When he is near a rugby ball, Christophe Urios is always in shorts. The Clermontois coach never deviates from his clothing rule, whether to lead a group session at the end of the morning, to lead an exchange with the supporters after dark or to retrace the thread of his career for around forty minutes between games. two, on the top floor of the Marcel-Michelin stadium, home of ASM Clermont Auvergne.
It was also in shorts that he witnessed the success of his troops against the Italians of Treviso, Saturday December 7, for their first Champions Cup match (28-0), the European Cup. Despite the victory, the ex-heel “got bored”annoyed by the lack of commitment from his team. And what's more, he has “got cold”.
He shouldn't be much warmer when he takes his place at the edge of the pitch at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Saturday December 14 at 6:30 p.m., for the match against Leinster, finalist of the last edition of the competition. Leinster, almost an Irish team, which inspires « excitation » et “fright” to the 58-year-old coach. But even a correction would not tarnish the good dynamic on which his club is riding.
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