“The more there are on the field, the more confidence and stability you feel, with players who know each other more too. When you have automatisms and experience, it can make the difference when the matches are tight, hard, “judges Thibault Daubagna, one of the only Béarnais totems who has not yet had to be repaired . Privileged captains of the Palois staff when they were on the lawn last season, the 3rd lines Luke Whitelock and Beka Gorgadze cannot say the same.
The writing advises you
The writing advises you
20/25 with Gorgadze
The first has just started its 2024-2025 exercise last Saturday, when the second missed half. “It is important to have them because they give insurance. And in addition, they are dominant so we need them, ”points out Daubagna. It is obvious, the Béarnais are not the same with or without Gorgadze. Of the 7 games played by the Georgian, Pau won four, including two improved. And out of the three lost, brought back its only two defensive bonuses of the season.
Or 20 points gleaned half-time, out of the 25 in total that the green and white have gathered in 14 days … “I hope that the return players will want to bring all their experience because we will need it. We will try to put them in the best possible conditions because we are all happy to see them come back, ”says Thibault Daubagna. And the melee half to insist: “We have more time to waste in this second part of the season. We are late so we have to make up for points. Our workforce will consolidate with the feedback. We have more excuses, we have to look forward ”.
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The writing advises you
Whitelock, the team of the team
It's simpler when you have Whitelock or Gorgadze, returned against Vannes at the end of 2024, to clear the view. “There is what they bring on the day of the match but also the week in training in terms of collective landmarks, leadership,” appreciates Geoffrey Lanne-Petit. They are cloakroom and game leaders ”. Their return to the form of the three-quarter co-co-coil. And facilitates his work: “It is a relay on the field concerning the strategy, the game project, which they have mastered perfectly for years. In important moments, it is good to have this support and this help. ”
Without forgetting the intangible aura of these special players. “He takes a lot of serenity, intelligence of play in decisions,” smiles Loïc Credoz when he talks about his New Zealand neighbor from the 3rd line. Luke is a bit like the team's dad. It is super important, only leads positive ”. After the most controlled success of the season on Vannes on December 28 at the hamlet (48-24), Sébastien Piquonies had underlined his “chance of having seven of (his) leaders on the field together”. Against Clermont, he will have as much. Including its two large bosses, finally associated.
