Two big shots for a Rugby mush. So of course we exaggerate, we extrapolate, we caricature, but still.
Since the start of the season, two of the three big favourites for promotion to the Top 14 have displayed a level of play that is not very correlated with their squad and their ambitions. While the record is not catastrophic (2 home wins each), it is rather the content that poses a problem.
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In Aix in particular, we have not yet found the smooth play that made the men of the 13 strong last year. And despite colossal recruitment (Hanigan, Rodda, Plisson, etc.), the machine is struggling to get going.
This is evidenced by the latest defeat in Béziers last weekend (39 to 20), on the pitch of a candidate with the same ambitions as the Provençal club, which came to confirm the Blacks’ sluggish start to the season.
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Beaten in conquest and in combat, unable to score with numerical superiority, Inga Finau’s teammates took on water on the shores of the Mediterranean.
So, on Friday evening, which announced big name will finish this first block in the 2nd part of the ranking? Difficult to say, at the time of writing these lines, as the bonus victory of Oyonnax against Nice (52 to 3) is in no way a guarantee of truth since the promoted team had not made this trip a priority.
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What is certain, however, is that rugby being by nature a sport in which we come together in adversity, the battle should be engaged, at Maurice-David. Between two teams that are shaky at the moment, but who could well find their colours in the event of victory in the clash on Friday evening.
