“It was terrible”, an unbreathable end to the match against Bristol!

Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Saturday January 18, 2025 at 10:11 p.m.

The people of Auvergne are likely to remember this disheveled part for a long time, Christophe Urios in the first place.

The end of the match between Clermont and Bristol (33-26) was stifling, almost five minutes (exactly four minutes and 58 seconds) and a total of 46 passes for ASM to seek its success at Michelin. Christophe Urios took a big breath and said ironically: “At ease, I knew we were going to win (smile). I'm being smart, but it's something I feel. We're losing the ball twice and we win it back twice, so you tell yourself that things are going to change for us.” The truculent coach of the Jaunards has the feeling that a team is born: “When we don't lose track and we stay together, when we want to eat the guys, we are strong.”

Jauneau: “When you experience it, it’s exceptional”

For him, this last action is precisely symbolic of this meeting where his players did not lose the thread. “She shows mastery, quality and desire. When we are going to steal this ball in touch and on the ground, we have to be clean and technically fair. We showed ambition, we had high standards and it can be a defining match for our season.”

Baptiste Jauneau was on the bench to experience this famous crazy outcome. And listening to him, it was simply “awful” (for Rugbyrama.fr): “At that moment, more than a try, I was only waiting for one thing, it was a penalty! Because that, when we impose a lot of playing time on the opponent, we say to ourselves that we can have a penalty but in the end, I didn't care, as long as we scored! According to him, if everyone believed in it, it was above all thanks to the scenario, because the English also had to win to qualify and therefore play all the balls: “So we knew we would have chances. And the The guys on the pitch didn't give up, it shows that we're a real team! We didn't talk much in the locker room, we all exhaled because we were a little tired! Proud to be part of this team, the scrum half hopes to recreate strong links with his audience thanks to this type of completely Dantesque scenario: “When you experience it, it’s exceptional.”