These are already the most intense seven minutes of Ugo Mas’ sports career. The young third row made his debut last Friday on the Angoulême field with the USAP. At his post, there is a big competition at the Catalan club but the injuries have accumulated. Ugo Mas which connects the good performances with the hopes of the USAP thus had his chance.
He will not soon forget this match in Charente under the Catalan jersey: “A lot of joy, there was also a lot of excitement. It’s a childhood dream come true. I prepared as if I was preparing for a game with the hopes without putting more pressure on me. reassured, they simply told me to give everything, not to think about the field, to play the rugby that I know how to play and suddenly I felt comfortable and integrated. “
At USAP, a beautiful tradition has been established for several seasons. A first blood-and-gold match is sacred and you have to know how to score: “in the locker room, at the end of the match, after his speech Patrick (Arlettaz) let me keep my jersey. I will keep it very carefully and it will always remind me of the beautiful memories of those first minutes in PRO D2“.
For Ugo Mas, the first blood-and-gold was also perfect since the USAP won this match. Although reduced to 14 and led 10 to 3, the USAP won 31 to 17: “it was not an ordinary game with this red card at the start of the game but the team was able to ignore it. When I got home, I shouldn’t ask myself any questions. So it will remain a very good memory but I am aware that there is still a lot of work to bring me up to the level of the team and I intend to bring myself to the level.“
Between this first appearance among the pros and the great season of the Usapist hopes (leaders of their championship), Ugo Mas is certainly not at the end of his emotions this year. After all, the native Tarn has a name that has already capsized Aimé-Giral and quite a few scrums.
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