This one-two allows you to be the top scorer with Steve Barry (5 tries)…
(smiles) It fits quite well. We’ve been looking for the right recipe for consumed balloons for a while. We knew that, during the winter, this weapon had to be mastered. So it was this evening, I am very happy that the collective work is bearing fruit.
Wasn’t carrying the ball the only thing that worked in the first half?
A bit. But the games with these conditions begin even later. We were caught cold at the start, we didn’t panic and put things right. We had seen that they were making 2+1 keys to try and disturb us. We had prepared, we adapted, it worked perfectly.
Do you regularly work on the lines with nine players in the lineup?
We’ve been working on it for a few weeks to have a little more density on the balls brought. Three-quarters are also involved and their work pays off. He puts them in a bathroom they don’t really know, it’s kind of funny. But most importantly, it works, so we’ll continue.
The copy would have been perfect with the bonus. How was the loss of this point in the locker room experienced?
It’s maddening. During the match, I really don’t think we were put in danger defensively. In the last ten minutes, however, we started making mistakes, putting our hands in the hole when we didn’t need to. After that we are always second, we are happy. Above all, let’s try to think about this created dynamic.
“Today, we truly feel that everyone is in unison”
Could the time it takes to launch this dynamic be a selling point at the end of the season, compared to Oyonnax which seems to be playing out since the beginning of the season?
There are dynamics in the season. Oyonnax has had a great time but all the teams are also going through less positive moments. We’ll see how they fare, if they have any. We were a little fickle at first, now we feel we’re on a good dynamic as well. We want to see how far it can go.
You were one of the newcomers in the off season. Mid-season is almost here, how do you analyze the evolution of this group?
I feel that everyone is taking their place. At the beginning of the season there were a lot of people talking, he was a racket. Today, we feel that everyone is in unison. It’s nice because we exude a certain serenity. When we test early in the game, we don’t panic, we tell ourselves we’ll regain the upper hand and it works. The streak also helps us consolidate all of this.
See you in Béziers next week for, finally, the perfect copy?
