L’Rowing Bayonne
still hasn’t found the formula far from Jean-Dauger. In the game until the 50th minute
the Sky and White finally give in to Castres
(39-22) this Saturday, October 15 on the occasion of the seventh day of Top 14
. The reactions after the meeting of scrum-half Maxime Machenaud and manager Grégory Patat.
Maxime Machenaud: “At 16-16 at half-time, we tell ourselves that we did the right thing…”
“We still had a few opportunities. We badly negotiated a few camp exits also in the first half. We could have put ourselves in less trouble. It’s the little details that make the very high level. I think we’re progressing, all the same, and it is up to us to raise the cursor still further.
We were in the game until this 50th minute, until this yellow card. And after, necessarily at fourteen against fifteen, it becomes more difficult. Whereas before, we had the opportunity to score more points. We have a scrum five yards from their line. We could have negotiated it better. We made a rather stupid mistake in relation to the rule… We could have put them a little more under water.”
“The five-man scrum? A match point that could have hurt them.”
“Kaminieli Rasaku anticipates the ball coming out. He’s not allowed, but it’s a rule he didn’t know. He too has a lot of room for improvement, he’s just arrived, he doesn’t speak not the language and we will try to make sure to surround him well so that he brings the maximum of his potential. It was a small match point, she could have put them badly. The combination for the start of the game , it’s a collective decision. I think that with his qualities, Kam’ (Rasaku) could have put danger in the defense, close to the lines. He anticipated this ball exit. It is the rule. The referee was right and it’s up to us to learn from it and progress.
This is still a zero point journey. We had nevertheless given ourselves the means to compete with this team from Castres. We are not far from the truth. In Brive, we pass by, but Toulon, Paris, here… the trips follow each other and look a bit alike. Again, you have to grow, you have to learn from it to be able to compete with these great teams. Castres is a finalist. We were attacking a big piece, we knew it. We start from scratch, but with things to learn. Everything is not to be thrown away, it is up to us to continue to work, to progress in order to have even more complete content over the entire duration of a match.
“We have a lot of room for improvement.”
“If we get discouraged now… No, we’re not going to give up. There are still plenty of days to go. It’s only the start of the season, well underway of course, but it’s October. On the contrary “, we have to tighten up to continue working. We have, I think, a big margin for improvement, so that’s good. But what’s even better is to have points. So we’re going to try to harvest the maximum next weekend.
We are aware of the importance of the reception of Perpignan. It’s up to both of us to really get going on Monday and be very serious in training. Each game has its truth. It is not because we existed here that we will exist against Perpignan. It’s a constant questioning. And it’s not because we also beat La Rochelle the week before that we were the strongest. It is not because we take zero points here in Castres that we are the worst. It is a balance sheet that must be made. Being lucid about our situation… yes, we are competing, but not for the whole match. That’s what we have to erase.”
Grégory Patat: “We wanted to stay in contact as long as possible…”
“We knew that they mastered their game to perfection, that they beat all the teams, that they exert a lot of pressure and we wanted to be able to absorb this pressure. Something we did rather well in the first half-time. And at the start of the second half, we had chances, the game was perfect, there were mistakes on their part, there was no rhythm and so maybe we could have done a blow. We had opportunities. We had a highlight on the way back from the locker room, we could have put them in even more trouble and under pressure and we were not able to do it. This pressure backfired. us with this penalty try. It is very difficult to stop this machine from Castres, which plays constantly while advancing.
Every point counts and we must not forget either that we are writing our history. To be able to win and be the first club to bring down Castres after two years, it needed maximum success. We had to seize every opportunity. We did not know how to do it and Castres released these arguments after the 50th minute. Matches are won on details. It’s a bit the same observation as against Toulon. When we play 14 against 15 players, it’s too complicated for us at this level. We suffered too much afterwards. We took thirteen points in a row which simply put us on the ropes.”
“We still have a quality and quantitative workforce.”
“Frustration? Not because there was still a steamroller in front of us. The Castres hurt us on the first collisions. axe. We weren’t able to stem this possession they had. Over the whole match, the score is heavy compared to the performance. I prefer to have content like this to prepare for the matches that are coming. , that nothing and a resignation of my players. In the state of mind, the players were still present, they gave themselves the means to exist and it is our leitmotif daily. We still have a quality and quantitative workforce. This is also one of the positive responses of this game. We will be able to change our group on a daily basis, depending on the different oppositions that will present themselves to us.
On Rasaku? We had to send it at some point, so we sent it tonight. He is in the process of learning the codes of rugby at 15. We did not send him in a super favorable context since to a team which had been undefeated for two years. There were good and bad. He was in difficulty on certain high balls and a misunderstanding on this launch behind this scrum at five meters. He arrives much too early and he is sanctioned naturally. So no regrets. Frankly, there are no regrets. We have seen, we know where he is and will be able to move forward with him over the next few weeks. We’ll go with him.”
Infirmary point
Three players came out in the first half. Concussion for the three-quarter center Yann David, not returned to the field. Second row Konstantin Mikautadze complained of pain (pulling?) in his right thigh, taken off as a precaution. Finally, the left prop Swan Cormenier complained of the arch of the foot in the 34th minute. “It’s annoying for the impact of the bench, compared to what we had initially planned, replies Grégory Patat, the manager. Today it happened to us. We are not going to hide behind these facts.”