While Bordeaux-Bègles is expected this Saturday in Clermont for its match on the 13th day of the Top 14, Yannick Bru has decided to give his players four days of rest, not without asking them to avoid excesses.
Yannick Bru is magnanimous with his players.
While Bordeaux-Bègles made short work of Toulon this Sunday at the end of the 12th day of the Top 14, the coach of the Gironde club decided to make a gesture towards his group. Indeed, as the daily newspaper specifies Southwest in its columns, teammates of Louis Bielle-Biarrey and Damian Penaud are exempt from training for four days. They will thus be able to celebrate Christmas with their loved ones without too many ulterior motives even if the technical management expects a certain seriousness from them. “ A healthy lifestyle is their daily life, it’s part of their jobsaid Christophe Laussucq, coach in charge of defense. They know what needs to be done to hope to perform well on the weekend. »
In echo, Maxime Lamothe assured that he will be able to “enjoy” but “without necessarily making big excesses”. Indeed, the Girondins will have to travel to the Clermont pitch this Saturday to conclude the first leg of the championship. If there will only be one real training session scheduled this Friday, the UBB players have received instructions to keep themselves in shape as much as possible. “We have to try to go running to sweat and do a little muscle building because on Saturday,
when we have to tackle ten guys, it could hurt if we haven’t done anything beforeconfided Maxime Lucu. It’s never easy because we also have moments of sharing with family but these matches are important. »
Sowerby: “It’s not the ideal preparation”
If he admits to being “used to it now” to play during the end-of-year holiday period, the very busy schedule does not allow this date to be freed, the Girondin scrum half adds that “we must try to get through this period as best as possible and as intelligently as possible”. In his eyes, “
it is often the most serious teams which emerge with the maximum points from these three matches “. Despite everything, specialist sideline coach Shaun Sowerby concedes that “ This is not the ideal preparation » when facing a vengeful Clermont team. Christophe Urios’ players are left with a defeat conceded on the pitch in Perpignan this weekend and will want to correct the situation in front of their audience.
