After the defeat at home, Thursday evening in the Pro D2 barrage against Vannes (17-20), the captain of Nevers, Hugues Bastide, had red eyes when speaking at the microphone of Canal +. “It wasn’t our real face“, lamented the emblematic third line, at the club since 2013.
Nevers, who had scored 40 tries in the last eight matches of the regular season, has indeed struggled against the Bretons. “Vannes managed to counter us, especially on the outside, where our strengths were. We broke our teeth. We foiled. It’s a shame… We were tense this week. It was only happiness, however, it’s still rugby. It was a moment of celebration, and we were not up to it.»
A confession before letting out all his frustration: “It sucks. We’ve been breaking our ass for six months to lose at home…It is therefore Vannes who will challenge Oyonnax at Charles-Mathon on Saturday May 20 (3 p.m.) in the Pro D2 semi-final.
