Pro D2. Montauban regains his strength before going to the first

The Sapiacains went on vacation with their heads in the bucket, we must not hide it. Even if there is no danger in the matter, the four consecutive defeats suffered just before the end of year holidays have a really bad effect, especially for a team which was enjoying itself, and which seemed to have settled in well in the platoon of qualifiers. Except that everything is happening very quickly. If the coin had always fallen on the right side until then, this time things most often turned sour, and confidence frayed over the weeks. And everyone hopes that my new year will be one of rebound for the “Green and Black”, except that it is to the first Grenoble, that Sébastien Tillous-Borde’s men are traveling this Sunday. If they surprised us by losing twice in a row in the bowl (against Soyaux-Angoulême, and Oyonnax), we obviously wouldn’t be against them surprising us again at the Stade des Alpes, in climatic conditions visibly complicated. And it is a remobilized team which will make this long trip. A team which will undoubtedly present itself with arguments. The essential information for the resumption of training in the first days of January, is the presence in Sapiac, of the young Georgian international hooker under 20, Vakhtang Jintcharadze (25 years old, 1.87 m, 116 kg), which has the particularity of also being able to cover the right pillar position.

Tuculet, Mathy, Ahmed, Fortunel apply

He arrives on loan from USA Perpignan (Top 14) where he has been playing since 2019. He took part in the club’s rise to the elite of French rugby. It is perfectly suited to the mysteries of the French championship. Little used in Catalonia, it arrives to compensate in particular for the injury of hooker Ru-Hann Greyling who should normally have ankle surgery this Tuesday. While the infirmary was well stocked at the end of the third block in mid-December, it became significantly empty. This is how the pillars Facundo Pomponio, Tietie Tuimauga and Léo Aouf have been training normally since Saturday and can apply for the trip to Grenoble, like behind the returning and very experienced Maxime Mathy, but also senior players like Thomas Fortunel, Yvan Reilhac , Stéphane Ahmed or Segundo Tuculet. We should have to wait a little longer for the returns of Jérôme Bosviel, Luca Azariashvili, Kévin Gimeno, Paul Vallée or Siméon Soenen. Good news before this Thursday’s trip to Grenoble and even more so the reception the following week from Valence-Romans to Sapiac.