The Dacquois are 13th with 13 points, the Mons 3rd with 23 points. Derby found again since it has been five years since the two clubs last faced each other. And it is also a whole story that will be written again, that of the confrontations which make up the epic of the two clubs.
Dax versus Mont-de-Marsan, an old recipe which is the heyday of Gallic and just as Gascon rugby. First opposition on October 25, 1908, the USD has existed for four years, the Mons stadium will be created at the end of this first derby year. The two clubs will then rarely meet as they do not belong to the same committee, Côte d’Argent for the Mons, Côte Basque for the Dacquois. The first new meeting took place at the end of December 1942. Victory for Dax on his land. Five years later the two clubs are playing at the same level. The first match played in the prefecture was sold out. 1963, year of the legend. On the edge of Adour Dax wins 6-0. Return to Loustau. New victory for the reds 3-0. But the final on June 2 at Lescure…historic. The wasps beat the thermalists 9-6. While the USD consoled itself a little by beating Stade 14-9 in the Yves du Manoir challenge. The rest is as the seasons go by, matches won and matches lost, with a slight advantage for Mont-de-Marsan 26 wins to 21. And only one draw, in 1990, 3-3 at Barbe d’Or. And defeats too. 41 to 8 for Dax in 93. 40 zero for the prefectural in May 2014.
After eight contested days there are few lessons to be learned except to get lost in conjectures. The championship is long, the differences in level between the sixteen teams that make it up are increasingly narrow. For his reunion Dax, without being comfortable in the ranking, proved his broad ability to compete. 25 percent success, four matches played in Boyau, two victories against Grenoble and Colomiers, two defeats against Provence and Vannes. Dax, legitimate in Pro D 2, knows he has to store up the most points on his field so as not to put his stomach on the line at the end of the season. The USD tied with Grenoble, three lengths ahead of Soyaux Angoulême, virtual penultimate. The Mons have five consecutive successes. Sluggish at times, chaotic at times, but on a trajectory which for the moment places them on a podium that they are accustomed to. Mont-de-Marsan is a team with reaction and variable geometry. Statistically, five victories for three defeats, two successes in four outings, in Angoulême and Biarritz, third best attack, but sometimes glaring failures. And an offensive triangle less effective for the moment than in past seasons. On the one hand, the Mons habit of major meetings, on the other, a great desire to fight it out. A guest who regulates the possible differences, the weather, rain and wind on Boyau this evening.
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