Second and last friendly confrontation as part of their preparation for the Columérins tonight in Perpignan against the Catalans, promoted to Top 14. A serious test.
A week after their first outing of the summer punctuated by a defeat against Montauban (26-19), the Columérins will continue their preparation with a second and last friendly meeting, tonight, against the Pro D2 champion: the USAP .
A great confrontation in perspective for the troops of Julien Sarraute and Fabien Berneau against the Catalans who won widely against Montpellier (34-15) last week. And if the Perpignanais had grounds for satisfaction at the end of their match, it was less the case in the columérins ranks where Julien Sarraute pointed out “a lot of waste and defensive approximations. I also expect much more. defensive solidity. ” And the technician to warn: “Everything will go faster, everything will be more physically dense in the face of a resident of the Top 14. We will therefore have to find individual solutions in the service of the collective to cope, and I will monitor carefully which resources we will be able to mobilize in the face of such adversity, what content we will be able to offer. “
Coletta and Javaux spared
The stage is therefore set for Romain Bézian’s teammates who will go to Aimé-Giral with a slightly smaller group compared to last week but which also has quite a few absentees. In addition to those who are still in rehabilitation following knee operations (Maurino and Delas), those who are recovering and will return to the group very soon (Delmas and Pimienta), the Colomiers staff will go to Perpignan without Sheklashvili (calf) , Elliot, Coletta (Achilles heel), Dastugue (ankle) at the forwards, nor Javaux (small tear) and Saurs (shoulder tendon) in the back line. Absences that will still make the young guard columérine happy since six hopes are on the move.
> The selected group: Romain Bézian; Michele Campagnaro; Mattéo Carrère; Clement Chartier; Jules Cordier; Johan Deysel; Hugo Djehi; Thomas Dubois; Thomas Girard; Edoardo Gori; Maxime Granouillet; Robin Graulle; Thomas Larrieu; Aldric Lescure; Mihai Macovei; Victor Moro; Florian Nicot; Pierre-Samuel Pacheco; Alexis Palisson; Kane Palma-Newport; Fabien Perrin; Yann Peysson; Hugo Pirlet; Waël Ponpon; Alexandre Ricard; Peni Rokoduguni; Youssef Saaidia; Ugo Seguela; Romuald Seguy; Guillaume Tartas; Jean Thomas.
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