Albi. ARL for a result in Avignon
Without complex, Albi travels to the Vaucluse to obtain, why not, a victory which would place him in an excellent position for qualification.
First legs: one victory out of eight for Albi. Return matches, current series: four wins in five games. This is called a spectacular recovery! Which restores a propelled Orange and Black among the six qualifying. Knowing that behind this move, the regular phase will end with two receptions, we can think that the Tigers are holding the right end.
A reception which, without insulting the Commingeois, suffering this year, seems easy (Saint-Gaudens), while the closing match, against Lézignan, will be boiling hot against an Aude team which occupies one of the first three places. . The result of Avignon, where the Albigensians perform without complex, will be particularly interesting.
Returning to the last outing in Limoux, Fabien Denis, co-trainer, specifies: “We worried them since we were leading by two points at half-time. But Limoux corrected the situation in the second act, and was better than us. in the middle block. They have the best pack in the championship, and we hit a wall. We couldn’t find a solution.”
As for the match in Avignon, we regret, on the Albigensian side, the absences of Axel Rodriguez (acromio) and Hugo Lescouzères. But we are delighted with the returns of Cédric Mazars and Chase Bernard, after a long absence. These returns do a lot of good. The players, after a necessary recovery, have ramped up to prepare for this outing, and have provided a two-week break since the trip to the country of blanquette. A positive result could even put them in the band of the first four qualifiers, which would position them ideally for the final phase. For this, it will take a good push on the banks of the Rhone, so as to reach the arch of the bridge and not drown in the stormy waters of the river.