The SA XV and the ACFC make common cause in CLe Sport
Antoine Roger and Pierre-Emmanuel Allard, directors of the SA France. Two clubs united around the same project to develop the Chanzy and Lebon stadiums.
As soon as you arrive, as soon as you reach the meadow. Eight days after his first training last Thursday with the SA XV, Irish full-back Peter Lydon, who arrived on loan from Dax, will start Friday evening against Valence/Romans at Chanzy.
A meeting which also marks the return to the group of Germain Burgaud. Victim of a facial fracture on September 13 in Nice, the third row who had to undergo surgery will be on the bench at kick-off.
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The first line Diakité – Bidart – Zouhair will attack the match in front of a team made up of Nabou and Lemardelet, and a third line where Sentubéry and Texier will supervise Nollet, holder for the second consecutive time in the position of n°8.
It is the experienced Saubusse – Ben Botica hinge who will be in charge of the game in front of an unprecedented three-quarter line. And not only because Lydon will make his big debut at Chanzy, where he has put the SA XV through a lot of misery in the past with Rouen.
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Alexandre Ruiz in fact chose to line up three centers at kick-off. The Lafon – Proult pair, and Mau shifted to a wing for the benefit, among other things, of his defensive qualities. The other wing will be occupied by Dubecq.
Only two three-quarters, Levron and Tilsley, will be on the bench, for six forwards: Matu'u, Balakarev, Boutemmani, Kitwanga, Burgaud and Masibaka, as shock “impact players”.
On the infirmary side, Gratien (orbital floor) and Brosset (ischios) are absent for several weeks, while Farissier, Glénat, Léo Morand-Bruyat, Devisme and Gibouin are expected shortly.
Barrett is on family leave and all other players are out of the squad. Including May, victim in particular “of the number of Jiffs imposed. We already have seven non-Jiffs on the sheet, he understood it very well,” explains Alexandre Ruiz.
