"A first opportunity to measure ourselves"

What is the goal of this first game of the season?

"The objective is to find what we have been working on in the last 5, 6 weeks, whether it is on the phases of conquest, on the ruck zones, our attacks and our defense systems, to find a little all this, to see if It's up, if it's assimilated by our players. It is very easy to train, with a minimum of fatigue or opposition so that it seems well in place. There, in the real, in the match with impacts, we will see if we remain lucid and if we find these actions. "

Will this match also be a way to work on the cohesion between old, young and new players?

"We will not have too many new players in this match but it's a rugby match and the sport of rugby is very unifying. It's very unifying when you stick together and make good matches together. It can be very destructive if it does not work. We are aware that this kind of match will be a first opportunity to compete against ourselves. The new players, and the old ones, will be able to show what they can bring us. "

The first opponent of the FCG will be a Top 14 team. How do you apprehend it?

"The Lyon team made a lot of progress thanks to the work of Pierre Mignoni. They overflew the Pro D2 2 years ago. They have not gone far from Europe this year. They made a big recruitment this summer. It is clear that it is a club that is growing. For us it will be a very good opposition against a team that is part of the best of French rugby in the last 2 seasons. That is really the kind of opposition we wanted. "