the essential
The Grizzlies will challenge the Sangliers des Corbières this Sunday, January 5, at 3 p.m., in Lézignan, as part of the round of 16 of the Lord Derby Cup.
But who had this crazy idea, one day, to schedule the resumption of the championship during the confectioners’ truce with, what’s more, a derby at the Moulin on the menu?
Super XIII is a demanding and high-level sport which unfortunately is played with amateur players, that is to say players who also have professional and family obligations.
The end-of-year break should therefore be sacred and allow these players to recharge their batteries and enjoy their families without sporting constraints.
Keep hope
Failing that, we had to shorten this period and resume training this week to present ourselves as well as possible at the Moulin to try to get a ticket for the quarters.
During the last match against Avignon, the returns of Allan Torreilles and Benjamin Vergniol brought a little more consistency.
We must hope that, in addition to Adrian Delarose, Bastien Ader and Morgan Mc Whirter obtain the medical green light and allow the Blanquetiers to take up the challenge and try to keep hope in this particular competition that is the Cup and which often allows enhance less successful seasons.
Juniors in Toulouges
As for the juniors, it is on the Toulouges side, this afternoon at 3 p.m. at the Clairfont stadium, that they will try to bring a little balm to the heart against the Toulouges-Baho Falcons by trying to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Luc-Nitard Cup.
At the stats corner
During this last match of the first leg, Jonathon Ford won the prize by finishing at the top of the best tacklers (36), ahead of Benjamin Vergniol (32) and Justin Bouscayrol (29), but also by leading the ball carried ( 13) followed by Louis-Estéban Biville (12) and the Crunel-Santo duo (11).
Quentin Garrouste, Quentin Crunel, Jonathon Ford and Louis-Estéban Biville are the only ones to have participated in all ten matches and the latter leads the best tacklers ahead of Justin Bouscayrol (177) and Valentin Yésa (176).
Quentin Crunel remains the best in number of tries (6) ahead of the trio Yann Belmaaziz, Valentin Blasi and Morgan Mc Whirter (4).
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