the essential While the Top 14 have been on hiatus for long weeks, the “Red and Black” have a busy schedule, marked by an internship in America.
Barely started, already finished. After three days, the Top 14 is set back in favor of the World Cup for the next eight weeks. Players will return to the field on Sunday, October 29, the day after the World Cup final. “We are now going to take on the status of supporters, hoping that our French players will go far,” smiled Ugo Mola on Canal +, after his team’s victory at Oyonnax.
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For eight weeks, non-internationals find themselves in a somewhat infuriating in-between, as Paul Graou, Stade Toulousain’s scrum-half, explained yesterday. “It’s frustrating to stop now, when you start to find automatisms and to enjoy yourself on the pitch as we have seen against Montpellier or even this afternoon (Saturday) at times, explains the native of ‘Auch. It’s a little frustrating but I hope that we will keep this enthusiasm above all and that we will keep these same benchmarks to attack the second part, at the end of October. »
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For this, the Toulouse staff will have to keep their players focused, in particular by making them aware that they are entering a new phase of preparation… A bit like in July, but without the holidays that precede them.
The mythical deserts of the Far West
Stade Toulousain forwards coach Jean Bouilhou outlined the organization of the next eight weeks for Ernest-Wallon. “Next week we will still be in Toulouse and then we are going to the United States for ten days.” The training camp in the United States, in Salt Lake City precisely, was very dear to President Didier Lacroix and the players will benefit from the facilities of the Utah Warriors, a club with which the “Rouge et Noir” have formed a partnership. This first step west will allow Stade Toulousain to export to a new continent with all the opportunities that could arise (sporting and commercial, in particular).
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Players will take off on Monday, September 11 and spend just over a week in Utah. The return is scheduled for Tuesday, September 19. During this camp not far from the mythical deserts of the Far West, the people of Toulouse will face David Ainu’u’s American national team in a friendly match. The latter having not obtained their ticket for the World Cup.
Once the camp is over, the players will return to Ernest-Wallon: “We will then start on a classic preparation with friendly matches with in sight, the resumption against Bordeaux on the return of the Top 14. It will be a classic preparation, “said announced Jean Bouilhou.
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Classic and a trip to the USA before getting to the heart of the matter. “We are going to rest, put our heads in the right place, before starting a marathon from October 29”, announced Ugo Mola. The club manager knows that despite its successful start to the season, the Stadium will still have to work hard to continue to do well before the return of its international staff.
2023-09-03 15:56:00
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