Confidence first for a Union Bordeaux-Bègles who wants to evacuate against the vice-champion of France his frustration at the start of the season and chase his questions. “There is bound to be doubt because we are not starting the season as we would have likedexplains scrum-half Maxime Lucu. We also decided to look at what we did very well. We just have to fix these little details that make us cash in on tries or points too easily. We are sure of ourselves. We want to make up for the defeat we had against Toulouse and show that Montpellier’s first half is not ours.”
We need to win, it would free us – Julien Laïrle
Constancy then. Avoid weak times, indiscipline and show more realism in the scoring area, like the many crossings that came to nothing in Montpellier. Because the Union is not far from the truth assures its manager Christophe Urios. “We are in the right direction. I think that compared to last year, in the state of mind it’s good and it’s better. It seems to me that on a physical level it is better and it seems to me that on a rugby level we have a lot more options. Today we have one point out of ten possible. We don’t forget that. We need to trigger a dynamic with the arrival of Castres today.”
– Justine Hamon
The UBB wants to see the glass half full without denigrating the importance of the meeting. “If we put our heads down, it’s not going to make us go any furtherexplains forwards coach Julien Laïrle. Today we rely on all that we have done well. If we beat Toulouse, the speech is not at all the same. There are other teams that are in this situation and we don’t make a big deal out of it. We really existed in the two matches we played. But we build a team and confidence in victory. We need to win, it would free us.“
The team from Castres arrives in Chaban with the hope of pinpointing where it hurts. But it never managed to beat UBB under the Christophe Urios era. It is up to the Union to make statistics last.