Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Wednesday October 2, 2024 at 9:14 p.m.
After bringing down the impressive home series at Stade Toulousain, the players of Union Bordeaux-Bègles celebrated “a little” this revenge of the last Top 14 final but are mainly thinking about the future.
They were, of course, vengeful. Three months, almost to the day, after their historic debacle in the Top 14 final against Stade Toulousain, the players of Union Bordeaux-Bègles took their revenge last Sunday, at the end of the 4th day. Winners 16-12 at Ernest-Wallon, they added to the impressive home series of their hosts, who remained on 33 consecutive games without defeat. A victory particularly appreciated by their coach Yannick Bru, a child from the Haut-Garonnais club who had little taste for the declarations of Clément Poitrenaud, in charge of the opposing backs.
“We went to a small bar”
And the Girondins, new leaders of the championship, still wanted to mark the occasion after this success, as explained by Pierre Bochaton, who has been helping out in the second row since the start of the season. “We celebrated this victory a little bit. We went to a small bar where we stayed until 2 hours before taking the road to Bordeaux. It wasn’t very violent but it was more to mark the occasion after this away success”, he confided to Rugbyrama, before ensuring: “We quickly got back to work because it is important to put in a good performance against Bayonne to avoid losing points and not spoil this first away victory Last season, Rowing gave us problems in Chaban and we snatched the victory in the last minutes. We are focused on this meeting to be ready on Saturday. ” A clash against the Basques who occupy 9th place in the ranking with two victories for as many defeats, and which the UBB will certainly not take lightly. “It’s up to us to reproduce the same match as in Toulouse. We won’t have to relax, otherwise we will lose,” warns Bochaton.
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