The MHR won without a shot against the disappointing Lions. The place in eighth is assured, and scrum half Alexis Bernadet showed all his talent with a double… and a near hat-trick.
Six magnificent essays, two of which were rejected as if to better emphasize their beauty. The MHR ensured its qualification for the round of 16, at the end of a joyful show, highlighted by captain Lenni Nouchi. A sixth success in a row is no small thing for a club which almost went down last year.
“The goal was to set a lot of rhythm and to get the game going as much as possible. Unlike the Top 14 and its close matches, in the European Challenge we can allow ourselves to free ourselves a little by producing beautiful rugby. But the mission was successful! The coach asked us to bring home the victory, we also got the bonus. Afterwards, it took us a while to get our hands on the ball and be able to move on because it was a very dense team that got us. backtracked several times, but at the end. match, it paid off.”
He expressed a hint of frustration about the two attempts refused to Alexis Bernadet and Madosh Tambwe: “I regret not knowing how to speak English, so I couldn’t argue with anything. What if it was frustrating? Yes, plus it was after the transformation, but those are the rules…”
Bernadet “man of the match”
The “finicky” side of the video deprived scrum-half Alexis Bernadet of a formidable hat-trick. He will therefore be satisfied with a double and the honorary title of man of the match. On Saturday, he was only experiencing his fourth start under the Hérault colors. But he was crowned “man of the match”, he received a strong tribute from his coach at a press conference and the big screen showed him making a bullfighter pass. “Yes, I like bullfighting, my family is from the Dax region. Tonight, I’m happy, we won with the offensive bonus. We knew that the opponent was dense, but we knew how to move the ball and playing after contact, that was our strength. We did a lot of offloads, but I admit, I finished a little burnt out after so many long sequences…”
It didn’t show that much, we recommend the essay which he concluded at the end of a more than sharp action, initiated by Thomas Vincent and continued by Nicolas Martins. We enjoyed the one-two punch between the flanker and number 9, this Bernadet that Joan Caudullo risks using since Cobus Reinach and Léo Coly are having some physical problems at the moment. “We are not afraid to put him in the rotation. Despite the competition, he has played several times since the start of the season. He sticks to the ball, he is intelligentdiagnosed Joan Caudullo. It’s a performance that calls for others. He is a promising player. He will have a great career in the Top 14.” We will not deny it about a player who came to confide with a sociability and an education that was a pleasure to see.
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