Amateur Rugby: “If you lose, you can practically say goodbye to the Federal 2…” The Astarac-Bigorre Entente plays big in Oursbelille

Good performance on the field of leader Pont-Long: defeat. Exit against Morlaàs: defeat. All ways lead in the same direction for the EAB XV and from an accounting perspective, this really does not suit the Astrac team.

After Morlaàs, the Entente players had a week off to wash their heads and get away from Rugby. Before resuming this week with three training sessions: Monday, Wednesday and Friday. All to prepare well to travel to neighbor Oursbelille, the penultimate, for, already a crucial match.

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“This block is crucial starting this Saturday, explains Brice Salobert, coach of the EAB XV. Oursbelille is a very good team and has nothing to do in this place. From what I have seen, it will be a very complicated match. If you lose at Oursbelille, you can practically say goodbye to Fédérale 2. Behind, there will be two receptions and this block of three could finally start our season.

An opponent who brings back bad memories

“We had a few good matches but from an accounting point of view it doesn't show and I'm not talking about the disillusionment against Morlaàs. I was unpleasantly surprised by this match. Is it linked to the fact that we couldn't do turn too much on this last block? Yet, paradoxically, we finished better”, continues Brice Salobert.

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Difficult to explain the inexplicable or to find answers to this drop in tension. Last year, in “money time”, the Entente lost at Oursbelille, a match 100% within its reach, and the rest is history. Always on a Saturday afternoon, the Astrac public aspires to finally see the start of sunshine and, this time, the method alone will not be enough… A result is needed.