the essentials It is not time for a crisis in Colomiers but the results are not yet there, with services that are too irregular. This is partly explained by numerous injuries.
The defeat at Dax last Wednesday (25-6) left a bitter taste for Columérins supporters. It must be said that this last match of the first block of Pro D2 could have allowed La Colombe to get off to a very positive start to the season. It did not happen. “We must not forget this match because it is the worst we can do,” says Julien Sarraute. “In the content, the efficiency, the discipline… It was a non-match, a little in the way of the start of the match against Aurillac.”
Certainly, 14th place at this stage after only five days has little value, especially since Colomiers have traveled three times. But this poor performance should serve as a lesson. “We have to straighten our heads and find content because it’s rugby that wins matches, that’s all.” To explain this delay in ignition, there is necessarily the adaptation of recruits, of young players launched, and the same Sarraute is forced to mention the infirmary. Seventeen injuries have in fact been reported to date: “Today we feel that the rebounds are fleeing us. There is a form of inevitability in the chain of traumatic injuries that we cannot really prevent. Coletta fractures his hand, like Bézian a few weeks earlier, Ready injures his ribs…”
“Regain the confidence that will generate performance”
For the latest entrants to the infirmary, namely Pimienta (one month), Tamani and Dimcheff (two months), the latest information indicates that we will have to wait a little longer. Fortunately, the particular schedule of Pro D2 during this World Cup season means that there are several breaks: this week, those of October 2 and 23. “It’s going to work, we’re going to stand back together. That’s why I believe in the future and in this group, assures the head coach. This group just needs to rebuild itself, to regain confidence , and it is this confidence that will generate performance.”
This time of adaptation is logical when it comes to recruits, and also young players, thrown into the deep end in numbers. But given the recent history of Colomiers rugby, it’s a safe bet that they will succeed…
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