Paris, fluctuating nec merger | ASM Rugby
With 4 points on the clock, the Parisians are in the queue for a championship which is still far from having delivered all its truths. Weighted down by a defeat at home against their best enemies in Ile-de-France at the opening, Gonzalo Quesada’s men are chasing after this toasted joker from the first day. Weakened by some workforce concerns and sitting on the uncomfortable last position of the Top 14, the pressure will be on their shoulders when kicking off the last match of this 6th championship day. The motto of the capital “It is beaten by the waves, but does not sink” must be a sign of mistrust because there is not the best team to get up when everyone thinks it is about to sink …
Admittedly, the classification is still only a snapshot of a particular situation that it is still possible to correct and the programming (2 receptions for 3 trips) did not really favor the start of the season for the Parisians who have, this week again, lost key players (Maestri on injury and Alo Emile on suspension). Having said that, some statistics however a certain fragility; to start with the attack of the pink soldiers who scored only 82 points (13th Championship) for a famous average of 16 points per game. The game struggles to fall into place with the image of their rookie All-Black star Ngani Laumape who needs time as his coach Gonzalo Quesada recently said “I knew he was not going to make a difference like fr Super Rugby. I knew the two rugby players, I knew that the spaces were not going to allow him to express himself so easily ”in the Top 14. Thus the All-Black star who participated in all the meetings of the season only has 160 meters gained with the ball since the start of the championship that is to say exactly 14 meters more than George Moala… on the only game of Racing! In short, the All black, who also missed 7 tackles out of 23 attempts for a single crossing, is far from the level at which it is expected, question of time and automatisms. The defense more generally has already conceded 140 points and has the weakest in tackles with only 71.3% of success (tied with Biarritz), too much to hold a result or hope to upset the Brivists, Bordelais or Toulonnais where they successively broke their teeth at the start of the season. The Parisians must do their bit while waiting for some lively forces to return to expand their workforce, which takes on a few players used in all matches (Coville, Hamdaoui, De Giovanni or Latu). The Argentines are expected, Antoine Burban and Joris Segonds, who is the second player to gain the most meters thanks to his game at the foot of the championship (behind Camille Lopez) are expected. Sekou Macalou (3 games only this season and already the best scraper of the team) may be the detonator of a group which will have to revolt to come out of a negative spiral incompatible with the ambitions of the club.
Even if the Auvergnats remain on a series of 3 consecutive victories to Jean Bouin, where they have not lost since April 2018, and that the Stade Français has not yet shown its full potential, winning only one victory (against Castres at home by being outnumbered for a large part of the match ), this club has extraordinary reaction capacities. Where many seek consistency, the Parisians cultivate the bangs, and manage the ups and downs in rarely monotonous seasons. Their last Brennus (in 2015 illustrates against Clermont) this ability to rebound. Almost in a relegation position 5 days from the end of the qualifying stages, the group was able to snatch its place in the final stages until conquering the 14th Brennus from the history of the club. Frédéric Darre the earthy writer liked to say that “Paris will always be Paris. What else do you want him to do? »It works just as well with his resident club…