Nègrepelisse (9th/14 pts) – Saint-Astier/Neuvic (5th/20 pts)
Lieu Nègrepelisse (Jean-Fleury stadium). Hourly Sunday December 8 at 3:30 p.m. Arbitrator Mr. Ovize (Occitanie). First leg Saint-Astier/Neuvic 25 – Nègrepelisse 24.
SAINT-ASTIER/NEUVIC The group: Peyrat, Gard, Oustric, Delosières, Savy, Capellot, Avezou, Lafitte, Delamarre, Dumortier, Brouqui, Calmon, Rumbao, Tricker, Feigre, Vanzo, Ropert, Mignaton, Paulin, Rebierre, Dechamp, Mouffron, Fakalelu.
Saint-Astier/Neuvic ends the year with a second consecutive trip, to Nègrepelisse, Sunday December 8. The observation remains the same on the Union side: it has difficulty traveling and lost its four away matches, bringing home only one defensive bonus point (19-12 at Le Bugue).
But Nègrepelisse has only won twice this season. So, there is an opportunity to be seized for the protégés of the Rotrou brothers. On condition of delivering a better performance than in Figeac (22-10), Sunday November 24. “Once again, we did not know how to put the ingredients together, at least on the forward side. We really need to change attitudes. After three minutes, the guys started to walk,” says Thomas Dupuy, the forwards coach.
Still absent
The staff recognizes that the season is complicated and the motivation levers seem to be lacking. “We would lose against better people than us, there would be no problems. But there, we get into difficulty because we don’t include the ingredients,” adds the coach. The idea is that the staff would like things to evolve quickly in order to finish the year well and continue to believe in qualification.
-A victory in Tarn-et-Garonne would allow Usan to move into the first part of the table. Conversely, in the event of defeat, Figeac and Bressols could put additional pressure on the residents of the Isle. “It would be good to take points in order to spend the Christmas break a little more peacefully,” confirms Dupuy.
“We had a good training session on Wednesday [NDLR : 4 décembre]. Now you’ll have to know how to transcribe that on Sunday [le 8]otherwise it will have been useless. »
Regarding the squad, only Robin Calmon and Guillaume Brouqui are back in the group. Johan Peacock has served his suspension, but he is injured. Like around ten members of the pack… “That doesn’t help things, but it’s not enough to explain our lack of commitment in certain matches,” complains the coach.
