The technician, once courted by Castres, extended his lease for three seasons with the Breton club, of which he has been the coach for 20 years.
The beautiful story continues. The Rugby Club Vannes, promoted this season to the Top 14 for the first time in its history, announced this Wednesday the extension of the contract of its coach, Jean-Noël Spitzer, until 2028. It was announced on the side of Castres Olympique, but the Tarn club formalized the appointment of Xavier Sadourny as head coach on Monday. Spitzer, a 50-year-old technician, has been at the head of the Breton club for 20 years, with whom he has known everything, going from Federal 2 to Top 14. “I am very happy and proud of Jean-Noël Spitzer’s extension, which is part of a sustainable performance objective. For different reasons and despite numerous requests, his choice fell on the Vannes project and the many challenges that await us. I can only rejoice about it”welcomes Olivier Cloarec, the president of the Vannes club.
«Feeling that the club is not stagnating, that it is progressing and that it is always looking to the future was an important element in my decision. Also, even if I wish to reaffirm that we will fight tirelessly to maintain our position, I can assure you that with my entire group we are convinced that we can do it. he declares on the club website. Adding: “RC Vannes is my club, I am strongly attached to it, and morally I did not feel like leaving after a potential descent, that weighed in my choice.”
Currently bottom of the Top 14 (3 points behind Stade Français Paris), the RCV nevertheless intends to perpetuate its place at the very high level. “The club must set itself the objective of settling in the Top 14, this is the objective that we must all set for ourselves collectively, advance Jean-Noël Spitzer. Several factors mean that this year’s accession could not be optimally anticipated and I believe that the leaders are fully aware of this and want to remedy this. We want to have the capacity to exist in the Top 14 and to perpetuate Rugby Club Vannes in the elite of French rugby and we will put all the necessary energy into it. Whether it involves a decline or not.”
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