After having considered for a time strengthening the center of its attack with a Talalua-Manuofetoa pair, Aurillac should align a more classic pattern and already seen last season with a Manuofetoa-Bastard pair against Béziers, Friday September 27 (5th Pro J. D2 7:30 p.m.). Sick, Talalua was indeed uncertain and was spared the weekend.
1. Kartvelishvili regains his starting place
Present on the bench during the trip to Brive but ultimately not included in the game, Gio Kartvelishvili regains his starting place on the right of the Cantal scrum. The Georgian was able to “breathe” when the staff made adjustments during the match at the Stadium, switching Mchelidze to replacement on the right (behind Welsch) with Khonelidze covering the hooker and left-handed replacement positions. This time, Aurillac returns to a more classic format, with specialists in each position of the first line both in the starting XV and on the bench, including Welsch to replace the Georgian. The former Montpellier resident was able to confirm at the start of the season that he was doing better than helping out while waiting for the debut in Pro D2 of Dominic Robertson-McCoy, not far from returning to competition.
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2. Didier Tison captain and flanker
Tested during the trip to Colomiers, the Abongile Nonkontwana option in number 8 is renewed this Friday, a first at home. The former Massy player had already started at Jean-Alric but it was in the second line position. This repositioning sends captain Didier Tison to the wing of the 3rd line. A role that he knows very well and where his performance is important, particularly in defense, but also to generate progress by taking intervals rather than on a purely frontal register.
3. Uncertainty at the center position
Initially considered to start as first center, in an association with Ofa Manuofetoa which would seriously strengthen the heart of the game, Karsen Talalua should give way to Hugo Bastard, which would in fact shift Manuofetoa from second to first center.
Martial Rolland, 2nd line of Aurillac before the reception in Béziers: “We don’t have our heads at the bottom of the bucket”
Sick this weekend, the former Toulon player was spared during the set-up this Friday. Consequently, while Bastard was scheduled to take his place on the bench, it was Axel Bevia who would join the Cantal group, still in a pattern with two backs for six forwards on the bench.
Jean-Paul Cohade
The composition
AURILLAC
Starting XV: Papunashvili; Yabaki, Bastard, Manuofetoa, Oudard; (o) Abzhandadze, (m) Delarue; Nonkontwana, Tison (cap.), De Jong; Bloemen, Masterson; Kartvelishvili, Loughnane, Mchelidze.
Substitutes: Nioradze, Rodgers, Rolland, Slamani, Huurman, Alania, Bevia, Welsch.
BEZIERS
Starting XV: Lorre; Courtaud, Holder, Votu, Reau; (o) Malié, (m) Brands; Koen, Doumenc, Benoy; Gayraud, Dodson; Judge, Boulassel, Fernandes.
Substitutes: Gonzales, El Maslouhi, Nkinsi, Van Bost, Anon, Eru, Vacquier, Finshman.
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