The Varois exploded in the second half against the Palois (32-12), this Sunday, at the end of the 16th day.
Pau, thanks to a one-sided second half, consolidated its place as runner-up in the Top 14 by dominating Toulon (32-12), undisciplined and once again in difficulty away from Mayol, Sunday evening at the end of the 16th day. At the end of the match, Pierre Mignoni, the Var manager, did not mince his words: “We gave up because Pau did the right thing but above all we gave them too much. Discipline is the big black spot. In this sport you have to make the right decisions, be intelligent and tonight, that was not acceptable. She put us in difficulty. We lost control of the match when we were neck and neck.”
And the Var technician continued, reassured: “To win an away match, 17 fouls is far too many. It’s not worthy of a team that wants to play for the top 2 or the top 4 (…) When you give a match like that, you get very frustrated. I can’t accept this. We need to stop saying we’re strong. We are not enough. There are things that will change.”
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“The people of Toulouse wanted to humiliate us”
For his part, Loïc Credoz, the third row of the Paloise Section, declared: “We aimed to stay in second place. We had to win to widen the gap and break away a little. We are very satisfied. In key, contested matches, discipline, one-on-one, occupation and possession are too important. We had a big emphasis this week. The Toulouse match taught us a lot about that. The forwards, we were disappointed with our performance in Toulouse (59-22 defeat on January 24, Editor’s note). They crushed us, dominated us. They played a game of first versus second. We took it very badly all week, they wanted to humiliate us.”
