the essential
Villeneuve XIII travels to Villefranche-de-Rouergue this Sunday. The Leorpards want to build on their success against Pia in front of a formidable team.
They celebrated this victory against Pia for a long time last Sunday in the Choisy locker room. The victory of courage and mentality for the heroic Leopards on the defensive level, having demonstrated a great spirit of solidarity until the last action of the game. “I am satisfied with this performance against a great Catalan team but we must play more simply in attack and be able to improve our highlights” regrets coach Constant Villegas a little. The Villeneuve XIII field man alluding to 2 or 3 playing actions which could have sheltered his group, in particular a very poorly negotiated exit from the scrum at 5 meters with a bad pass or a continuation of the kicking game in the 22 meters when we were only on third down. Small technical details that these young players still have to work on to help them grow a little more and compete with the big teams in this Super XIII. This Sunday, a little trip to Aveyron awaits Jo Wambergue's teammates. A duel among the “Wolves” of Villefranche-de-Rouergue which promises to be very indecisive but where the pioneer club will have a good card to play. Reigning French elite 2 champion, David Collado's gang is currently in the middle of the table, remaining with a defeat in Avignon (22-12). The promoted players who have already pinned big cars like Pia (25-24) or Limoux (34-24) to their hunting list will be very difficult to maneuver on their lawn. “We expect a complicated match against an opponent who has a very good pack and who has strengthened well in the off-season. But we will also have our say in a meeting that we will approach without too much pressure but with ambitions” adds Villegas who should field roughly the same team having achieved a small feat against the Baroudeurs de Pia. A success in Aveyron would thus validate all the progress recorded by the young “green and white” over the past 2 seasons but above all would allow them to dream more of a possible qualification at the end of the season. The game is therefore worth it…
