It’s already time to resume for the Nîmes rugby players, who are leaving for a tour in Nationale 2.
Direction 43°49’48”North, 4°23’23 East. These coordinates, the nine recruits of the Rugby club nîmes have undoubtedly entered them into their respective GPS to be on time, Monday July 1st, for the resumption of training, set for 6:30 p.m. sharp at the Nicolas-Kaufmann stadium.
Nine new players have arrived
Some of his recruits version 2024-2025, like Tom Di Pasquale (arrival from MHR, Espoirs team), Gabriel Austruy (Soyaux-Angoulême, Pro D2) or even Samuel Roche (Hyères Carqueiranne, Nationale), have already smelled this lawn under the Nîmes colors.
Others, like the new hooker from Auch (N2), Lucas Lauré-Laurrouy, or the pillar of the Stade métropolitain (N2) Zeid Stankovic, have already broken teeth with their previous clubs.
Mathis Arnaud, left pillar from Aubenas (N2), Corentin Maumont, right pillar from Bassin d’Arcachon (N2), Marius Vialle, pillar from Périgueux (National) or Tiko Batibasaga, 2nd row from Rennes (N2), loaned by Vannes, a Pro D2 club which has just reached the Top 14, will discover the fervour of the stands of the Kaufmann stadium.
An enclosure that remained hungry after the elimination in the play-off against the Basques of Anglet and a very mixed 2023-2024 season.
Reflection, lessons and now, action!
What manager Guillaume Aguilar, “focus on the coming season”does not deny, far from it: “We have learned lessons from the last exercise. I personally learned from these two seasons alongside President Steeve Calligaro. From this need for rigor, from this need for excellence to live up to our ambitions, and from the history of the RCN.”
The Nîmes coach is starting his third season with a lot of enthusiasm, having spent time with former players, coaches and managers to “to work on what the RCN looks like, its identity, its values. To know what image they had of the club, and what the first team should look like.” How to best prepare for this next exercise. Which begins this Monday, July 1st.
