ES Laroquaise travels to La Tour-Verniolle as a solid leader

Sunday, the calendar offers a second consecutive derby at Étoile Sportive Laroquaise. After the one played on the Fuxéens pitch and won hard, 29 to 24, it is at the La Tour-Verniolle stadium that the Laroquais Sang et Or will try to consolidate their leadership position. The Basse Ariège training is not at its best. She brings up the rear and is always looking for her first success. On paper, it will not be favored by the forecast, but be careful, we have seen teams revolt, capable of overturning mountains. In this match of extremes, the Laroquais will go to La Tour-Verniolle with humility, respect and intentions.

On the Fuxéens pitch, although contested until the end, ES Laroquaise confirmed its leadership position with a victory drawn in the last minutes. The stakes were high and the players from the prefecture sold their skin dearly. Frédéric Vidal, the Laroquais coach, expected a big fight: “We knew it would be very hard to win with the Fuxéens. We make mistakes that we pay for immediately. As a result, they always stayed in the match and the suspense was there until the end.” The only downside is the injury to pillar Manenti. “A forbidden move not sanctioned by the referee,” deplore the Laroquais.

ESL is at the top of the standings with 27 points for six matches, it now precedes Puylaurens, second, 22 points and Foix, third, 21 points. In Foix, the reserve team had a very good match against the first in the group. She scores two tries against only one for their opponent. Unfortunately, the handicap was too great following six penalties conceded too easily bringing the score to 24 to 3 in favor of the Fuxéens. The Laroquais reservists proved at the end of the game that they had resources by scoring two tries which brought the score back to fair proportions, 24 to 13. This team is starting to find its bearings and everything tends to believe that the recovery will be soon.