At 24 hours this Saturday, it will be a year to the day that the Paloise Section returned from Jean-Bouin with suitcases full of regrets and points, while it was the fight to stay in the Top 14. 364 days later, so almost everything has changed. The Béarnais (10th), more worried about their maintenance, are now looking higher and can believe, in the event of no fault and a sequence of favorable results, in the final stages. For this therefore, no room for errorand it starts on the lawn of a French Stadium (11th) whose last hopes of top 6 have already flown away and whose European adventure has come to a dry stop. The Section remains on three consecutive successes, including two awayand wants, this Saturday, to end four seasons without a win for Jean-Bouin.
The teams
French Stadium: 15. Veinu; 14. Lapègue, 13. Waisea, 12. Barré, 11. Etien; 10. Sanchez, 9. Lobby; 7. Briatte, 8. Macalou, 6. Kremer; 5. Maestri, 4. Gabrillagues (cap); 3. Roelofse, 2. Panis, 1. M. Alo-Emile.
Subs: 16. Da Silva, 17. Castets, 18. Van Der Mescht, 19. Azagoh, 20. Coville, 21. Hamdaoui, 22. Godener, 23. Melikidze.
Pau section: 15.Carol; 14. Tuimaba, 13. Manu, 12. Vatubua, 11. Ikpefan; 10. Hastoy, 9. Daubagna; 7. Puesh, 8. Joseph, 6. Gorgadze; 5.Tagitagivalu, 4.Ramsay; 3. Tokolahi, 2. L. Rey (cap), 1. Sénéca.
Replacements: 16. Delhommel, 17. Calles, 18. Cummins, 19. Hewat, 20. Habel-Kuffner, 21. C. Le Bail, 22. Henry, 23. Corato.