In a rough match, the band of Mignoni and Azéma pulled away to get an offensive bonus more than three minutes after the siren thanks to a try from Parisse. One more marker in the Var season.
“They’re going to drive me crazy. » With this little sentence, followed by a smile, Mignoni said everything about this perfect afternoon, in a full and noisy Mayol as rarely in recent seasons. The boss of the sportsman returned to this unbreathable end to the match, which ended in apotheosis thanks to the Benjamin Button of world rugby. “It’s like winning by a point, or losing by a point on decisive matches, a season can switch to a bonus point. By evoking this, I ask myself a question: would six months ago we have reversed this match? »
Before this day, Toulon were the worst team of the six in the area of bonuses with two defensive and two offensive. The UBB and the Lou, the first pursuers, accumulated… seven! Paris had even validated ten. In this count, the small streams make the big rivers. At the end of January, the Rouge et Noir had notably lost an offensive against Pau (27-16), on a try at the siren of Ikpefan.
“The good way, it allows you to see far”
The student from Var has learned, even if Professor Mignoni remains demanding. « With Franck, we’ve been training for years… Honestly, you learn (He blows). I discovered this group. I have the terrible feeling that we are our own adversary. We can be better. We need to find the decoder for this group. We have to be better, regardless of the opponent. We still did very well against a brave team from Perpignan. »
By winning everywhere he went, from Paris to La Rochelle, Jérémy Sinzelle now has the perspective to know that to go far, you have to spare your mount. “This match allowed the coaches to rotate, to bring some freshness. This is what Toulon lacked last season. Since the start of the season, we did not know how to do the right thing. » That’s to say ? “We were excellent or very bad. The good way, like today, it allows you to see far. We weren’t very good, but there are five points at the end. In a few months, we won’t remember how we got them. »
A thesis validated by Mignoni, who took as an example the course of the glorious former (Giteau, Mitchell, Hayman…), present within the framework of the week of the Hall Of Fame. “The players you see. They lost games. They missed bonuses. But, they created a collective dynamic where they were there at the key moments of the season. Talent is not enough. We must believe, more deeply, in our collective dynamic. »
Toulon launches quarter-final goal at Mayol
With only one setback in the last seven days of Top 14, the band at Serin, author of a remarkable entry, raised the goals. “The results have been in our favor in recent days, we are in the top 4 and we have to stay there, a bondé “Sinz”. If we want to receive a barrage, we must not make too many false steps. With all due respect to Usap, we shouldn’t go up to the ceiling after this Saturday either. »
Mignoni does not deviate from the course targeted by his team. “It’s the first time this season that we’ve been so high. That’s good. We have to keep a cool head. Our biggest opponent is not the team opposite, it’s us. We do not want a white season. We cannot have a white season. And with such words, it is “Pierrot” who transmits his madness to the Rade.
