The Biterrois started the year with a big success against Nice (42-9) for the resumption in 2025. Despite an early numerical inferiority after the expulsion of Taylor Gontineac before the half hour of play, center Paul Recor and the Héraultais provided the essentials with the offensive bonus in their hands.
Paul, did you quickly find yourself alone in the center of the field after the expulsion of your teammate Taylor Gontineac?
Yes, we say to ourselves that the match is going to be very long and quite physically tough! There was extra work for sure, but the team made do with it and gave even more to make up for this numerical inferiority. Our first minutes must be further improved, we know that. We make sure we progress and it worked tonight.
There was a fairly persistent false rhythm this evening, how did you perceive it?
However, we try to put things in place during this quarter of an hour in Béziers. We do everything to do our best and ultimately surpass our opponent. In this duel, in summary we manage to move the ball, score a lot of tries, pass each other. We placed a lot of emphasis on our defense which was not very relevant in other matches.
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We have often seen you congratulate each other collectively on these defensive phases, near the rucks, were there things to be forgiven for?
We had fished in this area in Mont-de-Marsan. Regarding this recovery, we are not taking tests. Yes, the emphasis was placed on our attitudes, it was one of the objectives we had given ourselves. In all areas, the team responded, which is a great satisfaction.
What words were said in the locker room after the match ended?
That we had to continue like this if we wanted to stay at the top of the table. Nice at home, it’s done, with five points so much the better. We will have a big trip to Soyaux-Angoulême next week, which doesn’t go very well for us when we travel there. We will take these matches gradually if we want to aim for qualification.
