"I must help my players, not sulphate them", laments a Urios "angry, disappointed and sad"

Results of the day

Stade Français-Clermont 27-34

Bayonne-Racing 92 23-13

Bordeaux-Bègles-La Rochelle 11-26

Brive (bo) -Agen 57-3

Castres-Pau (bd) 38-33

Toulouse-Montpellier 16-29

Christophe Urios (coach of Union Bordeaux-Bègles):

“It's the biggest disappointment of the season.

I am angry, disappointed and sad.

I can't understand why we played such a game.

There is absolutely no photo with Stade Rochelais, to be congratulated.

Why were we so little aggressive in the rucks, so clumsy?

We have to raise the bar, but we haven't.

I have not seen the revolt, I have not seen the entrants bring more.

It is a bankruptcy of the group, of the staff, of everyone.

I have to help my players, not sulphate them.

That doesn't worry me for the future, but to be in the top 6, you have to be starving.

And that, I did not feel it because we clearly lacked aggressiveness.

I thought at one point that they were going to win with the offensive bonus… The outcome of the match is clear, we spent 38 minutes where the guys from La Rochelle played as if they were in training.

You have to know what you want: playing the top 8 or the top 10, that doesn't interest me!

Afterwards, it is possible that there is a glass ceiling… Me, I am not afraid and I do not want to watch the final stages on television. ”

Jefferson Poirot, (captain of Union Bordeaux-Bègles):

“It is frustration that predominates, even disappointment.

We're not going to make excuses, we're just going to shut it down and go back to work.

We were catastrophic in the ground game, because we are too scholar, to want to be constantly in the rule.

Yet we have good weeks of training.

And the weekends, we are not there in the commitment.

I think we will react, you can trust us for that.

We know that we burned a joker when we had taken a little break.

We will have to fight to stay in our 5th place ... "

Grégory Patat (La Rochelle forwards coach):

“We had a very good match, a great performance against a direct competitor.

We didn't know where we were when we got back from these holidays, we were coming out of two poor performances in this Top 14, we wanted to knock on the door again and show that we were present.

We put them under pressure the whole game, we dominated all the collisions.

We were above this team, we were faster than them, we defended our line well at 13 against 15 and that gave them a headache.

It strengthens us in our state of mind.

The Béglais had to win, that put additional pressure on them.

(...) We send a strong signal, we show that we have a larger group, we are able to play without our internationals.

The advantage is that it will create a healthy emulation within this group because the internationals will come back and you know how it is when it wins, everyone wants to be present ”.

 "Everyone will have to look at each other in the mirror"

Ugo mola

Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (coach of the rear of Montpellier):

“We believed in our star.

It is a step forward towards our objective which is maintenance.

I am very proud of the players.

Our ground game was very good.

It's weird because on Thursday the group had a really bad practice as if they thought that winning here was not possible.

They are an obstinate group in their work.

This team has resources and we must continue on this path ”.

Jules Danglot (scrum half from Montpellier):

“We can be proud of ourselves.

I hope this victory will definitely launch us because we are not yet saved.

Everyone is committed to saving this club and it was seen against Toulouse.

We knew how they wanted to play and how they wanted to take us and we responded perfectly to the challenge ”.

Ugo Mola (Toulouse manager):

“When you don't set the pace you become a very ordinary team.

It's an evening to forget.

I'm disappointed.

We burned a wild card in the league because we were too approximate.

It's a call to order and everyone will have to look at each other in the mirror ”.

François Cros (Toulouse third row): 

“There is not much to remember from this match.

The engagement has been far too deficient.

We lost too many balls and that largely explains our defeat.

We will have to react because we gave a sad image of Stade Toulousain, unworthy of what we wanted to do ”.

Jeremy Davidson (manager of Brive):

“During the first 25 minutes, we were in front of our line but we defended well.

We were able to put a little more volume at the end of the match.

We didn't want to lack humility before the match, we needed to take the bonus.

It is done."

Régis Sonnes (manager of Agen):

“We are starting well in terms of occupation, but we do not score.

We lacked precision in the scoring area.

In defense, we have too many loopholes.

Defense is the base.

We play every weekend against bigger guys than us, we're used to it.

Defense is first and foremost a collective state of mind. ”

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