Par Thomas Larroquette
Published on 25 Jul 22 at 12:23
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Chartres will play in Pool 1 of Federal 1 alongside, in particular, Beauvaisfrom PUC (Paris University Club) or even Nuits-Saint-Georges. During the off-season, the club recorded nearly 20 departures. Despite everything, 14 players have re-engaged and well-known top-level recruits have signed. The team manager, Renaud Gourdonagreed to answer questions fromAt the time of Rugby.
Actu : First of all, is the recruitment closed?
Renaud Gourdon: Today, the recruitment is finished even if we remain attentive to the market. We may have an extra player behind but he should be finished.
You have announced in recent days the signings of players who have rubbed shoulders with the high level such as Thierry Futeu (Stade Français, Carcassonne) or Ash Challenger (Bristol), these are players who will bring you real added value…
R.G : Absolutely. These are two boys who played at the next level, Ashley was in Bristol in particular and Thierry in Pro D2 with Carcassonne. Inevitably, they will bring us a lot of experience that’s for sure.
There were also a lot of departures (18 in total), was it precisely with the idea of renewing the workforce?
R.G : Absolutely. We had 50% turnover. There are boys who stop, others who have decided to leave us for clubs with which they will have more playing time and others to play on the floor above. Others have not been kept in view of the club’s ambitions, which happens in most other teams elsewhere. Almost all of the players we wanted to keep, we extended them. We will continue to build our squad, with motivated, talented young people and an excellent state of mind.
What was your club’s recruiting strategy?
R.G : We were lucky to have these two experienced players in front but otherwise, in fact, almost all of the players recruited come out of the hopeful category and for various reasons were unable to obtain contracts with professional clubs. D2, National 1 or National 2, lacking playing time. Above all, they were looking for a structure to be able to train daily. Our recruitment therefore focused on young French hopefuls with high potential.
C’Chartres Rugby recruits
Valentin Boucherie (28): pillar, Marcq-en-Barœul
Ralph Poo Njike (27): pillar, Chambéry
Thierry Futeu (27): pillar, Carcassonne
Ash Challenger (26): mainstay, Bristol
Kaba Cissé (22): hooker, Suresnes
Artémy Gallo (21): third row, Suresnes
Alejandro Almela-Udry (31): fly half, Mazamet
Théo Louvet (21): full-back, Agen
Antoine Thomazeau (21): pillar, Union Cognac Saint-Jean
Thomas Prudhon (21): hooker, Union Cognac Saint-Jean
Lucas Prudhomme (21): second row, Nevers
Helano Alberto (22): third row, Nevers
Gauthier Clamens (20): third row, Montauban
Irakli Umpriani (20): third row, Nevers
Théo Blanc (21): scrum half, Périgueux
Jordan Vaidie (20): scrum half, Brive
Aaron Stafford: (22 years old): three-quarter center, Vannes
Julien Ichambre (21 years old): three-quarter center, La Rochelle
Yanneck Barbouche (21 years old): three-quarter center, Nevers
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National 2, is it your short or medium term objective?
R.G : This is the goal of the club. For us, it will be a division in which we will have the means to appear in the short term. In the medium term, we will see, if ever things take a little longer to set up. We have a comfortable budget for the Federal 1, we will have the means to exist in the National 2 in the years to come, we hope.
Tell us a bit about this hen raised in which you appear…
R.G : We’re going to find teams like Beauvais, who missed the climb by a fraction and against whom we played last year, and Geneva, which is rising year after year. We will also find Saint-Denis or Drancy who have been reinforced with players from Suresnes in particular. We will also find the PUC which had an excellent last season. It is therefore a homogeneous hen and we will have to respond immediately.
Are friendly matches planned?
R.G : Yes, at least August. August 13 in Beauvais and August 20 in Nuits-Saint-Georges, two clubs in our pool. Finally, we will close on August 27 in Marcq-en-Barœul for a northern rugby festival.
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