Bayonne is aiming for the pass of five. Since the start of the season, theRowing Bayonne
is intractable at home. Bordeaux
, Racing
, the European champion from La Rochelle
and finally Perpignan
, all broke their teeth on the lawn of Jean Dauger. But this Saturday evening, October 28, for the 9th day of Top 14
it is the Stade Toulousain which presents itself on the banks of the Nive. With a reshuffled team of course, since nine internationals are missing, my the Haut-Garonnais have lost only once this seasonand intend to continue their series and set sail a little more at the head of the championship.
They said :
Denis Marchois, captain of Aviron Bayonnais: “Playing a revamped team is a double-edged sword. They had rotated in Montpellier, and in the end, they won there. Whatever the composition, our attitude and our speech must be the same. It could have been the five-star composition, it was the same thing. Even diminished, this Toulouse team is applying for the best European teams. It’s been a while since the concept of a bis team no longer makes sense in Toulouse. Don’t tell yourself that it will be an easy game.
The event is beautiful because it has been made beautiful. We won everything at home, they are the leader, it will be a great party for sure. But we must make it really beautiful with a victory, it is obligatory.“
Grégory Patat, manager of Aviron Bayonnais: “It is clear that today, playing Stade Toulousain with the absence of nine internationals can have consequences. That is a certainty. But Stade Toulousain has shown in the past that it knows how to manage this type of match. Stade Toulousain is also a winning machine. They are competitors, a multi-titled team. And they have that know-how. They know how to manage this style of absence. So we are preparing, even if we know that the internationals will not be there, that it will not be the best team in Toulouse. But there are going to be other players who are going to want to show that they have a role to play during this season.
We have a big deadline and we want to prove it. We want to keep five or six teams behind us in the standings. That is our challenge and our ambition for this weekend.“
The compositions
Bayonne:
15 – Gaetan GERMAIN
14 – Martin BOGADO; 13 – Sireli MAQALA; 12 – Eneriko BULIRUARUA; 11 – Remy BAGET
10 – Camille LOPEZ; 9 – Guillaume ROUET
7 – Pierre HUGUET; 8 – Uzair CASSIEM; 6 – Robin DIONE
5 – Thomas CEYTE; 4 – Denis MARCHOIS (Cap)
3 -Pascal COTET; 2 – Facundo BOSCH; 1 – Swan CORMENIERCompositions
16 – Van Jaarsveld; 17 – Perch; 18 – Leindekar; 19 – Noah; 20 – Machenaud; 21-Robertson; 22 – Muscarditz; 23 – Scholtz.
Toulouse:
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