17th round of the Top 14
More than a month after the victory against Stade Toulousain, the "Rouge & Bleu" will be back in Top 14 and at the Stade des Alpes for the reception of the Stade Français. Against the 2015 champions of France, the FCG is obliged to make a positive result to hang the wagon of the maintien.
In the tenth place in the standings and with 34 points (15 more than Grenoble), the Parisians seem to be safe from a return of their opponents of the weekend. Nevertheless, they will undoubtedly come to Grenoble to try to ensure their maintien and to return in the race for the qualification by signing in Isère its first away victory of the season. They remain on a big performance, as they qualified for the quarter-finals Challenge Cup by beating the Harlequins in Jean Bouin (27-17)
In Top 14, the Parisians struggle to hang an away victory. They almost did it in Brive (28-20), Toulouse (23-18) and Racing 92 (29-22), but they had more trouble in Pau (23-6), Toulon (31-12 ) And Clermont (46-10).
The Stade Français will nevertheless be deprived for this match of his international French: Rabah Slimani, Raphael Lakafia and Djibril Camara. On the other hand, the Paris club should be able to rely on its new tighthead prop, Entienne Swanepoel, recruited as a medical joker of Sakaria Taulafo.
On the Grenoble side, the week of preparation began with a two-day training camp in Saint-Tulle, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in order to take advantage of warmer temperatures and, above all, more practicable fields. The "Rouge & Bleu" will train again on Thursday, in Seyssins, before the team's run on Friday.
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Auteur : FCG Rugby