MHR – Toulouse: Lenni Nouchi wants to bring his youth and his carefreeness to try to avoid the roadblock

Lenni Nouchi de retour avec le MHR contre Toulouse. Midi Libre – GIACOMO ITALIANO

Back against Castres after three weeks of absence, Lenni Nouchi (20 years old) will be one of the strengths of the MHR against Toulouse, Saturday (3 p.m.) at the GGL Stadium in the Top 14.

At 20 years old, Lenni Nouchi is almost an old hand within the Montpellier team. It’s not for nothing that the staff made him a captain in this tormented season. A responsibility that the native of Béziers took on without batting an eyelid. "I’try to bring my youth and my carefreeness to the group, smiles the big third row. It’s true that I was given responsibilities this year, I’m trying to take them little by little without shaking up the codes too much, but I’m trying to bring my youth to the table too on that side."

Injured during the match against Toulon on March 23, Lenni Nouchi made his return against Castres last week. "It’s frustrating not being able to help your friends, not being able to sacrifice yourself for them, he slips. It’s even more frustrating when you lose and don’not play, so I was really looking forward to starting again."

"One foot in the dam"

The return of the U20 world champion was not enough to revive a MHR which remains on a series of 5 consecutive defeats in Top 14. Three days from the end, and just before welcoming the Toulouse leader , Montpellier no longer really has a choice if it wants to avoid a perilous roadblock to save its skin in the elite. "We no longer have our destiny in our hands, so now we just have to win, put in great performances, like we did in Castres", Nouchi breathes.

"We have one foot in the dam, he recognizes, it’is sure and certain. Now, we have world-class players in the team who have already played matches under pressure much more than at the moment, so we have to use them too, try to make the most of them. learn from them and follow the group, follow the leaders that are in this team, the oldest, to pick up the slope and continue to move forward despite poor results."< /em>