Facing the Catalan Sports Star, a tough match awaits the RCMPL

Le capitaine Sacré-Cœur Bimenyimana prêt à l’engagement.

On the occasion of the 16th day of the F2 championship, the Rugby Club Méditerranée Palavas-Lunel hosts the Catalan Sports Star this Sunday in a return match in Palavas.

As a preview of the month of March where the seniors of the Rugby club Méditerranée Palavas-Lunel (RCMPL) will play four matches in a row against Balma, Castanet, Leucate and Millau, this Sunday they receive, in return match, the Catalan Sports Star. For the 16th day of the championship, the match will take place at the Louis-Baumes stadium in Palavas.

The first team and the reserve, both leaders of their group in Federal 2 and Federal B, welcome a tough opponent who, in the first leg, had the upper hand over the reserves by 13 to 7, while the first team came out of a match with a score of 14 to 19.

" This is a team to be wary of. The men will come with full confidence since they have had a very good start to the year, warns head coach Philippe Garriguenc. Indeed, the Catalans scored three home victories against Leucate, Millau then Salanque before punishing Levézou last week with a crushing 59 to 0.

Le pillar and captain of the Sacré-Coeur pennant team Bimenyimana agrees. "He is a rough opponent who will offer combat and a lot of intensity. They have a good forward pack and play frontal rugby. We will have to be ready for commitment. For our part, we have a complete team with a good pack and a playful three-quarter line. We will try to win the first battles and then move the ball with our fast players. To do this, the captain is counting on the state of mind of his men. "We're a good group. We like to spend time together and on the ground there is great solidarity. What is important is that when there is a change in the collective as in the case of injured and absentees, the level of the group does not drop. That's what characterizes us.

After their last performance against Villefranche-de-Lauragais, which the pillar describes as "successful match", the locals will want to continue their steamroller journey to put all the chances on their side and reach qualification for the final phases and why not the ascent in the process.

Stade Louis-Baumes in Palavas at 3:15 p.m. The reserves in Federal B play at 1:30 p.m. I subscribe to read more