Friday August 27 at 7:30 p.m., all these hours of running, trudging and suffering will be a vague memory for the 15 Columérins who will start the new season of Pro D2. On the lawn of the Michel-Bendichou stadium facing Provence Rugby, the players of the club with the dove will be able to make use of the efforts made during the last two months of preparation.
Both distant and near at the same time, the opening date of the championship was checked by the coach duo Sarraute-Berneau and their troop who found their way back to the field several weeks ago. “We resumed on June 26 without the recruits at the start before having the entire workforce from July 1,” explains Fabien Berneau in charge of the forwards. “We continued the preparation with an internship in Saint-Lary in order to strengthen cohesion and integrate the new ones, slips the coach satisfied with the team building week. We voluntarily left the framework of rugby and we went on hikes , kayaking, we tried to stimulate the group’s state of mind and it worked well, “recalls the technician at the dawn of a rather intense last ten in July. “We are going to get into the hard, it will be pure physical preparation with a high level before heading for friendly matches.”
The first contacts are set for August 13 with a short trip to Sapiac to face Montauban. In the wake of August 20, it is a Top 14 team, reigning Pro D2 champion, that the Columérins will challenge Aimé-Giral since they will face USAP. With four arrivals, Colomiers did not seek to upset its workforce and we can clearly read the club’s intention for the coming year: to trust and launch the youngsters. “We have not necessarily sought to replace executives like Aurélien Béco or George Earl who have retired because, in accordance with the club’s policy, we will be launching hopes and the young people will have the opportunity to show themselves”, warns Fabien Berneau as a preamble to an already exciting 2021-2022 season.
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