Christophe Urios, coach of Bordeaux-Bègles, is about to be removed from his post due to the club’s slow start to the season, 11th in the Top 14, according to unanimous sources who speak of legal and financial details to be defined.
Urios, champion of France with Castres in 2018, joined UBB in the summer of 2019. In three seasons he has allowed the Girondin club to surpass different levels: the team played two semi-finals at national level in 2021 and 2022 and other two at European level (Challenge in 2020 and Champions Cup in 2021).
These good results had prompted the Girondin club to extend the lease of the Aude coach at the end of 2021 until 2025 before tensions appeared at the end of last season with some of its management players, notably leading to the surprise departure during the summer. international Cameron Woki at Racing 92.
Eleventh in the standings
The flame didn’t return with the new season, which began with a frustrating setback at home against Toulouse (25-26) which weighed down ambitions from the start and revived some tensions. The disappointment suffered in Pau (33-7) before the break for the national teams, with a team cut off from the national teams and many managers injured, ended up convincing president Marti who explained himself to Urios on Monday.
During this exchange, the Girondin president criticized the sporting situation of the UBB (11And after ten days six points behind La Rochelle), also returning to the management methods of Urios and also emphasizing his activities outside rugby (RMC consultant, vineyards, company seminars).
