The Girondins, with two setbacks, did not get the start of the season they dreamed or desired. But the good things are there, it will only be necessary to gain consistency and not race against Castres this Saturday (15).
Bordeaux-Bègles, since the Covid season, have not been the strongest team at the beginning. It’s been two years since Garnet and Blue hadn’t won matchday one, even though, in their defense, they played away every time. We remember last season with this Top 14 launch in Biarritz where Christophe Urios admitted that UBB had been “eaten” (27-15). Bordelo-Béglais then reacted at home against Stade Français (37-10).
But this year the opposite happened. The Girondins lost their first two matches against Toulouse in Chaban (25-26) and Montpellier (19-29). Two setbacks that stain. “We have produced quality rugby against Toulouse. We are really disappointed, starting with two defeats there is better, admits Romain Buros, the Bordeaux full-back.
With the welcome of Castres, UBB does not undertake a “buy back” mission with its audience, but in a match to “finally start the season, to repay for the preparation made and to validate what has been undertaken.”
To validate all this, it will be necessary to correct the obvious defects seen on the side of the GGL Stadium, with in particular a first period too many to the advantage of the Héraultais. “Against Toulouse we knew how to be realistic, at the MHR no, Buros regrets. We hurried, not taking the time to build and dropped too many balloons. Sometimes, it is best to do an extra play time or two to create a true attack point. “And then increase his chances of unbalanced defenses with this fast paced game that UBB is fond of.
The export is talking
Especially since Christophe Urios’ men have perfectly integrated the rookies into their game scheme: just think of Antoine Miquel’s performance against Stade Toulousain or Madosh Tabwe, the unsustainable Congolese winger who scored a brace. Just as the mood shown in the Hérault delighted the Girondins, who “did not give up”. “We need to gain consistency throughout our meetings now,” Buros points out.
Because if the sporting side is half fig, half grape, we have mainly heard about UBB for the export market. After the Woki-Jalibert case at the end of the season, then the Mermoz affair – the former center who had complained, at the wrong time, a photo sent by Woki and Jalibert, with the middle finger, during the new year -, Clément Maynadier has criticized the harshness of journalists towards Bordeaux-Bègles. “I find that his words have been diverted from the thought of him, defends Romain Buros. What bothers him is that the media that have always followed us, for example, have presented the movements of our squad as not positive for the club. Above all, he wanted to say that yes, there are the negatives, but that one must also know how to account for the positives. “
Not enough to move the Bordelo-Béglais – “Overall we don’t care about all this, we live very well together” – who will still want to silence the critics with a winning match against the CO.
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