National. “It took a director’s rework in half the time”: feedback from the 22nd day

With 4 days left until the end of the regular stage, the National Championship holds an incredible suspense. at the top of the leader table Dax She found the way to win, after two straight losses, by defeating the rookie reindeer (6-27) With the offensive bonus. The Dollar is officially the first team to qualify for the final stages.

With 14 points ahead of Blagnac (3^H), Landis is almost guaranteed to finish in the first 2 and thus qualify directly to the semi-finals. can accompany them Roman equivalencewhich reinforced 2^H place, detached easily Alabai (6-20) A direct competitor for qualification. beautiful national surprise, Blagnaccontinues to play spoiler, since the Kawik team, so far undefeated in 2023, climbed to 3^H Place in the ranking, thanks to their success on promotion Hyères / Carqueiranne / La Crau (33-20).

In the qualifying race, let’s underscore the bad works of Bourg-en-Bress And Tarbesunder examination at home, respectively, by Bourgoin Gallio (20-20) f surence (19-19), who got his first points in 2023. While Chambery Hardly got rid of Nice – good (19-17). Finally, the Red Lantern Cognac / Saint-Jean d’Angely (and his only professional column on the team sheet) came close to signing his first win of the season, but finally pulled away at home against Narbonne (3-7). UCS is officially relegated to National 2 and will have to show great strength to recover from such a tough season.

Big hit: Valencia Roman

The Valencia Roman signed a great performance by shockingly winning the 22nd day of the National, at home, against Albi (20-6). this 3^H The success of the VRDR rank has been drawn thanks to the opening shoes and captaincy of the Checkers game Joris Moraauthor of 5 penalties and 15 points penalized by Tarn indiscipline, while the New Zealand winger Mason Emersonthe former Baby Black, scored him 9^H Test season at 53^H Minutes of play, good arithmetic against a direct opponent for qualification, the Albigensians scored just 6 points in the first half via their scrum-half Gylen Koehill and came back empty-handed from Drome.

the VRDR (2^H) is now 7 lengths ahead of Blagnac, a new 3^H After his success against Hyères / Carqueiranne / La Crau, and 8 on Albi. Damiers therefore took a big step towards a Direct qualification in the semi-finalseven if you book the last 4 days of the regular phase a high menu (excursions to Dax and Tarbes, reception of Bourg-en-Bresse, excursion to Chambéry).

Disappointment: Bourg-en-Bresse

At the opening of this 22^H National day Bourg-en-Bress He was checked on his own court by Burgoyne Gallio (20-20), in a duel between the contenders for the top six places. from 2^y Minutes into play, Violets suffered a double penalty by receiving a penalty attempt and a yellow card at the second-row Dutch international. Monty Liverstein. before scooping up a second cracker in the second half (32^H), which was acquired by the South African right-hand column Eric Dejager. Undisciplined and very imprecise, the former residents of Pro D2 were trailing by 17 points at half time (3-20), having conceded a converted try from Killian Trippier and two fresh penalties from Nicholas Katchet.

I’USBPA I finally got up after he came back from the locker room by quickly scoring a try through Tonga Miley Mamaw (45^H) shifted by the editorial Christian Lacombe. The Violet then took advantage of the expulsion of Fijian second line CSBJ Kemueli Lavetanakoroi, after brutality (punched) a player on the floor, to catch up with a hooker’s bid Julian Clementshortly before the hour mark, and then a final penalty from Lacombe (64^H). We can say that the players Fabrice Estebanez He came back from far and performed well against the brave Bergalian team. With this 2^H A match without a win (after the defeat in Nice), the USBPA stopped at 5^H place from the National and sees the first two places pull away relentlessly (13 points behind VRDR), while staying inside a shot from Tarbes (7^H) which is 6 units behind.

Locker room noises…

After two consecutive defeats, the boys were eager to resume the march forward. We knew the values ​​of this never-give-up Raine team at home. In the first half, we couldn’t put the highlights into practice and didn’t know how to set the pace either. It took a rework from the manager at half time to bring another face in the second half. It is necessary to emphasize the significant contribution of our sideline and the improved victory that makes it possible to validate our ticket for the final stages.

Valence / Roman is a great team, complete and able to respect the hierarchy in the ranking.

Éole, god of the wind, decided to be Suresnes’ ally to thwart us in our dream of a sixth-place finish. This does not detract from the performance of the residents of Ile-de-France. It is up to us to stay united and tenacious to carry on hope…

We bring back two points from this trip to Tarbes. Despite everything, we are disappointed, because we had a good first half against the wind and we should have won this match against an opponent who played with 14 points. .

It’s a good result in the end, but we’re a little let down given our excellent first half…

It’s a defeat that almost definitively takes us away from the goal of reaching Group F. Nothing to say about a rather dull match, even if there seems to be room for passing. We were, like the season, getting punished a lot, not being very effective and a real lack of investment on the part of some.

We had a little problem getting into the game. We had difficulties coming out of our camp and Hyères/Karqueran knew how to make the most of it by scoring goals every time. Fortunately, we were able to quickly return to the score. If we are to improve and continue to progress, we are going to have to be more efficient than we were on Saturday. But victory is against a great team and that was the main goal.

We were looking for points in our maintenance target. Despite a good start, we lacked precision in key moments of the match, and faced a solid defense from Blagnac, who deserved his strength at home. Now we will properly prepare to receive Rennes next Sunday, which will be, for us, the most important and most anticipated match of the season.

The boys played a good game against one of the best teams, if not the best team, currently in the division. We made them doubt with a very good start to the game, but we lacked the quality in the last five minutes to grab the defensive bonus.

We put in an enjoyable performance with challenging commitment, but we were hit with big penalties and lacked realism and control in key moments. Given their performance, the players deserved to have at least one point back.

We got so close to a real milestone when we knew our entire front line had to play 80 minutes and we only had one career column on the scoresheet… I’m so proud of our never-give-up team. We would have fully deserved our first win after a try was unfairly denied in the 80th minute.

The next day’s programme^any and April 2, 2023)

• Suresnes – Bourg-en-Bresse: Saturday April 1st at 6pm.
• Nice – Cognac / Saint-Jean d’Angely: Saturday, April 1 at 6 pm.
• Albi – Tarbes: Saturday 1 April at 6.30 pm.
• Bourgoin-Jallieu – Chambéry: Saturday 1st April at 6.30pm.
• Narbonne – Blagnac: Saturday 1 April at 6.30pm
• Dax – Valencia / Romans: Saturday, April 1 at 7 pm.
• Hyères / Carqueiranne / La Crau – Rennes: Sunday April 2nd at 3pm.

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