There is growing enthusiasm around Union Bordeaux-Bègles at the moment, with the team's results in the Champions Cup. Almost to the point of eclipsing Stade Toulousain, that’s saying something! But precisely, all this euphoria around the UBB, Thibault Giroud tried to calm it down a little at a press conference, particularly with regard to this remote duel with the Toulouse residents, and which is being played out in the two competitions contested by these clubs.
Yes, UBB is performing well at the moment. Yes, UBB leads in its Champions Cup group as well as in the Top 14 ranking. But we have just started the second part of the season. And Thibault Giuroud has a memory: he remembers the rout in the championship final, the defeat against Harlequins… His players must maintain humility to continue to claim this distant fight with Toulouse. .
When we saw the chickens out, we already saw that we weren't going to South Africa. And that, for us, was preponderant (…) It’s complicated, I’m not going to teach you. Toulouse also saw it a few days ago. Your season is a little different in the European Cup when you know you're going to play there
-(…) Knowing Stade Toulousain, we know very well that they are not going to give up. In the past, we have been able to let things go due to lack of humility or lack of desire. Last year, we should never have lost that Harlequins game, never. So we have to focus on ourselves. We'll do the math at the end. But I remind you that we took a beating in the Top 14 final against Toulouse, so the road is still long.
To summarize
There is growing enthusiasm around Union Bordeaux-Bègles at the moment, with the team's results in the Champions Cup. Almost to the point of eclipsing Stade Toulousain, that’s saying something! But precisely, all this euphoria around the UBB, Thibault Giroud tried to calm it down a little at a press conference, particularly with regard to this remote duel with the Toulouse residents.
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