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Biarritz - troubles and departures!
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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Manx" data-source="post: 629335" data-attributes="member: 50236"><p>I know what you mean about Bayonne and attack but one of the reasons I fell under Biarritz's spell (and moved there for a while) was their first half performance many years ago at Welford Road when they blew Leicester, then the pre-eminent English club team, away in a stunning first half of attacking rugby and then resorted to Lagisquet's 9 man rugby for the second half to hang on.......</p><p></p><p>I would argue where you could say that BO even had a good team on paper with Imanol, and Traille both showing signs of age and boredom in previous seasons (whicih has infected Yach this season to the extent that Lesgourges is the number one choice of all bar Blanco). The recruits, other than Waenga (at 10 who has played as well as he can with those around him and must surely come good in the Top 14 with a stronger team about him) and Forno have not added to the team which has struggled for at least four seasons and achieved above their talents with desire that has been sadly missing.</p><p></p><p>They do not have a strong enough front row (and by implication line out) or centre partnership to survive in a top league and only Baby deserves a Top 14 starting position out of those five positions in the team.</p><p></p><p>Add to that poor recruitment over the last five years and a lack of decent team and scrum management by Rordigues (a team mate of Blanco's in the early 1990's no less!!) and internal strife akin to the French international 2011 RWC team (in which Imanol, Traille and Yach were prominent--any coincidence!!!)!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Manx, post: 629335, member: 50236"] I know what you mean about Bayonne and attack but one of the reasons I fell under Biarritz's spell (and moved there for a while) was their first half performance many years ago at Welford Road when they blew Leicester, then the pre-eminent English club team, away in a stunning first half of attacking rugby and then resorted to Lagisquet's 9 man rugby for the second half to hang on....... I would argue where you could say that BO even had a good team on paper with Imanol, and Traille both showing signs of age and boredom in previous seasons (whicih has infected Yach this season to the extent that Lesgourges is the number one choice of all bar Blanco). The recruits, other than Waenga (at 10 who has played as well as he can with those around him and must surely come good in the Top 14 with a stronger team about him) and Forno have not added to the team which has struggled for at least four seasons and achieved above their talents with desire that has been sadly missing. They do not have a strong enough front row (and by implication line out) or centre partnership to survive in a top league and only Baby deserves a Top 14 starting position out of those five positions in the team. Add to that poor recruitment over the last five years and a lack of decent team and scrum management by Rordigues (a team mate of Blanco's in the early 1990's no less!!) and internal strife akin to the French international 2011 RWC team (in which Imanol, Traille and Yach were prominent--any coincidence!!!)!! [/QUOTE]
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