Amateur rugby-8. final first stage of Federal 1: Isle-Jourdain wants to see further! Gersois challenges Rugby Club Tricastin

Just like last year in Issoire, there will be a leap into the unknown for Isle Jourdain with this trip to Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux in Drôme. But unlike last year, the ax will not fall on the same night as the match, but in a week on the banks of the Save during the return leg of this round of 16 of the French Federal 1 championship, and it is a chance for the Gascons.

Does this mean USL will allow themselves the right to make mistakes for this first leg? It is not easy to know the foals of the Aygobère-Argentin duo who do not give up and especially not outside where they particularly shone this year. What is still unknown to the opponent is the Tricastin agreement.

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Of course, the videos have circulated, the social networks have talked, so that the team is not completely unknown to the people of Lislois. The numbers also speak for themselves, the Drômois club appear to be very conspicuous through these. As for the play-off at Nuit Saint-Georges, they won at the end of morale against a favorite team at home, which speaks volumes for the intensity of the game and what lies ahead for Lislois.

It remains to be seen what impact this extended lockout will have on the Drôme team and whether the three weeks without matches will not weigh on the pace of the USL.

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Paul Aygobère co-coach of the USL: “At this level there are only complete teams and of course we expect a very complicated match against Tricastin. We know that it is a very eye-catching team, which never gives up. They have taken points everywhere they have gone De are the only team to have won a play-off away from home this year and when you know how important it is to play in front of your home crowd, especially at this level of the competition careful, we know they have a conquering scrum, a pretty aggressive ground game and a consistent state of mind over 80 minutes.

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He continues: “We have prepared the week based on this data, so we expect quality opposition, with huge heart for a first leg meeting which is often decisive. On our side, we have been in an ultra-positive dynamic since the end of January, 9 wins in 10 games, we eat it, the group lives off it.

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“The group lives well,” he proclaims. “There is a lot of joy and our coaches are having a lot of fun working with him. But for this game we are very alert, we have not played for three weeks and we have to anticipate the lack of rhythm in the first half and be careful that you do not fall back into our mistakes.

At the effective level, only Hanno Snyman, injured, will not be in the game.