The euphoria of the convincing victory against Colomiers passed. This Friday, another piece awaits the Brive players: the promoted Nice receives CA Brive at 7:30 p.m. at the Marcel-Volot stadium. Amazing Nice team which almost brought down leader Montauban last week and who received a defensive bonus from Sapiac. This sets the tone: don’t imagine that this match will be a…walk in the park.
“Nice is a team with interesting results“so tempers Saïd Hirèche.**** “They have never been spanked. So, we have to go there with ambition but also humilityput our game in place because otherwise, we will have a bad evening“concludes the defense co-coach. Humility comes from remembering that a season and a half ago, CAB was in the Top 14, the “little one” in the championship. “When we were in the Top 14, we knew that when we hosted Clermont or Toulouse, we put ourselves even more at 200%, with an extra bit of soul” remembers Mathieu Voisin, 3rd line of the CAB. Speech shared at hear Alexandre Companthe Nice manager, “everyone can fall, even Brive, team built for the climb. We will have to compete in intensity” continues the Stade Niçois technician.
Especially since the CAB’s away results do not encourage optimism: two defensive bonuses collected in Nevers and Provence, in different circumstances, a narrow victory in Soyaux-Angoulême and two tight ends in Mont-de- Marsan and Valence-Romans. “At Mont-de-Marsan, we didn’t finish the block well” explains former third line Saïd Hirèche, “Last year also in Valencia we missed our end of the block. Today, we want to finish well because we know we have to bring home points in this championship.” And seeing their performances at home, the Brive players are capable of it.
Neighbor and Abdaladze back, Lefranc taken back to the center
For this trip, the Brive players will be able to count on their captain Courtney Lawes. Note in the pack the return of Vakh Abdaladze to the position of left pillar, replacing SP Chauvac injured in the hand, and that of Mathieu Voisin in 3rd line. The hinge will be new for this match with Hugo Verdu associated with Stuart Olding. The 3/4 do not move: with the reappointment of Benjamin Lefranc as second center and the Fijian Tuivuaka on the wing.
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