This Sunday, it will be the last episode of the confrontations between the Chartrains and the Arcachonnais. This expected opposition between the two formations should have taken place in December, on the 12th exactly, a week before the match to be replayed on the 1st day on the Atlantic coast. But the vagaries of the weather had then made the land on the plain of Bas-Bourgs impassable.
The long-awaited reunion between the two clubs, whose young relations became tense as soon as the championship opened (1), had been postponed for a week. And what a reunion! The Chartres awakening had occurred on the ground of La Teste-de-Buch (success 16-10). “It was a match of pride, the match of redemption, a full match,” recalls Renaud Gourdon, the CCR coach.
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Since then, his players have presented a completely different face and results that are much more in line with the expectations of the staff and the managers. “Will we be able to get the machine going again this Sunday? I don’t like these rematches, it’s always more complicated. We are never sure, we have to re-engage a dynamic. Ours was very good in January with these two wins, a draw and a bonus loss. There, we come out of a week of vacation after this big block of four matches. Usually, we play series of three games. It was one more in January in an always complicated phase of the season. We managed to cross it with great success. On the other hand, we also needed this week of rest, ”recognizes the technician.
Three big matches to come
But of this match, Renaud Gourdon especially fears the bad start. “It’s something I can’t explain to myself. At home, we do not fit into our matches. We are feverish, it’s weird. It gives confidence to our opponents. It is penalizing. Fortunately, we are physically strong, our end of the first period and matches are rather to our advantage. Faced with a team like Arcachon, if we’re one step below, it’s going to be complicated,” he warns, hoping for a change of attitude on that side.
Especially since the rest of the program will go crescendo with the reception in a week from Rennes, “it’s even stronger than Arcachon”, before a trip to Saint-Denis, which will need points. “Three big matches await us. We are capable of achieving three big performances, if we give ourselves the means. I can not wait to be there. »
(1) The match of the 1st day of the championship had been given to replay on December 19. At the season opener, on September 6 in Arcachon, the Bassin, which had won 30 to 7, had played at 16 for six minutes.
CHARTRES (Claude-Panier stadium), this Sunday, February 13 at 3 p.m. (hopes at 1:30 p.m.).
C’Chartres Rugby : Vos, Alamartine, Théodore – Tafili, Snyman – Dumora, Delana, Hamiaux – Aboumejd Le Berre, Mazeau – Roche, Bocquillon, Kitutu, Camara, N’Diaye. Replacements: Bertolino, Mzuvukile, Nkoy, Massyn, Halavatau, Benmegal, Kosse, Leclerc.
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Hervé Paraut
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