Pau – Stade Toulousain: how Toulouse is now starting to manage the problem of duplicates
Unlike last year, the “Rouge et Noir” club intends to involve much earlier the players called upon to replace the internationals during doubles. And it starts this Saturday, September 17, in Pau, during the third day of Top 14 (9:05 p.m.).
At Stade Toulousain, we are well placed to know that duplicates can, among other things, weigh you down for a season. Hence the usefulness of getting off to a good start and amassing as many points as possible in anticipation of a winter that has become very rough in recent years given the exodus of internationals to Marcoussis.
The case law of the previous exercise proves that piling up successes during the first quarter of the championship may not offer, in a context of increased competition, as much comfort as expected.
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“When the roles are too established…”
After the introspection inherent in each off-season, the staff therefore decided to change their tune, having identified the evils from which their troupe had not suffered. “The diagnosis that we have established is that we have made our internationals play a lot, explains Jean Bouilhou. And when the periods of doubles arrived, we noticed that our players who had had little playing time took time to We felt that these young players needed to play a little more during the non-doubling phases so that they would be activated very quickly during the doublings.
A new process that we will be able to observe from this evening at the Hamlet and which, according to the forwards coach, must “restore energy and emulation within the team so that all the world stays on the alert and has the best to give because when the roles are too established, we also notice that it sins in the collective energy”.
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This is how Marchand, who had chained the first nine days in 2021-2022, is not on the sheet in order to allow Cramont to be relaunched in the deep end two months in advance. And Dupont, who also participated in the entire first block, will start on the bench two games ahead.
Going green
A management whose staff ensures that it is not supposed to harm performance. “I don’t think we’re performing any less well, resumes Bouilhou. Did you see Max Duprat come back against Toulon? When they are well supervised during the week with experienced players and they feel the confidence of the staff, we saw that these players were at the level.”
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And this reunion with a Béarnaise formation that left a painful memory to the “Red and Black” last year – it had won 13 against 15 – is also taken very seriously.
Witness the departure for Béarn yesterday afternoon despite the short trip and the programming of the match in prime time. “We need to spend time between us to polish the last details which will allow us to approach the match, to justify the former third line. It is important for cohesion in order to approach this kind of match where the we know that the virtues of combat will be essential if we want to compete.”
And keep collecting.
The trend: Pau 47% – Toulouse 53%
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