the essential
This Saturday, at 3 p.m., the Agenais will travel to the Haut-Garonnais field.
Julien Guiard likes to joke, and when we talk to him about this match in Toulouse, he doesn’t mince his words: “After the victory in Colomiers, we’re aiming for the offensive bonus!” The burst of laughter that follows leaves no doubt as to the seriousness of the statement.
The Toulousains have warned the Agenais, the 64 points and ten tries scored against Aviron Bayonnais are a foretaste of what awaits the young Agen players on the Ernest Wallon annex ground this afternoon.
“The people of Toulouse are clearly the best”
Quickly regaining his seriousness, Julien Guiard continued: “During Friday morning’s training, captain Enzo Serieyssol said these words: ‘Excited without complexes!’ We are indeed going there excited because it is always exciting to confront the best in our championship: double French champions, the Toulousains are clearly the best. But without complexes to avoid playing small arms and that is the best way to take a big bag. We are going there with our weapons. We have focused on defense and discipline, two areas in which we were rather weak in Colomiers last weekend. We know very well that, if we are undisciplined or if we do not defend well against Toulouse, the bill can be very steep. We want to show ourselves that we are capable of developing play against the best teams. When we play Toulouse, we do not talk about results. We talk about performing well, being in the game, causing them problems. We are also preparing for the last match of the block against Racing next Saturday where there will clearly be a result objective.”
The team will be composed as follows: Hoarau, Beffara, Evereaert; Nehring, Karram; Lamataki, Du Preez, Serieyssol (cap.); (m) Lucchini, (o) Jean; Ogé, Bonavita, Boulan, Cazemajou Noudofinin; Aurich. 28 players are traveling. The replacements will be chosen from Ouldji, Deron, Nozadze, Samarut, Paganotto, Lotin, Polius, Rolland, Goujard, Laran, Delom, Chazarin, Cotterli.
