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On Saturday, January 24, starting at 5 p.m., Club Rugby A Palos faces a new challenge in the league competition with the visit of CAU Valencia Emerging to the Cristina Martínez field. This match will close the first phase of the regular season for the wild boars, who have returned to competition in a season marked by injuries and tough competitively, but with satisfaction due to the growing maturity within the locker room.
Marcos Sarria, president of the club and currently off the field due to an injury, recognizes that the course is not being easy: “We have two victories, both against the same rival. We have lost the rest of the games, there has been an increase in level in the league this year,” he comments. The lack of personnel in the squad has had a lot to do with this aspect, leading to them playing with only 12 players.
COMMITTED TEAM
However, the club celebrates that this season is still going strong and that it has found a good group of players committed to rugby in Cuenca. Furthermore, Sarria highlights the evolution of the group and the growth of the players: “Every day the boys are gaining more experience, more desire and more versatility in their roles. There is a saying that says that hard times create strong men; we are creating a tough team.”
Regarding this weekend’s clash against CAU Valencia, Sarria remembers that in the first leg they held up well in the first half, but their physicality failed them in the second. He is confident that the outcome will change this day: “We are going with a lot of losses, but with a lot of desire. We believe we can beat them.”
After this first phase of the season, A Palos will be placed in League ‘B’ of the North Group of the 3rd Territorial Valenciana, so it will continue playing for a few more months with teams of the same level.
