The two Portuguese internationals have already digested the festivities at the end of the World Cup marked by the victory against Fiji this Sunday in Toulouse. Indeed, Vincent Pinto and Rodrigo Marta have already resumed this Monday with their club Colomiers.
The party didn’t last long. Despite the euphoria of this Sunday after the Portuguese victory against Fiji, the two Portuguese internationals recruited in the off-season were in Colomiers at the start of the week. From Monday to collect the outfits, and even to train for Vincent Pinto (1.87m, 93kg). “Given that I only played two matches and that against Fiji I played twenty minutes, I could play quickly at clubhe testifies. It does me good mentally to start a new adventure with new partners and a new game plan after spending three months with the group.” And his staff can’t wait to be able to count on the 24-year-old Tarbais, because the infirmary is still very full. “I hope to be at least in the group on Friday for Béziershe smiles. I wanted to be with the guys to attack directly. That would be good for me. And also, we are going for two very important matches since there was a week of rest before and another after.”
Towards a face-to-face with Samuel Marques?
However, his teammate Rodrigo Marta (1.83m, 77kg) is spared. Indeed, he played all four World Cup matches (for one try, that of the victory against Fiji). But he was still there Monday and Tuesday to collect his things and attend the group session on Tuesday morning. “It was one of the happiest moments of my lifehe said about the Stadium two days earlier. We all went out together, as a team.” If the festivities continued until Monday evening, since the players playing in the country returned this Tuesday, the 23-year-old former Dacquois concedes that he did not keep up the pace. He suspects that he will not play but he is already planning on Béziers. “I will travel with the team to integrate”he reveals in perfect French.
And in Béziers also the transition will be rapid for Samuel Marques. The scrum half, a major player in this Sunday’s feat, should indeed play the match against Colomiers. He trained this Monday with his new club ASBH. “It’s gonna be funs’amuse Vincent Pinto. I played with him in Pau and with Portugal but never against. It would be a great duel!”
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