The editorial team advises you
It's a habit that not even the very good current form of the SA XV seems to be able to change. Every week, Alexandre Ruiz and his staff make numerous changes among the 23 names on the match sheets. This exceeds the nine rotations on average for the starting XV alone, the highest figure among all Pro D2 clubs at this stage.
There will still be eight in the team which will start this Friday against Béziers, despite the feat achieved in Biarritz last week. “There is a good balance to find between being fair and continuing our rotation,” explained Alexandre Ruiz this Thursday at a press conference. “There are players who performed very well last week who will not start. Even if when the lineup is announced, some lower their heads, the players have perspective and understand that we have been acting like that from the start. One week it's you, one week it's the other. We try to be consistent, to give honest reasons to explain our choices. »
The editorial team advises you
Patxi Bidart, Karl Sorin, Germain Burgaud, Alexis Levron, Jonny May, Mathis Lafon and Nathan Farissier will continue at Chanzy after starting at Aguilera. From the trip to the Basque Country, Léo Morand-Bruyat, Ben Botica and George Tilsley move from the bench to the starting XV.
-Strength of this strategy of intensive rotations, ten players exempted from the trip to Biarritz are fresh and in the starting blocks for the arrival of Béziers. Vivien Devisme, Maxence Lemardelet, captain Gautier Gibouin, Alexander Masibaka and Peter Lydon are starters.
Motu Matu'u, Paul Tailhades, Ian Kitwanga, Adrien Bau and Yassin Boutemmani take their place on a bench of six forwards and two backs, completed by Hubert Texier, Samuel Nollet and Arthur Proult.
The editorial team advises you
Injured in December, Léo Labarthe and Clément Sentubery applied this week. Their return is imminent. We will have to wait until the next block to find Omar Dahir and Eoghan Barrett. Sami Zouhair, Seydou Diakité and Sikeli Nabou brought back minor problems from Biarritz. As a reminder, Ledua Mau and Rémi Brosset's season is over.
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