SU Agen (9e/10 pts) – Colomiers (6e/15pts)
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The team: Darchen – Noudofinin, Bonavita, Cummins, Boulan – (o) Jean, (m) Lucchini – Vidal, Dupreez, Rolland – Karram, Nehring – Paganotto (cap.), Ouldji, Koteureu. Substitutes: Hoarau, Jeunehomme, Everaert, Lotin, Serieyssol, Laran, Lavie, Delom.
Lieu Agen (synthetic from Armandie).
Arbitrator Eric Gleyze (Occitanie).
First leg 34-39.
Hourly This Saturday at 3 p.m.
Barely the holidays digested, time for another big piece. And not the most appetizing. This one tastes like combat, mud and sweat, all to avoid the specter of a descent which has become a reality. Last in their group after the first leg, the Agen contingent fell from a height. There remain, before the reception of Colomiers this Saturday (3 p.m.), nine matches to save its place in the Elite. “We have half the season to get back on our feet,” translates Espoirs manager Julien Guiard.
The truce allowed the group to “regenerate” and the staff to question themselves. “The message from the start of the season has not gotten through,” notes the technician. The game plan that we had put in place was not adapted to the skills of the team. » Too ambitious, too “playful”, the collective project only made it possible to reap two victories and two defensive bonuses. It will also have highlighted the “technical weaknesses” of the group which recorded around twenty ball losses per match, a third of which were on forwards.
-Darchen en renfort
Consequently, the return matches will be placed under the sign of simplification. Defensive balance, application in conquest and state of mind will be the hallmark of a team which relies, all the same, on a “base of confidence”. Never let down in the game, the SUA never gave up, even against the invincible Toulouse (25-8) and even knew how to surprise the Bordelo-Béglais to achieve its second victory. The first, in fact, was against the Columérins who are expected on the Armandie synthetic.
Enough to highlight the speed advantages of the Agenais who will seek to touch the outside and restart their ball by trusting Romain Darchen (6 professional matches this season).
