Racing 92 in Sale to confirm
Building on a convincing victory against London Harlequins on the first day (30-29), the Racingmen are preparing for a physical challenge on the Sale pitch, where they travel with 11 changes among the starters. “We reassured ourselves in the commitment and in defense, these are points where we have struggled in recent weeks. It was a change of scenery for us. In the Top 14 we are less efficient, so it was cool to be able to say that we are resetting the counters to zero,” explained Max Spring at a press conference.
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In the other evening match for French clubs, Castres hosts Munster. The Castres were largely beaten by Northampton (38-8) at the start of the competition and will not yet be favorites against the Irish from Munster.
Clermont clashes with Leinster, UBB with Ulster
Winners of a weak Treviso team at home (28-0) on the first day, the Clermontois will face an opponent of a completely different caliber on Saturday: Leinster, three unfortunate finalists of the event. The Auvergnats, third in the Top 14, have had a good start to the season but without being completely satisfactory in terms of performance, despite the frequent reprimands of their coach Christophe Urios.
Conversely, this is the status for the other French team in Ireland, Union Bordeaux-Bègles. The UBB moves onto the Ulster field, which has only been a sparring-partner for Toulouse on the first day (61-21) in the same group. The Bordelais won against Leicester, after being manhandled and trailing during the first 45 minutes. If they are going to play without Jalibert and Buros, the offensive armada still remains impressive, especially with Louis Bielle-Biarrey, author of a double on the first day.
In the evening on Saturday, La Rochelle hopes to confirm against Bristol. The Maritimes did the hard part by winning in difficult conditions at Bath (24-20), leader of the English first division on the first day.
Champion Toulouse at Exeter
The Red and Black continue their quest for a double by going to Exeter on Sunday. The match smells like cleaver encounters. Toulouse won in the quarter-finals last year while Exeter won in the semi-finals in 2020, the year of their coronation. The pressure is more on the English, who lost without a bonus point during their long trip to South Africa at the Sharks on the first day and who still have not won this season in the league.
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Previously on Sunday, Toulon will have come up against Glasgow in a promising match between two teams having won their first group match. Toulon notably managed to beat the South African franchise Stormers at home, but must still recover from the return trip. The Stade Français welcomes the English Saracens to forget its poor performance against Munster, where Laurent Labit's players played with 13 men during the last half hour of play.
