May 31, 2022
Union Bordeaux-Bègles travels to Catalonia to face Perpignan, this Sunday (9:05 p.m.) as part of the 26th and last day of the Top 14. Christophe Urios’ men want to stay in the first two places synonymous with 1/2 final in Nice.
A whole group
L’UBB just returned from a one-week internship in Soustons in the Landes. Apart from long-term absences from Cyril Cazeaux and Pablo Uberti (end of season) and players who have been spared as I’m Lam (calf), Rémi Lamerat (calf tear) and Alban Roussel (finger) and the suspension of Jean-Baptiste Dubie. The UBB staff will be able to count on a full group to face theUSA Perpignan. Jefferson Poirot and Louis Picamoles will return to the field next week.
Opponent: USA Perpignan
Bordeaux-Bègles will go to Catalan soil, a land she had not seen since the 2018-2019 season. A hostile land with an audience that knows rugby perfectly: “I have a lot of respect for this USAP team, it will be a tight match, it will be the match of the year for them and for us. It’s a strong team, with strong players, it’s a good Top 14 team. We will have a tough match with an incredible atmosphere. It is an audience of enthusiasts. They can hold on to the match, it will be a hot context. To win at USAP, you’ll probably have to play one of our best away matches.”
A team not yet at 100%
Despite feedback from some players like Matthieu Jalibert, Jandre Marais, Guido Petti or even of Romain Burosfor the manager of theUBB the team is not yet “tip-top”: “it would be hard to get out of the top 2 on the last day of the Top 14. We had so many injuries not so long ago. We need to work, even if it means taking risks on injuries, but we have to do it. We are not in the management of a peak of form, we work hard, we try to climb the plateau […] if there are sequences of matches we will be fresh, I feel that the players know the rest of the championship. We know where we are going and where we set foot, there are quite a few surprises. We are preparing well, we will have to reduce the group we cannot be at 40 in training and for those who will not be there, they will have to hang on and be ready to enter at any time.“.
[Par Dorian Malvesin © photo ARL – DM]
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