Ugo Mola flies to the aid of his player

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Aligned sixteen consecutive times by the staff of Stade Toulousain, including the last against Ulster, the right pillar Dorian Aldegheri should know a 17^e consecutive start in the Champions Cup against Exeter, Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Asked about him at a press conference, Ugo Mola came to the aid of his player Sometimes unfairly criticized in his opinion at the start of the season with Toulouse.

Toulouse: Ugo Mola takes the defense of Dorian Aldegheri

To tell the truth, we wonder if Ugo Mola's rise to the top was really useful. Not that it was virulent or excessive, far from it. But considering the even and always jovial character of Dorian Aldegheri, we want to say that there is not much that could disturb the man.

Still, when answering a question about the current series of his right pillar, the Toulouse manager wanted to set the record straight after the criticism suffered by his player, particularly after the Top match 14 against Castres during which the pillar was taken by the patrol several times in melee in particular.

“I found that a lot of people were very, very harsh with Dorian on his performances, especially at the start of the season and at times when the scrum collectively was undermined. It's true that we often refer to what the referee and the side that is penalized can say, and we immediately stigmatize the person,” declared Ugo Mola to journalists.

It's like the touch, it's like all these collective fights, the balls carried, the touch, the scrum, these are things which are not necessarily only individual, and Dorian also brings us guarantees in specific sectors .

The precious workings of Stade Toulousain

When a ball strays into touch, we tend to charge the hooker. And when a scrum collapses or goes backwards, it is often a pillar that is pilloried. Sometimes rightly so, sometimes less so. So, rather than insisting on these collective challenges, Ugo Mola preferred to recall his player's progress.

“For two or three seasons, he has made quite incredible progress in his ability to move and be useful, something which sometimes posed a problem for him because he was physically burned and unfortunately he sometimes lacked lucidity. But today, he is someone who is in control, like a 30-year-old player,” he smiled.

And to highlight the famous men in the shadows, all those cogs that make the red and black machine turn: “Dorian, he’s not necessarily the one we’re going to highlight, he’s not the one that we reward with a trophy, but it is someone who is important in the bond of the team, in the bond of our conquest. And the teams that win are often teams that win with players who make the connection, not just with stars. »

“When I say stars, it is not pejorative, they are not always the best in the position, not always the addition of talent, it is also an amalgam. And I could take the example of Dorian, but that of François Cros is also a good example, of Pita Ahki, who also makes the link. And these are the players who allow us to play a little better when they are present,” concludes the technician.

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