How do you react to the injury waterfall you had to face this week (Editor’s note, Mauvaka, Ramos, Kinghorn)?
It is a very fatalistic reaction. For 15 days, it has been a little chained with unhappy injuries, sometimes linked to the intensity of the matches, and one or two more annoying. In particular that of Peato Mauvaka who is the crusaders almost alone at the end of our training on Tuesday. Ditto for Thomas Ramos. It is never ideal to have so many players of this quality absent in this kind of moment. But we will hope that our well remains inexhaustible.
How did the group react to this chain of injuries?
To tell you that it did not disturb things, it would be lying. What I like about this group is that they are above all sorry and sorry for their teammates before seizing their luck. This may be what allows us to have a somewhat pleasant karma. Playing without Antoine Dupont, Thomas Ramos, Peato Mauvaka or Blair Kinghorn is never simple. But I had a famous coach – in this case Pierre Villepreux – who said to me: “Have fun watching your typical team, you will never play with it. »»
To what extent can Thomas Ramos’ package push you to modify your strategy?
-The players do not replace each other. The team will adapt to a new composition, to a different leadership. I don’t want to go for the Calimero de service: we all know that it’s complicated to play without Thomas Ramos. If we had a chance to have it play, we would have done it. We will adapt by our composition, by our rugby which would be a little different. But it will be the same for our opponents, who will not know too much either what we are going to do.
“I read their president’s article (Editor’s note, in the team): he can come when he wants and be commercial at the Toulouse stadium”
When you asked Yannick Bru who was the favorite of this semi-final, he answered with a question: “Who would you play your home?” Who would you play her on?
In Toulouse! Who do you want me to bet on who (smile)? We get out of a double, we are reigning champion, we are very reduced, but we believe in us. I see there the ability that Bordeaux gets out of a pressure environment, because, over the last 12 semi-finals, there is only a victory outside, it was La Rochelle against Racing 92 in Lens. One semi-final outside is a 92 % chance of losing it statistically. So you could bet on Bordeaux. But the Toulouse coach that I am will try to believe in the remaining 8 % chance.
Have you ever faced the UBB in the top 14 final. How much this team is growing to shake up your supremacy?
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