Scrum half is a position that the Argentinian knows a little about. The staff had also made him work on the subject in November when Maxime Lucu was in the France team. And the winger had even helped out in the scrum during the match. There it is at the kickoff, in a meeting with high stakes. Not ideal, of course, even if Christophe Urios wants to see the glass half full.
The advantage I see is that we put one more striker on the pitch – Christophe Urios
“The disadvantage of this situation, explains the manager, it’s that in terms of the organization of our game, we will probably be a little less fluid. The advantage that I see is that we put one more attacker on the field. And as we need to attack against this team, the advantage will be stronger than the disadvantage.“
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At 28, Santiago Cordero has a bottle. This Saturday morning, following the announcement of the positive cases of the two post specialists, he volunteered and repeated his ranges in the cold of Chaban-Delmas. The idea will be to play simple and ask teammates to do more. The forwards to facilitate the release of the balls but also the three-quarters.
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“It will be necessary to supplement him in the spots, in the roles, in the announcement of the combinations, recalls winger Geoffrey Cros. Afterwards, Santi is a very great player, we will do our best to make things easy for him.“
The UBB will therefore tighten up, adapt and always anticipate. Because if by chance Santiago Cordero could not go to the end of the match, it is the center Jean-Baptiste Dubié who would act as plan C.