This is a Bernard Pontneau sporting a very wide smile that the supporters of the Section, waiting for their players at the exit of the locker room of Deflandre, crossed. The president of the Green and White, on the fly, delivered his first reaction to France Bleu Béarn Bigorre, at the end ofa historic victory (21-38)
the first in La Rochelle since 1998. Far from falling into euphoria, Bernard Pontneau already sees the 10th day coming, against UBBand above all hope that a dynamic has taken shape in Charente-Maritime for his team back to 12th place in the Top 14.
France Bleu Béarn Bigorre: How does the president of a team that wins in La Rochelle feel?
Bernard Pontneau : Let’s say that La Rochelle may not have taken us completely seriously at the beginning, but especially afterwards, everything we did, we did it well. We won the ruck war, and we won the match, rugby often goes that way. And then hey, we also had to make up for it after a mediocre end to the game, no one forgot that, against Stade Français as victory awaited us
… So well, everything remains to be done in a certain way, so we project ourselves on the UBB and we forget that, it’s just accounting that puts us back in place.
Still, the first victory in La Rochelle for 24 years, difficult to sweep it like that!
Statistics are always much later. When everything is going well, when we are calm, we can delve into the statistics, it’s interesting and we can be proud, but here, I’ll say it again, I remember above all that we won the fight and that , yes, players can be proud of it. They will take some pleasure in enjoying it, but it is very short-lived, very quickly they too will have to think about what’s next.
The six hours of return by bus will leave time for the euphoria to fall?
There you go, having fun you have to, but over the last few kilometers sleep a little, fatigue helping, to recover. And after a little rest, everyone prepare for the UBB, because if you want to become big, that’s how you have to see it: it’s good to win at La Rochelle, but in the end it’s not enough relative to what we want.
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