Last season, Brive raised its head after its rout at Valence-Romans by signing three victories in a row. Can he do as well this year? And in particular this Friday (9 p.m.), at the Stadium, against Colomiers.
The Pro D2 seasons follow one another and Brive's trips to the Valence-Romans field result in corrections, even though the staff and players are not the same. After losing 45 to 10 last season, the CAB was again spanked red, last Friday, beaten 42-19 by the Drômois who were then in last place in the Pro D2.
Last season, the Brive leaders, through the general director at the time, Xavier Ric, had set an ultimatum to Patrice Collazo (then coach) and his players: “win the following three matches in style”. If the latter had not always been there, the victories had indeed been there against Dax (15-12), Grenoble (38-26) as well as Rouen (18-25).
No ultimatum but the same obligation of results
This time, no ultimatum appears to have been given, according to our information. Arriving this summer, the new general director, Eduard Coetzee, had already made his voice heard after the victory which had come by just a hair against Dax. The least we can say is that even if he made players and staff face their responsibilities, this was not felt on the pitch at Valence-Romans.
It now remains to be seen whether Brive can finally start a winning streak over three days as it did last season.
The first step is this Friday evening (9 p.m.), with the reception of a Colomiers team which is traveling rather well in this first third of the season. The Columérins have already gleaned seven points away from their bases with their victory in Nice and defensive bonuses brought back from Stade Montois, Dax and Oyonnax. Having obviously seen the current difficulties of the CAB, particularly against Dax, Colomiers will certainly not come to the Stadium as a victim.
Nice have already folded four times at home, but…
In the wake of this reception which is by no means obvious, Brive will travel to Nice, currently thirteenth. Here again, if we refer to the difficulties encountered by the CAB in the Drôme, or even in Mont-de-Marsan, it will not be a cakewalk, even though the Azuréens have already folded four times at home against Béziers, Soyaux, Colomiers and Valence-Romans. The promoted players will obviously want to hang on to Brive and its stars, especially since they need points to move away from the red zone.
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Three in a row is far from certain and it would not necessarily constitute a guarantee for the future. Last season, he did not allow Patrice Collazo to save his head since he was followed by a setback at Aurillac and another at the Stadium, against Soyaux, in the middle of the Book Fair. No one dares to imagine that history could repeat itself this Friday evening.
Pascal Goumy
