Castres Olympique regularly rotates its squad during Champions Cup matches.
Obviously, some observers rail against the Tarnaise team, believing that it never takes the European Cup seriously.
Questioned via Midi Olympique, the president of the OC, Pierre-Yves Revol responded to these criticisms.
He does not hide the fact that Castres does not necessarily have the necessary squad to play on both counts. Extract:
It's very caricatured to think that. The players want to compete in the Champions Cup with conviction. The truth is that the CO, compared to other clubs, is sometimes less able to successfully take on two high-level competitions.
It is also a question of resources and depth of staff. We don't complain about it, we accept it. We will try to silence our critics.
In the process, he gives his opinion on this competition and explains that Castres really hopes to qualify for the final stages. Extract:
It is a good additional difficulty to manage. We're not going to complain about playing it, since we wanted to qualify. Afterwards, it's true, unlike Celtic teams like Munster and others who concentrate 100% on this competition, even if it means being less efficient in their domestic championship, we must exist in the Top 14 as a priority.
This year, we entered the competition with a dozen disabled players but we really want to qualify.
