Two cards on the first three days of the championship. The balance sheet, seen as simply as that, is not flattering for Konstantin Mikautadze. The Georgian second line of Aviron Bayonnais was released on both trips, during the two defeats in Toulon and at the Stade Français. Reduced to his playing time, this corresponds to a rusk for 37 minutes of play. A problem for the one who is considered “the pillar” of the defensive system of Aviron in conquest, by the admission of his manager Grégory Patat .
“Kote is a player who has a big volume, who has a big density, interesting to break the mauls. But this weekend, he suffered from repeated faults from the team. His fault did not exist and it is true that he charged for the others I sent an analysis to the referee, I did not have a return unfortunately, but for me there was no fault on the part of Mikau on this touch. He is a bit in the sights of the referees, due to his entries into his balls carried. So, we try to work as cleanly as possible to avoid this type of fault. “
An analysis to the referee sent, but no return
It is a problem that he is in the crosshairs of the refereeing corps, especially since these two yellow cards, frankly, are on details. It suffers from a collective context. If he finds himself making mistakes, it is also because he may want to make up for mistakes or other defensive shortcomings. This is also the difficulty when playing the limit. We talk a lot with Mikautadze. We are going to go in the direction of the refereeing corps because we have to go there, we have to reach as close as possible. Now, it is these weak times that are detrimental to us, we saw it in Toulon with three tries conceded and in Paris… but that does not mean that we should point the finger at it. We have to manage to collectively correct our defense in these different phases of the game, to avoid this kind of card.”
The Georgian international second line (68 selections) will have the opportunity to demonstrate that he learns from his mistakes, he who will start this Saturday, September 24 on the occasion of the reception of Bordeaux-Bègles, and that in the image from his entry against Racing to Jean Dauger, the Bayonne forwards will be able to count on one of the defense bosses.