Tarascon-sur-Ariège. Toulouse Lalande Aucamville at the Moulin-Neuf: beware of danger!
Well installed on the podium, the US Tarascon is wary of a team from Toulouse Lalande Aucamville which has just brought down the leader.
US Tarascon-sur-Ariège (3rd; 23 points) – Toulouse Lalande Aucamville (4th; 16 points); this afternoon at 3.30 p.m., Moulin-Neuf stadium in Tarascon-sur-Ariège. Field referee: M. Benjamin Gasc.- This afternoon the Union Sportive Tarascon XV welcomes again a very good team: Toulouse Lalande Aucamville XV. The Haut-Garonnais are in 4th place in the hen, in ambush, at the foot of the podium, a few points behind the Ariégeois. But, above all, last weekend they created the sensation of the day by bringing down the undefeated leader, Racing Club La Salvetat Plaisance, 17-13. We knew this playful team, when we remember the beautiful impression during the last match before Covid, in 2020 at the Moulin-Neuf (victory of the UST 27-12). This season, it also seems armed in front, because it is in this area that it has managed to counter the “machine” of Salvetat. Huguet, Lopez and others will have to present a combative and determined team. “We will have to respect the opponent. They come with ambitions and know that they can compete with the best. It is the players who must realize what is at stake, and, by respecting the instructions, remain in the trio of head”. Julien Huguet is clear. He knows his men are capable of the best, but also sometimes of the worst, of the less well. The coaches count on the presence of Franzone and Lopez, luxury jokers from the back lines. Klapper, the captain, will slowly return to reserve after his shoulder injury, like Mathieu Bravo. Unfortunately, the UST will have to do without one of its spearheads, Alex Pesquié, seriously injured in the knee, for whom the season is over. After Robin De Macedo and Bastien Pitarresi, it is the third “heel” which is found on the ground. But good news arrived on Friday, with the signing of Baptiste Laffont, former partner of Huguet in Lavelanet, and who knows well the “expats” of the Pays d’Olmes who are now competing in Red and White.
Reserve team.- At 1:30 p.m., the reserve team of Fournié and Izaure tried to raise their heads after the serious disappointment of Verfeil. On her field, she is known to be determined, to the point of still being undefeated at the Moulin-Neuf.