Nîmes receives Castelsarrasin to be autumn champion, on this 11th day of Federal 1.
Nothing stops Nîmes. Neither Mazamet (10-12), nor Pamiers (15-19), nor Marmande (9-9). Two weeks ago, in Lot-et-Garonne, the RCN has once again confirmed its ambitions but, with his mixture of rookies and “papas”, he especially struck the spirits and showed that, behind his captains and his usual holders, he had a thickness of bench and living forces capable of taking matters into their own hands, if necessary.
No room for error because it does not let go behind
For now, the RCN has one last push to give, eighty minutes to scrap if it wants to complete its phase to go boss. However, he may well have fallen only once in ten days, behind, we hang on. Five small dots separate the quarteron from the leading square. “It’s true that despite our good first leg, we are still under the threat of one or two opponents, recognizes the Rémy Pichard center. It’s surprising, but we also forgot to take, when we could, offensive bonuses to build a bigger gap in the standings. “
Castelsarrasin may well have experienced, a fortnight ago, his second misstep at home against Mazamet (13-14), this team can rely on a good firepower (29 tries registered) to bounce back and get in Marmande, Céret (+22) and Lavaur (+2) a third of its points in the standings. In short, if Nîmes is the favorite of this shock, its opponent is to be taken seriously so as not to have to fear being caught, at the end of the afternoon, by Pamiers or even Graulhet. And thus let slip his status as the leader of the roped party. “We are very wary of Castelsarrasin, assures Pichard, who plays a lot and eats not much. We do not have the right to make mistakes. For that, we’re going to have to put out a really full game at Kaufmann. ” It will then be time to think about the last game of the year, eight days later, against Graulhet.
Roche and Darmon back
After a week’s break, Nîmes ended the year with two straight matches at Kaufmann. Mathieu Roucoux (breakdown) remains forfeited. His return could be considered for the arrival of Graulhet, on December 12. As for Julien Mazet (hamstrings), Charles Robbe (knee) and Yann Berthault (thigh tear), their returns are not planned before January. In the back lines, Samuel Roche, Romain Darmon and Rémy Pichard are back and push on the bench Tim Guillimin, while Antoine Bonnet and Ilan Valderrama were not selected. Among the big guys, Benjamin Barnerias is back, as is the mainstay Marco Ciccioli. Mathieu Roca finds the captaincy. David Gonzalez and Baptiste Sparano are on the bench.
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