The MHR can afford this Friday evening a fireworks display in a very mixed season. In the fight to stay in Top 14, the Montpellier rugby players face Leicester in the final of the Challenge cup in London at Twickenham stadium. A gauge of 10,000 spectators has been authorized. Five years after the first European coronation of Montpellier Hérault Rugby in this same competition, the club has the opportunity to lift the trophy again.
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“There is no small or large European Cup, we should not look in that direction. It should rather be noted that we won our finals matches with character”, clarifies Guilhem Guirado the hooker of the MHR. Montpellier wants to somehow prove that its ranking in the league is the result of several factors at the start of the season, including the many cases of Covid. “This season will remain a little dark”, admits the Arthur Vincent center, “but we have to try to win this title because we want to go to the end of this competition”.
Reunion with Nadolo
Montpellier will find this Friday evening its former Fijian winger Nemani Nadolo today in the English ranks. He will also be titular. The colossus (1m96, over 100 kg) could hurt. “Unfortunately, it’s not just him,” insists Olivier Azam. The forward coach at MHR is wary of Leicester as a whole: “it’s a team that only have internationals, experienced players. It’s a huge challenge for us.”
“We measure ourselves against a very strong, very experienced team”, Olivier Azam
