“Aurillac is ready for war,” announces hooker Yanis Boulassel before the Béziers match

The hooker (who scored twice against Provence rugby) is predicting a tough match in Cantal. Midi Libre – Michael Esdourrubailh

ASBH is travelling this Friday, September 28 (8 p.m.) to Aurillac to play against a tough Pro D2 team. Work ahead for the “big guys” of ASBH.

What kind of match do you expect in Aurillac ?

We know that we have a big match ahead. In addition, the weather conditions are going to be complicated with rain.

How is the work on the lineouts, an area where your team has sometimes been up and down at the start of the season ?

The lineout is always a complicated area. But we managed to put Provence in a bad place last weekend by scoring three times on carried balls.

What is your team still lacking ?

It still lacks a bit of cohesion because we are at the beginning of the season. But that will no longer be the case in a few weeks!

Do you look at the rankings??

We don't make a big deal about it but we look at it. We pay attention to it and it's true that it's always nice when you're at the top of the rankings.

Isn't this the time to take points while everyone is still getting into the swing of things??

That was the goal of this block, to start well, to reassure ourselves in certain sectors. But we're taking the matches one after the other. The one against Provence had been targeted and we reassured ourselves on several sectors and we know that we can compete with anyone.

Do you fear Aurillac ?

We fear them of course. It's a big, very dense team that brings a lot of aggressiveness and combat. On the front eight sector, it will be a big fight against Aurillac who are prepared every weekend to wage war.

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