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A priority project for the Ruthenian off-season, the staff is now known. With a “more classic” type of operation.
His powerful voice will no longer come down from the first floor of the Paul-Lignon stadium on match days to push his blood and gold. But from the sidelines opposite, for even more precise instructions. It is a surprise, without being a total one either, that the future president of Rodez rugby Thomas Lacombe gave us yesterday by announcing that the general manager for two years, Patrick Furet, also became head coach of the flag team in Federal 3.
Without denying the fact that the opportunity to see Rory Teague, a very high level technician and notably ex of Racing in the Top 14, as we revealed two weeks ago, was very real but did not come to fruition, the one who will officially take over from Stéphane Floirac at the end of June or beginning of July, indicated that “see Patrick take the coaching of the team One was (her) first choice“. And to specify: “It’s first and foremost a story of men who love this club and who all want them to grow.“In addition to the sporting responsibility in Fédérale 3 – left by the resigning Dominique Alaux –, Furet thus retains his role as manager, even if he must be relieved of the logistical part in particular, with a “ramp-up” of the current three employees of the club with a budget of 750,000 euros.
“It’s a real challenge”
“A courageous choice on his part“, comments Lacombe again for Patrick Furet who, let us remember, held this position on the piton from 2012 to 2015 in Fédérale 1, before heading to the benches of Dax (2015-2018, Pro D2) and Castres (2019-2020, Top 14), for a return to Aveyron made two years ago now.
“I had already been asked and I responded negativelyexplains the 50-year-old Corsican technician. Because I wanted to concentrate on the role of manager. But as contacts were made, there was an evolution. It’s a real challenge and a real project.“In coaching, the former 3rd line will be helped by the one who was not kept at Decazeville (Fed. 2), Tim Bowker. Contacted first by Cahors, the Australian, former center or winger of Brive, Gaillac or even Albi, particularly in the Top 14, will ultimately be in charge of three-quarters of the First team.The feeling between us has passedunderlines Patrick Furet. And he will bring us the experience of Federal 2. “
A doublet whose certainty of seeing them evolve together next season only materialized this week. And with this formalization, the operation of the staff “with five coaches per skill center” put in place last summer has been put on the shelf in favor of a team “ more classic“. Thus, if Dominique Alaux has left the club as we previously announced, Jonathan Chatelain and Jérôme Grémeaux were offered to take the reins of the B team. As for Jérôme Broseta and Richard Pioch, it is with the club’s U19 team that the new manager intends to see them evolve.We are waiting for their feedback“, he confides. At the RR, a new era is dawning.
