The race for qualification goes through a victory this Saturday (4:30 p.m.) for St-Estève / XIII Catalan against SO Avignon live on lindependant.fr in partnership with ViàOccitanie and Sport in France.
The Dragons reserve is counting on Da Costa, Laguerre, Romano and Cozza to meet the challenge that Renaud Guigue’s men will want to impose.
Seven days from the end of the regular phase, the six qualifying places are in the minds of many teams.
Saint-Estève/XIII Catalan is in the fight for a chair in the Top 6. Avignon, Villeneuve, Albi and the Baby Dracs are placed behind the 100% Aude podium (Lézignan, Limoux, Carcassonne). Except that there will only be room for three of the four contenders.
Saint-Estève / XIII Catalan, humiliated 42-6 in the first leg, has many reasons to react. The two successes recorded at home against Limoux (20-18) and Villeneuve (22-16) revived the group and its dynamism.
Make way for Renaud Guigue’s Provençaux who hit hard last weekend by atomizing Villeneuve-sur-Lot (46-6) with eight tries. The offensive potential is there and the bloods and golds will pass a true defensive test.
The many packages with the Dragons this time cause less descent in the reserve team.
Da Costa, Laguerre, Cozza and Romano, from spectators in Leeds to actors in St-Estève
Today alone, Mathieu Cozza, Florian Vailhen, César Rougé and Arthur Romano will chain a new Elite meeting. Corentin Le Cam, injured in the knee during the match won against Limoux will sign his return today. Arthur Romano and Mathieu Cozza who returned overnight from Thursday to Friday from England with the Catalans Dragons joined their teammates last night during the captain’s session. The opportunity for the revised hinge Rougé – Tison to revise its diagrams, announcements and placements.
“Yes, it’s going to be hot because we have to win to stay in the race for qualification. The matches that are coming up are in any case elimination matches that you have to approach with the state of mind that goes with it.summed up manager Julian Touxagas.
Indeed, the Baby Dracs must go to Villeneuve and welcome Albi, the two other direct competitors with in the meantime Lézignan and Carcassonne in Saint-Estève.
So yes, the season of the Saint-Estève / XIII Catalan first team is not being played out today, but the SOA intends to distance itself in the event of a victory. All the challenge of this Elite meeting that the FFR XIII has decided to broadcast thanks to its financial partnership with ViàOccitanie.
A meeting to follow live and in full below.
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