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Different trajectories for the two teams. If Grenoble is at the top of the group and is undefeated at home, the Tarn-et-Garonnais remain on four consecutive defeats. The “Green and Black” will therefore have to do their best this Thursday evening (9 p.m.)…
Montalbanese manager Sébastien Tillous-Borde knows the difficulty of the task awaiting him at the Stade des Alpes, while hoping that the last match narrowly lost to Oyonnax will serve as a catalyst to face the leader on his home field.
What is your view on the first leg of the championship which ended before the confectioners’ break?
I think we had a good first part of the season. It’s a shame that on the last block, we lost the match against Soyaux-Angoulême because we missed our first 50 minutes which led us to defeat. Against Oyonnax we saw a big rugby match, against a powerful team, with 42 minutes of effective time, which is very rare. It didn’t come down to much, we could have won. If we had won these two games we would be third, and there wouldn’t be much to say.
Now, do you switch directly to the return phase?
We are in a restart match that we have prepared well in training since Saturday. We will try to have a big match in Grenoble. We know our opponent. This is clearly the best team in Pro D2; It’s been two years since we found them in the final, at least in the accession match to the Top 14. They are complete, with a good group of forwards, and solid, fast attackers. The hinge is also excellent. We will have to make the perfect match if we want to hope for anything there. The intensity of the match against Oyonnax should help us to decide on the trip this Thursday evening, to the Stade des Alpes.
What are your main goals now?
-I don’t budge, the first number is 57. That is to say the number of points it takes to be, according to Pro D2 statistics, almost necessarily maintained. We’re not there yet. We are still missing around twenty points. The sooner we get there, the sooner the better. When we are at 57 points, we will set new objectives.
Can we talk about recruitment with the arrival of the Georgian hooker from Perpignan?
We didn’t recruit. We replace the injured Ru-Hann Greyling, who is undergoing surgery. It’s a medical joker who arrives from Perpignan. Maixent Da Costa is very young and would have become our third hooker. It wouldn’t have been good for him to perform at that level. We needed new blood because injuries happen quickly. Juntcharadze can also play right prop. We took it to clearly evolve at tailgating. He was an international under 20 with Georgia. He played with Luka Azariashvili. He is a versatile player who can change positions.
In conclusion, what will it take to perform at the Stade des Alpes this evening?
In Grenoble, we will first have to have our balls at our disposal while being uncompromising on what we can control, on camp outings. When you set up the game while being neat and clean. If we do that, we will have opportunities to score at times. We can count on a larger workforce than at the end of 2024.
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