“very basic“. Christophe Urios summarizes the training week of the Union before his second participation in the final stages of the Top 14. The manager did not give impetus to anything in particular. It must be said that he had set foot in the dish last Sunday on the evening of a defeat at Perpignan (22-15) which had deprived him of direct qualification for the semi-finals. He had clearly questioned the investment of his team. A message which of course had some effect. hard to pass.
I won’t show up with a red nose and a blonde wig
“I said things in the press after the gamerecalls Christophe Urios, they are in a dynamic where they want to shut my mouth. I am only waiting for that. It creates tension, in me first. I don’t know how to pretend. I’m not going to show up with a red nose and a blonde wig. They are at war with me. Let them show me they’re going to shut my mouth. I will be the first happy.“
The heart of the locker room
Since Tuesday, the staff has stepped back and the locker room executives have taken over for the group to tighten up and move into final phase mode. “It’s the heart of the locker room that will speakexplains Urios. And who should speak. Their relationships, their ambition. It is now.“
– Justine Hamon
The UBB approaches this barrage with a lot of uncertainties. Less on his rugby than on his ability to hurt himself to turn the meetings in his favor. Including the Champions Cup, they have only won three of their last thirteen matches. “We don’t want to think about what’s happened in the last few weeksadmits scrum half Maxime Lucu. We want to be positive. Throughout the season, we were still there to qualify in all three. Here we are. You have to stop looking down. We worked in this direction and in silence to arrive on Sunday as ready as possible and give ourselves the chance to win three matches for a dream.“
The Union has therefore decided to press the “reset” button to succeed, like last year against Clermont, to pass the course of the dams. This is not the time for assessment or words but for action. “We must actinsists Captain Mahamadou Diaby. We have one goal: to continue living. You have to give everything for it. Getting the shirt wet is all we care about. The rest is not important.”