Holder at the last two European Challenge matches against the Russians, Thomas Acquier will rethread the blue heater, this weekend against Connacht. With serious ambitions.
If for some the European Challenge Cup is a competition which is of little interest, Thomas Acquier is 100 leagues to share this idea. And hooker would welcome it as fun to play this competition is extended a little. "The Challenge Cup format is great because it allows everyone to be involved and concerned. It must be our sixteenth consecutive week with matches and we know that a player can not play all the matches. "
It was in the wake of a European encounter against Galway already Brive went clinch the first win of its history on the lawn Oyonnax. A sequence that owed nothing to chance. "This competition allows us to play different teams, with other arbitrations. This is a different approach, so it also serves us for the Top 14. And then it's a raised competition. "
It is used for the Top 14, but it is also sufficient to itself, especially with the prospect of going beyond the group stage. "Our goal is to get out of this hen. It has never hidden and even after misstep in Russia, we still do not hide it. We need to win both matches to come. The accounts are simple to make. With two wins, we catch our blunder in Russia and we offer a quarterfinal. It is not given to everyone. And that we receive and that we play at home, it will be great. I know the guy who had played against Bath, there are two years, keep a great memory, even if the score had been heavy. "
"I'm curious to see what the Russians
will do "
Acquier Briviste was not, at the time, and hooker intends to forge similar memories. And, thereby, to discover something he does not know. "Every weekend in the Top 14, it was the challenge matches. It was at loggerheads but matches of the finals, it must have a different flavor and I want to taste it. I've never experienced that, except in the Federal 1 and if the European Cup will allow me, that would be great. Already, the match against Connacht is a little sixteenth-finals and if we win it, you will play eighth against Newcastle. "
Cleavers matches that have their importance in the Russian setback in the field of Sochi. "This is a game we took lightly. They had a good level. This is what makes the strength of this sport, all opponents can beat anyone. I await with interest to see what the Russians will do on the last two matches. They surprised us and I think they can surprise the other. I hope they will make a good match and clinch their second win. "Enisei But it will be the Newcastle menu, not from Brive, which will therefore return to Connacht on Saturday. Presumably Irish in all conditions.
"It will look a lot like the match that there were there, prophesying Acquier. The land will be bold, it will certainly play up front, on the conquest, the worn balls and scrimmage. It will be expected of it by the Irish. "One point is not to displease the old Carcassonne which has also passed the test line in Galway, as it did in Sochi. Whenever on worn out.
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