Villeneuve-sur-Lot. Rugby League: The Leopards will have a lot to do in Avignon
Long and complicated journey for the Leopards on Saturday at the end of the afternoon in Avignon. After a fairly wide defeat at Saint-Estève (20-42) last weekend, the Villeneuvois will try to straighten their heads in Vaucluse.
Not an easy task when you know that for several seasons, the lawn of the “Bisons” does not succeed too much at the pioneer club. “With a squad that is still incomplete and with a lot of young people in the group, we will still have to tighten our buttocks and show collective solidarity on the pitch,” coach Constant Villegas said. The latter is impatiently awaiting the next arrivals of Papuan prop Casey Dickson and Fijian scrum-half Netane Masima to field a more competitive but above all more experienced team.
“We will still travel to Avignon with ambitions and without too much pressure on our shoulders.” Positioned in the middle of the table, the Vauclusiens have just suffered a big defeat in Limoux (14-46) and will obviously want to return to victory in front of their supporters. It’s up to Thomas Lasvenes’ teammates to resist, surprise the “Bisons” and thwart all the odds. This will obviously go through defensive aggressiveness, good attack chains and speed in the sequences.
“In Saint-Estève, we come out of the game by taking several tries in caps”. Defensive errors that will obviously have to be erased in the city of the Popes in order to be able to compete and be dangerous on the offensive level. Otherwise, the addition could be salty for a Villeneuvois group in full reconstruction and which is currently closing the march in the elite championship 1.