Amateur rugby: in Cruzy/Saint-Chinian, US Nissan Colombiers will face its biggest challenge, in the round of 16 of Regional 3 Occitanie

magictr | April 5, 2024 | Health | No Comments

Nissan-Colombiers (en bleu), comme toujours accrocheur. – LIEURAN XV

A high-stakes derby between Cruzy Saint-Chinian Quarante and Nissan Colombiers. The key is a qualification for the quarter-finals of Occitanie, a move up to R2, but also a qualification for “France”.

"I played there, I coached there, it’s a team that we knows very well", Pascal Pont, coach of Nissan-Colombiers for five years, knows what to expect, Sunday, at the Camille-Salvetat stadium, against Cruzy Saint-Chinian Forty.

After a dormant season, due to lack of staff after the Covid crisis, the US Nissan Colombiers found colors, its own, blue and purple, last season.

< /iframe> </p> <p>Killian Maurat and his teammates won a shield with the Challenge d’Occitanie R3, before falling in the semi-final of the Challenge de France. An adventure which <em>"brought new emulation to the club, but also attracted people"</em>, says the technician.</p> <p>Absent from the top 4 of its group during the previous year, the USNC puffed out its chest this year. Defeated three times, the Nissano-Colombiérains have not lost since November 19 and a trip to Lieuran (15-9).</p> <h2 class="txt-int">Climb objective</h2> <p>"We have been trying to set up a collective since the start of the season", specifies Pascal Pont, who can count on a group of around thirty players. Second in its group behind Canet, reigning French champion, the USNC hosted Marguerittes, in the play-off, last week.</p> <p>"<em>We put a little pressure on ourselves, we actually lost ground at halftime, being down 12-3 & ;quot;</em>, Pont explains. With four tries in less than a quarter of an hour at the restart, the Héraultais quickly took cover, finally winning 32-12. </p> <p><iframe width="500" height="469" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted -media; picture-in-picture; web-share" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fusnissan.dovecotes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0CSZsasK59DwpCQpZm86jXrdzXGxuGyQfFGzHwCoKzRsh7QLAqBgqi51ai2f6iBkUl&show_text=true&width=500">

Faced with the AOCSCQ XV, "we must not try to adapt to the opponent’ quot;, warns the coach.

An important poster for three reasons: winning it will allow the winner to advance to the quarter-finals, to qualify for the French championships, but above all to validate a move up to Regional 2, the’ objective of the USNC.
"First we wanted to try to qualify, now it’s the climb", concludes the manager.< /p> I subscribe to read more