Rugby – Giacobazzi, Siena is on the road to being the leaders
Keep the plug attached so as not to squander the advantage gained. There is Cus Siena on Giacobazzi Modena’s road, launched at the top of the standings thanks to seven victories in a row. On paper it’s a favorable turn for coach Rovina’s XV, but this year there was no shortage of surprise results in the league, a clear sign that the stumbling block can come when you least expect it.
The fixed point of the first line biancoverdeblù, the 23-year-old prop Alessio Morelli presents tomorrow’s match at the Luciano Zanetti stadium in Collegarola as follows: “It will be a totally different match from the one with Florence and there will be more work for us men of the fray. Siena has its strong point in the package, we will have to be good at not being surprised and directing the match right from the first minutes. It is a clash between different motivations: we want to keep the advantage over the pursuers unchanged, they need to save points and will want to try to stop the leaders. As long as we are this high it will be like this every Sunday and we have to get used to this new dimension, but my feeling is that this group is mature enough to handle the pressure.”. In this beginning of the championship it was often the scrum that took the stage: “Thanks to the work done with the technical staff during the week and to the athletic preparation. We are working to become the best performing pack in the group, we are very solid in the scrum, we need to improve in the maul and especially in touche. First in line – concludes the prop who took his first steps in Olimpia Vignola – I play together with guys I’ve known forever, with whom I grew up and shared the path from Under 16 to the First team, and this makes the difference in terms of harmony”.
This is the list of the biancoverdeblù squad: Assandri, Barbolini, Bellei M., Bellei S., Carta, Cojocari, Debortoli, Effah, Flammia, Flores, Lloyd, Malisano, Mazzi, Michelini, Morelli, Operoso, Orlandi, Picheo, Pilati, Rinaldi , Trotta, Venturelli M. Referee Maria Clotilde Benvenuti of Rome, kick-off at 14.30.
Serie B (group 2), 8th round: Bologna Rugby-Florence, UR San Benedetto-Imola, Giacobazzi Modena-Cus Siena, Lions Amaranto-Viadana B, Florentia-Jesi. Rest: Montanari Formigine.
Classification: Giacobazzi Modena 33, Bologna Rugby 29, Florentia 27, Viadana B 26, Jesi, Florence 13, Highlanders Formigine 12, Lions Amaranto 7, Cus Siena, UR San Benedetto 6, Imola 1.