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Top 14: Saint-André drove out his dark thoughts in Montpellier

2022-06-23T16:12:30.687Z


After his failure at the head of the XV of France, the technician can dream of a coronation in the Top 14, against Castres, this Friday.


Smiling, relaxed, affable, Philippe Saint-André savors, with journalists, the victory of Montpellier over Bordeaux-Bègles in the semi-final of the Top 14, last Saturday in Nice.

The MHR manager takes his time, details his method, his mode of operation.

He jokes, answers all questions.

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We are a long way from Saint-André coach of the XV of France, quavering voice and crestfallen mine, forced to find explanations for the endless sequence of famous "encouraging defeats" between 2011 and 2015. A mandate that ended with a humiliation in the quarter-finals of the 2015 World Cup against the All Blacks (62-13).

One of the blackest periods of French rugby which marked him deeply, to the point of not training for six years.

“I am very proud of my guys”

In Montpellier, "PSA" has turned the page and regained a taste for rugby, in the field, in the locker room.

Basically, the president of the MHR, Mohed Altrad, had recruited him in March 2020 to be general manager, in charge of recruitment but also of relations…

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Source: lefigaro

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