the essential
Friday December 6, SU Agen won at the Armandie stadium against Oyonnax (28-14). The reactions.
Sébastien Calvet (SU Agen coach) : “A real relief. Everyone knew we were tense about this reception and Oyonnax wanted to make up for the misstep at home. We were very tense all week. But we know that in Armandie, you have to dare. We wanted to get into the game straight away and we did so. Oyo had a disaster scenario. We still lose a lot of balls but I hope we lose less. We have to dare. 'we try, even if it means overplay. We didn't want to be wait-and-see, we saw that the players had intention. Where the players reassured us was in terms of connection. We all felt united as a group, we had a great spirit which paid off.”
Adel Fellah (assistant coach of SU Agen) : “What I saw was that we recovered our high balls. We engaged very hard in the air. We showed a lack of control, but not excitement. We want this is a trigger to gain confidence. We will try to use this victory for the future.
Fabien Cibray: “The coin is not turning the right way at the moment”
Franck Pourteau (back of SU Agen) : “We have a game plan which is very offensive. We like the game, we like to create. And that brings waste. What is frustrating in the first half is the score. We managed to cross several times the advantage line. It's our state of mind, we are ambitious. We want to win matches on tries. We have four defeats in a row, but the championship is still long. didn't like that we were talking about a friendly match against Oyonnax. The return phase hasn't even started yet.”
Fabien Cibray (Oyonnax coach) : “Disappointment. We had intentions, we wanted to play a really good rugby match and we found ourselves in difficulty quickly. The coin is not turning the right way at the moment. We never managed to get the ball in Agen's camp We didn't have any possession in the second half. We have to close ranks because we're not on a good path now. made mistakes that are largely avoidable and that penalizes on the length of the match.”
