Amateur Rugby – National 2: Fleurance traveling to the tricky hunting ground of the “Wild Boars” of Salles

A restart match like this can always hold some good surprises. But it is certain that this first match and first trip of the ASF in 2025 to Gironde lands will not be a cakewalk. Fleurance ended 2024 with a loss at home against Valence-d’Agen which did not allow the Lomagnols to enter the first part of the ranking.

As a result, the hunt for points will begin this Sunday, the objective being to move away from the dangerous zone as quickly as possible. An objective which will not be that obvious because this group 2 of Nationale 2 is particularly tight, and the positions can quickly evolve downwards as well as upwards.

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Areas of work: during the confectioners’ truce, the Florantine coaches had time to analyze the situation and see that indiscipline was often costly, and this was particularly the case against the Valencians. So discipline and conquest remain sensitive sectors on which Philippe Maymat and Walter Desmaison continue to work. The work always pays off, as does the state of mind and with a good mix of the two, the ASF can do well.

Four group executives still absent

The opponent: Salles plays the leading roles in the group and the Girondins especially finished 2024 with a bang by racking up four consecutive victories, including two away against Valence-d’Agen and Anglet. This renewal, in a way, comes at the time when Salles decided to part ways with his trainer Yannick Vignette to replace him with the Thomas Bastelica-Benjamin Lachaud tandem, and the shock was effective!

It is therefore a team from Salles in full confidence which will await the “Bleu et Blanc”, with the firm intention of consolidating its place in the top three.

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On the ASF side: the truce allowed the Fleurantins to recover some injured from 2024, even if four executives of the group remain on the floor: Thomas Cantaloup, Luc Espinasse, Dimitri Calvet and Quentin Barrieu.

It has now been a week since Loïc Mondoulet’s teammates returned to work with this return match in mind. And objectives: to find rhythm and cohesion, to perform well in Salles and perhaps to scrape a few points… and to perform in this long and final stretch of the championship.