Colomiers rugby won the derby with the benefit of a late match won for its cause. And even, a succession of facts of the game leaned in his favor.
This is the story of a match event like we rarely see. There are only eight minutes left in this derby between Columérins and Montalbanais. Brett Herron, to clear his camp a little, chose this moment to light a candle. Josua Vici, very close to the drop-off, surprises everyone by letting the ball bounce, which Ugo Pacome catches, who had come to chase it. There, the former member of the Michel-Bendichou house launched a tackle in the air that was completely incomprehensible to the young full-back (19 years old). “And it’s after that that I score?Pacome is surprised, a pure columérin product. In fact, I got the ball because I didn't feel very comfortable with my hands. I've seen it on TV several times already. It can happen that he loses his temper a little. If I jump, he'll catch me, that's for sure! I was sure he was going to take me. I jumped on purpose. I just say to myself: “Please don’t let me fall on my neck or back.”“
Bad luck, he was entitled to the second option, which meant he received treatment for a few moments. But no more: “I saw that it was coming back so I quickly got up. I was no longer injured”laughs three-quarters of the way through. Not content with this ball recovery giving rise to a highlight, Ugo Pacome, in the pros for a year, would score this decisive try in the Columérins' rise to the score and even transform it.
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Beyond this key moment of the match – Colomiers had just closed its 12-point deficit – the Haut-Garonnais fullback played every shot to the fullest. And too bad for the waste here and there: “That was part of the instructions: do not hesitate to raise from our 22. And the players applied itcongratulated forwards coach Fabien Berneau. They ensured the conservation, which put Montauban at fault in the corridors.” “Honestly, the game at that moment was more about going to their house and locking them in. But it’s a pretty dense and heavy team. I said to myself: “We are young, crazy, dynamic. If we play on our canes, as we have done several times, it will overflow.”, confirmed Ugo Pacome. It was perhaps not enough to score but we always advanced 20 to 30 meters. It’s what we had to do and we did it well together.”
A great reaction of collective pride after an hour of play to generally dominate the debates without really being able to achieve anything, the fault of their misadventures following penalties and facing the poles. To offer a more serene scenario, the Columérins know what to expect.
