Like last season, Colomiers is affected by a wave of injuries while the start of the season was promising. But readjustments and upgrades are to be expected.
News from the Colomiers infirmary has rarely been positive for three weeks. Romain Bézian, locker room manager and centerpiece of the pack, experienced a complication during his knee surgery (infection) which will prolong his unavailability by several weeks. An unforeseen event that is added to other bad news.
Indeed, against Carcassonne, on November 5, Jean Thomas dislocated his collarbone and Aldric Lescure injured his biceps. Before Thomas Larrieu suffered a sprained wrist. In total, more than ten players will not be traveling to Narbonne tomorrow. Fabien Berneau, the forwards coach reacted soberly to this massacre: “There are players who will have extra playing time, we do with it… We have to rely on the workforce we have.”
Block of five, block harder
In question, the lengthening of the blocks in the schedule of Pro D2. This is in any case the opinion of Anthony Coletta: “Before, we had blocks of four, and sometimes five matches. This season it is only blocks of five matches and it’s long. The fifth match is As we saw against Carcassonne, it can be tricky matches. In my opinion, the more we advance in the season, the more surprises there will be in these fifth block matches. “
Hence the importance of starting the next one well, also to erase Colomiers’ disillusionment with Carcassonne during the previous day. The former Angoumoisin will also have a preponderant role to play. On the one hand, because the second row and the third row of the Colombe are particularly affected, by the absences of Granouillet (ankle sprain), Thomas, Bézian, Lescure and Macovei, at rest after his autumn tour with the Romania. On the other hand, because there are many leaders among the absent and its presence will count from a strategic point of view.
The captain of Colomiers, who played 27 games last season, got off to a flying start with his reassuring presence and his successful performances. A dynamic that he will want to continue to show the way to his teammates in a meeting that he describes as difficult: “When we debrief on the video and we look at what they are capable of doing, we say to ourselves that Narbonne is a team that doesn’t necessarily have much to envy from the others. With a lot of experienced players, they have the weapons to fight well in this championship. ” The Columérins have already experienced injury “epidemics” last season and it marked them. They have the opportunity to show that they have progressed since then.
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