Groovy music punctuated the start of the set-up this Friday at the Chaban Delmas stadium. But against the Stade Français, the UBB will have to change the disc. And turn up the sound.
” I’m waiting for a revoltannounces Christophe Urios. It’s an important match that has an urgency. We have to keep it in mind even if there is no fire on the lake. We have to be able to impose what we want to do, to be much more aggressive, much more determined and to raise our collective and individual level. I expect a revolt from the forwards in particular.»
Penultimate in the Top 14, the Union is only three points from 4th place. This week, Christophe Urios praised the team’s state of mind, superior physicality and new options in the game. But it’s time to make it happen.
” We are lucidcontinues the manager, we know where we are. You can tell yourself that with a little more success we wouldn’t be there. But me the success…. We are 13th, me it swells me, it does not make me happy. And I guess players are the same. Now you have to translate it on the field and for 80 minutes. So I’m waiting for that. »
– Justine Hamon
Accustomed to starting with a bang if they don’t always know how to finish well, the UBB is not afraid of the void but is eager to string together victories to regain the top of the rankings.
” I look at himexplains Captain Jefferson Poirot, it stings me every day and it’s a motor. I know that everything can go very quickly. But I don’t like being 13th. »
The left pillar who admits that the defeat (25-26) conceded in the opening against Toulouse changed the situation a little. ” We regret having let the match slip away because it is the one that would surely have started our season correctly. If we had validated it, we might not be here today. »