Sunday, the RCA plays on the shores of the ocean, in Anglet, against the AORC which has just made a good outing in Bagnères-de-Bigorre…
In this hen 4 of Federal 1, everything is possible, the improbable results follow one another making the predictions particularly difficult. The AORC is a very playful formation with revitalizing and bouncing back lines, everyone is aware of it. However, its results are up and down with a defeat in Lombez (20-16), a loss at home against Lannemezan (6-24), a victory in Bagnères (16-26) where the RCA had lowered its flag on Sunday before.
The Angloys are therefore irregular, but, be careful, tenacious, with twirling three-quarters, supported by their long-range gunner Arnaud Dhuin.
The Auscitains come out of a match against Lannemezan victorious who, once again, left their mark. Indeed, the “red and white” scrum header is handicapped by Menabdishvili’s third yellow card received on Sunday as well as the back lines with the injury of Mathieu Vignes, as a result of forced absences on the Basque Coast.
Once again, Auscitain coaches will have to reshape their training. Ever since the start of the season, the Auscitaine infirmary has been full, the holders, their understudy, understudy replacements, etc. Of course, we will have to deal with this avalanche of bad luck and try to bring back a runner-up from the Saint-Jean stadium.
Nevertheless, confidence goes to the young Auscitaine guard, the Guérois, Soufflet, Pérusin, Lafforgue, Balagna, Debets, Viviez who, match after match, show real possibilities. Casually, this match on the edges of the Chambre d’Amour is important in obtaining the first two places in the pool.
Grégory Menkarska is right when he says that the return phase is less favorable than the outward phase with more trips to the top 5 clubs.
The Basque and Landes passes are opposite the RCA which did not take the lead at the top of the Tourmalet, but recovered on the descent by overflowing Lannemezan.
Anglet is perhaps a stage with a sprint finish which can count in the classification…
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