Facing Aurillac, USM wants to extend its good start to the season. Especially since the Sapiacains will want to ensure that they offer a great evening to their openers.
In Sapiac, the break seems to have done the greatest good and the smiles, which were so rare before, no longer seem to leave the faces. When it was time to appear before the press to discuss the next match against Aurillac, Johan Snyman was quick to give way to Jérôme Bosviel. “Bose, it’s yours, hurry up, they’re waiting for you!” says the forwards coach in his familiar accent, covered by the laughter of the others. The atmosphere is still good. This should allow us to start this second block of the season in the best possible way. But for this, we must not get carried away. Sébastien Tillous-Borde has constantly repeated this and the players visibly share this point of view: “The watchword since the start of the week is not to look too good. We’re off to a very good start to the season. We’re winning in Nevers but we shouldn’t think we’ve arrived. Last season in January we were sixth… For the moment the results are there, it’s very good, we must not overdo it but above all we must be careful. Aurillac is the trap match par excellence.explains Jérôme Bosviel. It is therefore with caution that the USM moves forward: “We’re pretty happy with what we’ve done so far, but it’s only the first step. The most important thing is to keep going.”assured Johan Snyman a little earlier.
Things to celebrate
And this match against Aurillac, although it may seem tricky, could be the perfect opportunity to prolong the pleasure. Because Friday evening in Sapiac, there will be things to celebrate. Jérôme Bosviel will play his 200th match in the colors of USM and hopes to ward off fate: “It would be a lie to say that this match isn’t special. Two hundred is a big number. I’ve been in Montauban since 2016… On a personal level, two of my daughters were born in Montauban so it’s a city that will forever remain in my memory, on a sporting level, it’s two semi-finals, the final in Bordeaux… And it would really please me to relive the final stages with Montauban. all that in the back of my mind. Besides, we are talking about the 200th but I especially remember that the 100th I lost against Aurillac. The 150th I also lost against Aurillac… If we can cancel this series. and winning would be pretty cool for the team.” And for him of course: “Sportingly and humanly it will be important. He deserves it. He left his mark on Pro D2. He is not just a USM player”completes the forwards coach. This evening will also be an opportunity to celebrate Thomas Fortunel who played his 100th match with USM during the last trip to Nevers. But for the party to be great and for the fun to last, victory will not really be an option.
