Caussade (3rd/30 pts) – Saint-Astier/Neuvic (5th/21 pts)
Lieu Caussade (Robert-Olive stadium). Hourly Sunday January 12 at 3:15 p.m. Arbitrator M. Lonfranc (Occitanie). First leg Saint-Astier/Neuvic 53 – Caussade 15.
SAINT-ASTIER/NEUVIC The group: Tallet, Gard, Oustric, Delosières, Savy, Capellot, Avezou, Lafitte, Delamarre, Dumortier, Brouqui, Calmon, Rumbao, Tricker, Feigre, Ropert, Mignaton, Paulin, Rebierre, Dechamp, Mouffron, Fakalelu, Rabier, Peacock.
Still assured of nothing, the Saint-Astier/Neuvic Union resumes the year with a perilous trip to Caussade, on the 3rd, Sunday January 12. The staff expects a better second half of the season, more in line with the ambitions displayed at the start of the season.
Valuable feedback
“We are waiting for something to click,” admits Charly Rotrou, the Usanist co-president. We stay positive and motivated. The group really needs to realize its value. We still have quite a bit of experience so it’s up to us to know how to use it better. » Usan will have to demonstrate more discipline to gain peace of mind. “We clearly need to avoid certain things and be smarter,” adds the manager.
-The group’s inability to get points away from home remains another obstacle in the season of the Astero-Neuvicois even if they almost brought back a success from Nègrepelisse before the break (19-16, December 8). Large winners of the first leg against Caussade (53-15), the protégés of Houy and Dupuy go to Tarn-et-Garonnais undefeated at home. “They will not have forgotten that they took 50 points from us and they will be keen to reverse the trend,” adds the president.
On the workforce side, significant returns are to be noted. Up front, Rabier will be back from suspension and Peacock is returning from injury. Behind, Tallet should also be in the group for this first trip of the year.
