The UBB took place this Saturday afternoon against Perpignan. Ten tries scored (doubles from Tatafu, Reybier, Jalibert and Buros, tries from Perchaud and Samu) against two conceded, the Union never trembled to win 66 to 12. The only false note, the injury to international center Nicolas Depoortere on a header from Naqalevu, excluded from this action. Here are the reactions of the players and coaches.
Yannick Bru, manager of UBB : “We made the match easy. This score does not reflect the gap between the two teams. According to our doctor, Nicolas Depoortere suffers from a small fracture in his face. He is in hospital and We will wait to find out more. We had a very average match against Bayonne, we were able to rectify the situation. There were a lot of problems in the first half and we were able to take advantage of it. helped. I appreciated the fact that we remained very serious until the end. There are still things to work on. I think we are penalized a lot, we have to analyze that.
“We will have to assume”
This victory propels us to the top of the rankings, it doesn’t mean anything after 6 days but we know that we will have a red target and that the next match in La Rochelle will not be easy. Over these first six days we are really on target. What is taken is no longer to be taken but we will have to accept it. We are going to rest players who have given a lot. It will be interesting to see our performance in La Rochelle in this context. Being a leader is anecdotal. It was important to put some money in the bank before the next three matches at La Rochelle, against Pau and at Clermont. And we are told that there could be many Bordeaux players in the France team. They tell us 12, they tell us 13, they tell us 14. We know that the coming period will be delicate.”
Guido Petti, second row of UBB : “We’re happy. Last week, we weren’t strong enough on defense. This time, we managed to recover the balls and we had a good match. When we have the ball, we’re well structured, we manage to be dominant with effective ball carriers. It will be harder next weekend and we will have to prepare ourselves. Coming back from the Argentina team, I found. a good atmosphere in the group We feel that there is stronger competition. For example, the young Conor Sa played his first match, he came back well. We have to earn our place every week but that’s what. moves forward.”
“We enjoy it but we keep a cool head”
Enzo Reybier, assistant of the UBB : “It’s almost a dream to experience your first in Chaban. I learned in the middle of the week that I was going to start. Plus my family had to come, it was a good thing. There was stress but there was goes to the first ball. We had a lot of fun in this match. We almost have the three-quarter line of the French team. It’s really nice to be able to play with them. To be inspired by the great things they are doing to improve me. We savor the victory but we keep a cool head. We know that as leader of the championship, we will be expected.
Franck Azéma, USAP manager : “There is no photo. We took the price. Since the start of the season, Bordeaux has 50 points at home. We saw why they are first in the Top 14 and why they were finalists last season This allows us to see the difference between them and us. We started off timidly. We gave them three or four opportunities to get in and we know that’s what they’re very good at. It’s done. We’re not going to change it. We have to put our ego aside and get back to work to perform well next week at Aimé Giral (against Lyon, Editor’s note). having betrayed the group but there is a difference in realism, the collective and the way in which they assimilated their game project. This allows everyone to situate themselves. It’s a good lesson today.
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