Rugby: former French XV Didier Retière at Millau’s bedside!

This Monday evening, the exceptional press conference convened by Som rugby did not have as its main purpose the tripous which will be prepared before the match for the reception of Pézenas, who has become a makeshift neighbor as this group of Fédérale 2 covers territory, Sunday November 24. After the seventh defeat of the senior men since the start of the season and a penultimate place in the standings, the management office took a first step: the establishment of a sporting and administrative audit of the club. “This spiral of defeat is most certainly the result of several errors made by the club at the start of the season, we co-presidents take full responsibility for this.“, express with one voice Laurent Tabutin and Luc Donnadieu, the co-presidents.

“An indisputable person”

“It will concern the entire club with priority on male seniorswarns Laurent Tabutin. Even if the rest works rather well, now is the time to take stock of where we are so as not to regress. “And for this mission,”an indisputable person” was chosen. It is Didier Retière, former member of the staff of the XV of France under the Marc Lièvremont era (2007-2011) and former national technical director (DTN) at the French Rugby Federation (2014-2022 ).

Director of performance at ASM Clermont

Since 2022, the former pillar (56 years old) who finished his playing career at Nuits-Saint-Georges, in Côte-d'Or, has been director of development at ASM Clermont. He will have an express mission. He will be present next Monday in Millau to observe and try to improve the situation. “ He will be present until the end of the year and then we will make decisionsadd the presidents. In the coming weeks we will redouble our efforts and work more than ever to restore the image of the club. We will only succeed if we remain united and united in the face of this immense challenge.“

This strong choice was driven by the SOM director office, which nevertheless puts the situation into perspective. “Fortunately the success of a club is not measured by reading the results of a single team but by reading the results of all the women's and men's sections and on this side let's admit that the start of the season is rather successful in particular among senior womenrecognize Luc Donnadieu and Laurent Tabutin. Beyond the simple accounting review, we must also look at the quality of the work carried out within all strata of the club, and here too the observation is more than positive with ever more efficient training allowing, for example, now the men's hopeful team to be made up of 95% players from the rugby school. “

A foundation stone has been laid for the rest of the season and the maintenance mission is now fully launched.