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After the rout of the first leg against Saudrune, the Union has an appointment this Sunday at 3 p.m. in Fumel to at least save the honor.
After the heavy defeat of the first leg, 68 to 27, nine tries to three and five fields at 0 for the Saudrune, the USVL 47 will receive the suburbs of Toulouse at 3 p.m. without illusion on its possibility of qualifying for the next round.
“And yet, we need to win this match already to save the honor!” Indicates Jean-Paul Mirabel, the co-president of the Union with Claude Martin. The call to mobilize the troops is launched by the latter who has planned a large meal in Fumel with his partners and who hopes that the public will be numerous for this meeting.
The union of the Union, Olivier Sverzut and Jérôme Cantagrel, will have to find the right words for the group to recover and show another face than that which he let showed last Sunday on the side of Cugnaux. The former Agen was not tender with his players after the match and will no doubt seek to shake up their self-esteem this week.
A season with two faces
After a first part of the 2024 season almost perfect, leader in the truce, the Unionists also started very well the year 2025 by two victories against Pont-du-Casse and Boé-Bon-Ectre. The spring broke on February 9 in Mauvezin around a catastrophic match for the Union’s guys, which cost them much more than defeat that day. Following this meeting, the union was no longer the same and won only two of its last six games.
Last Sunday, the Unionists had made a good start to the match and led to the score until the 20th minute of play. The rocking was bizarre when Racing ended up at 14 at the end of the first half. The Saudrune pack then took precedence over the Lot-et-Garonnais and was more mobile and more conquering in the rucks than its counterpart. The premises constantly played by advancing and were able to launch their banners in the Unionist Defense. It gradually took the water despite some organ reactions at the start of the second period. Unfortunately for the Fumélo-Tournonnais, the end of the match was catastrophic with three tests collected and 21 points conceded in the last ten minutes.
A real fight expected
This is what condemns USVL 47 to a feat to dream of a very hypothetical qualification … but why not a comeback! For this, it will be more effective in the conquest and more aggressive in combat areas. Rugby begins above all in front and last Sunday, it is there that the USVL was mainly dominated.
Union supporters, who came in numbers, almost abandoned the idea of qualification even they hope for a pride reaction from their team which will go through a victory against the Saudrune. Remember that after a very difficult 2023/2024 season, the club having saved its place in F3 on the last day, this year, the qualification objective was achieved.
We must now close the season on a good note and start preparing the next next Monday!
