ruck phases, but they missed a lot of things to thwart the plans of an Ile-de-France team, which relied on the success of its scorer Chauvel, author of 17 of the 22 points of his team. “We played backwards, we have to produce a better copy than that, the content is not good at all. It’s a very big disappointment, if we continue like this, we will have to lower our ambitions,” insisted general manager Mathieu De Pauw.
“Alarm bell”
Manhandled throughout the match (6-0, 12th; 13-8, 40th; 19-8, 60th), the Sariste XV limited the damage at the end of the match with a penalty try to snatch a point.
A small consolation for an ensemble still lacking reference points and collective alchemy. “I am sounding the alarm, we may not be satisfied with that, given our ambitions. We have shown in the past that we know how to travel, it is clear that after Plaisir (26-14), the results are not there. Of course, it’s only the start of the season, but we will quickly have to show another face,” concluded De Pauw.
The Maritimes will be able to work hard in training, since the derby against Surgères only takes place in two weeks.
MLSGP 22 – Rochefort 15
Lieu Maisons-Laffitte (sports park) Spectators 400 Arbitrator Mr. Courcelles my time 13-8
MLSGP 1 try from Boubekeur (22nd); 1 transformation (22nd) and 5 penalties (4th, 12th, 53rd, 60th, 80th) from Chauvel. Rochefort 2 tries from Brigand (39th), penalty (73rd); 1 penalty from Guenin (16th).
