Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Saturday October 5, 2024 at 11:08 a.m.
Despite only one victory in four matches, Racing 92 and its English manager Stuart Lancaster are not worried before the trip to Vannes.
Where is Racing 92 going? After a summer marked by the departure of South African world champion Siya Kolisi, already back home, and that announced next year of Nolan Le Garrec, who will join La Rochelle, the Ile-de-France club got off to a bad start this new exercise, like its neighbors at Stade Français. Before going to face the promoted Vannetais, Saturday afternoon (2:30 p.m.) at the opening of the 5th day of Top 14, he displays a record of only one victory, against Clermont during the second lift (33-20), for three losses, in Castres (28-31), Bordeaux (34-52) and in one breath against Rochelais last week (16-17). But nothing, officially, to worry the manager of Racing, Stuart Lancaster, even if he is still struggling to make his mark for his second season in the French elite.
“If we were crushed every weekend…”
“In recent weeks, we have lost a lot of experience from last season and little by little, we are rebuilding ourselves. It’s a season of transition, obviously… But I am very optimistic for the future of the club Many good young people are starting to make their mark in Racing. All this will pay off, hopes the former boss of the XV de la Rose, reports Midi-Olympique. This is not the case: against Castres then La Rochelle, we lost in the last five minutes.” We will still have to react quickly, from this trip to Brittany, to prevent the qualifying places for the play-offs from moving too far away. And Lancaster can, for the moment, count on the support of its president. “Just look at the number of coaches that Racing has used for sixteen years: there was “Berbize” (Pierre Berbizier) and the two “Lolo” (Labit and Traverss), with a short stint of Gonzalo Quesada between both. That’s all. The question of Stuart’s future doesn’t even arise,” recalled Jacky Lorenzetti in the off-season.
