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Agen. A Landes “training” to get up to speed

the essential
2nd preparation match for the Agenais tonight, which in fact is not. Having not found an approved ground, the SUA and Bayonne will face each other in the form of a guided training.

Whatever the form, the important thing is the essence of this opposition between Agen and Bayonne, this evening in Capbreton. After a first warm-up last Friday against Castres, Sporting wants to raise the cursor. Classic you say. Yes, except that we are heading towards anything but a classic season.

“It felt good to have a match again, exposes the second row Corentin Vernet, because even during our internal opposition to 100%, we do not find these conditions. However, we felt in this match that things were less strong and slower than usual. I think it will take us a month to reach the top level Top 14. ” In fact, every game counts.

“We still need adjustments”

After an intense start to the week in training, Christophe Laussucq and Rémi Vaquin expect to see their team “improve in all areas”. There are the positives like defense and state of mind. Others singled out like conquest, keep the ball and score on highlights. “We still need adjustments”, concedes Vernet.

If this guided training will take place behind closed doors, it will be possible for us to see the progress of the SUA thanks to the live video offered by the club’s Facebook page. “Castres is a complicated team to play, notes Hugo Verdu. Bayonne has more of a philosophy turned towards the game. I therefore hope that we will see a more open match.” The capacities of the electrifying three-quarter line in Agen should therefore be further developed.

In the group too, several adjustments. Some go out, others come back. The Buttins, Pearce, Tolot, Hocquet, Desmaison enter to blow off Lamoulie, Zafra, Saurs, Jané and others. Also, the staff will not change team at half-time. “Some people need to play more. Others, who are joining the group, must gradually resume.” The big wave of replacements should therefore occur rather at the hour of play. As is customary for a second preparation match.

“We have images that speak, lines of work. I would say a real photo at the moment T which gives a more precise idea of ​​where we are at, summarizes Laussucq. I hope to see an improvement in terms of the quality of game, follow our framework and progress. ” His friend Vaquin concludes: “This group still needs some experience. There are only matches for that.” And even directed training.

The group: Burin, Correa, Desmaison, Lombart-Buret, Vanaï, Martinez, Zarantonello, Jordaan, Moreaux, Phillips, Vernet, Farré, Hocquet, Hayes, Jegerlehner, Maravat, Pearce; Vaidie, Verdu, Lagarde, Reid, Decron, Sadie, Puletua, Vaka, Ibitoye, Railevu, Rokoduru, Taulagi, Buttin, Tolot.

While before the meeting against Castres, Vincent Farré was worried about these new rules that affect the rucks area. From now on, the referees whistle the balls kept on the ground much more quickly. “However, we don’t have real scratching profiles,” grimaced the flanker.

But last Friday, the SUA did remarkably well, recovering a number of penalties in these clash areas, especially in the first half.

“We worked a lot collectively on this, reveals Christophe Laussucq. I think that’s what will be seen at the start of the championship. On the New Zealand Super Rugby, this summer, I had the impression that the The referees were very vigilant. In the end, they are more severe with the attacking team. These rules give more freedom to the scratchers, and therefore to the defense. “

The staff of Agen has therefore well sensitized its troops. Without very close support and always on the alert, the continuity of the game will be affected.

This is what makes the manager tick: “I am afraid that we will fall back on very padlocked matches in French rugby, which was already not a rugby where there were a lot of big flights. Maybe. that in Super Rugby, they wanted to give more freedom to these scratchers so that there are turnovers, but on arrival, what we saw, it gives even more penalties. Against the CO, there was no turnover. It chops the game and can bring reluctance to the attacking team. So on what I saw in the southern hemisphere and there in France, I’m not a fan. “

You will have understood that it will therefore take a lot of whistles in favor of the Agen defense to change Christophe Laussucq’s mind. Unless the French refereeing body understands the dangers of this rule and adapts its whistle.

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