Author of an interesting although imperfect match, Colomiers Rugby has written the bases for a new dynamic from 2025.
What kind of period of uncertainty could the Colomiers club have gone through, in the midst of announcing staff changes, if the players had missed their meeting against Biarritz? Fortunately, we will not have an answer to this question because the partners of captain Thomas Larrieu negotiated their last outing of the calendar year very well.
Offensively first, the Columérins displayed great skills with a clean conquest and very good game launches. This allowed three-quarters to display their qualities: Ugo Pacome concluded a great collective offensive relayed on the right wing by De La Vega, Nu'u, Marta then Alonso Munoz.
“We scored some great tries, we had some very good offensive sequences, greeted three-quarter coach Florian Nicot. We scored first-hand tries, that doesn't happen to us every weekend.” Five minutes later, a play on the outside put the Argentinian in the position to take the axis and attract several defenders with him. When it came out on the short side, Alonso Munoz extended with the foot for Marta, the first to flatten in the in-goal. “In attack, we were good, confirmed the Portuguese, back after two and a half months of injury. As soon as we touched the ball, we moved forward, it was only positive. We just need to sort out a few details on defense. In the last matches, it was the same.”
The main thing is there
The defense on the wide field will certainly sometimes have been lacking at La Colombe but between these well-executed and well-felt offensives, and the long defensive sequence of the hour of play, the Haut-Garonnais ticked several boxes to come away with the victory.
“ This is perhaps the turning point of the match, because it feels good to come out of this kind of very long defensive sequence without taking a point, knows Jean Thomas. If I'm not mistaken, there were 14 of us at that time. Generally, this kind of sequence reflects the state of mind of the group. There, we saw that everyone was there, ready to fight for each other. It's really good for the head when we come out of there.” “That's what's paradoxical: since the start of the season, we've been able to defend very well over very long sequences. And we can have air holes, regrets the old center. There, it was difficult to defend their melee launches…” With a focus on camp outings and aerial play, the Columérins will have plenty to study on their return to training. Points of improvement which will allow them, with always careful discipline, to return to a good level of performance away from home, as was the case at the start of the season.
But the essential thing, when joining families, is there: “Going on vacation with a victory was the goal, concluded Rodrigo Marta. Even Julien said that before the match, that only victory mattered.”
