Push the current series further. And bring it to ten wins in a row. This is the prospect offered to the men of C’Chartres Rugby, this Sunday.
To achieve this, the partners of Chris Tafili, more than ever leaders of pool 1, will have to pass over the body of their runner-up, Nuits-Saint-Georges, who has posted a series of four rank victories, since he was surprised by Beauvais on December 4 (17-19, 10th day).
“We couldn’t stay calm”
“We hear a lot about Geneva because part of its workforce has known the high level. But our main rival, at the moment, is CS Nuiton. It’s a very dense, very complete team. And neglecting it would be a big mistake, ”explains Renaud Gourdon, in a role of night watchman.
Reinforced by the success of his protégés last week in Saint-Denis (20-24), the CCR coach insisted on one point: discipline.
The CCR imposes itself in pain in Saint-Denis
This parameter where his team, far from the certainties accumulated over the past three months, had failed to go (defeat 22-19, October 8). “We had the weapons to do better, but we had not been able to remain calm in the important moments”, rewinds the 3rd row Opeti Delana.
Difficult to contradict the Fijian when we know that in Côte-d’Or, he and his partners had evolved to twelve, the space of a few minutes, after having received three yellow cards and as many provisional exclusions (Hamiaux, Kitutu and Stafford). “Despite that, we had defended like hell and we had come very close to a draw, with two missed kicks in the last minutes,” he recalls.
For this match at the top of the 15th day, the former player of Surgères (Fédérale 2) will see with a good eye the return of Théo Blanc, back from injury (shoulder) and tenured in the scrum.
Chartres (Claude Panier stadium)this Sunday, January 29, at 3 p.m.
C’Chartres Rugby : Futeu, Gallo, Halavatau – Hamiaux, Tafili (cap.) – Massyn, Delana, Umpriani – White (m), Stafford (o) – Bakayoko, Kitutu, Room, Camera – Ndiaye. On the bench: Vos, Prudhon, Prudhomme, Nkoy, Alberto, Vaidie, Pili, Challenger.
David Berthelem
