Gibbs: Energy is different

Thomas Siniecki, Media365: Published on Friday 12 August 2022 at 00:00

Clermont will start her place in the top 14 of the month, on September 13th at the French stadium. The Jaunards, unable to qualify for the playoffs, are expected to be among the most avenged next season.

ASM, the first turkey in the amazing round of playoffs last season in the top 14, finished seventh. “Everyone should have the same ambition, to join these qualifiers and be able to win,” so logically confirms manager Juno Gibbs, who doesn’t have much difficulty putting together a balance sheet: “If we win twelve times in thirteen games in The house, it was tight at times. And we weren’t good enough, we didn’t get enough points.” In fact, the Jaunards won only twice outside their bases, at Montpellier in October (20-22) and at Biarritz in May (8-26).

Le center Julien Heriteau ne veut pas mettre la charrue avant les boeufs : “Le premier objectif, c’est d’accrocher ce top 6, on ne va pas plus loin. Là, on se concentre sur une bonne préparation avec un gros focus sur Defense.” Missing playoffs for the first time since 2006, a true ASM event, the Auvergnats finished only eighth defense (21 points average). “The energy is different, everyone is optimistic,” confirms the New Zealander who begins his second training session in Clermont and therefore does not want to remain a fall icon.

“Consistency and regularity begin with rigor in work,” he also believes to La Montagne. The former La Rochelle manager knows it, “Something had to move, it was clear”: “We tried to do things well, but this lack of consistency made us miss some key matches to finish in the top six and faced with that observation., It was from It is necessary to change things. We have put some things in place, but it is just the beginning.” Absence in the Champions Cup, another event that stems from seventh place, could also be a blessing in disguise.