"We are preparing this game with great humility"

This is it,  the Access Match that will decide the fate of the FCG for next season.

"We wish we hadn't waited for it and avoided it. But now it's here. We've known for a while now, four weeks, since the defeat against Agen. Even if, mathematically, we still had a chance. It would have been pretentious to hope for something else. We've been preparing for this game for four weeks. It's this Sunday at 3:15. Go. "

Have you watched the Pro D2 final together?

"Yes, we watched it together at Rida's. That's where we finished the season last year after the access match. We were able to get a little taste of what it's going to be like. I think many of us in the group have watched several Brive games this season, including the entire final. This final was the highlight of the Pro D2 championship, which we had last year. We watched it together, and that's Brive. "

Whar are your thoughts about this final?

"I think it was a game with a lot of tension on both sides. There was a lot of waste, but it's not surprising on a final, with the stakes behind it. Then, on commitment and intensity, it was largely the same level as what we see every weekend. This Brive team is very cheerful. This Bayonne team was very playful. It was a real stylistic opposition. And, strangely enough, it was the team, perhaps the most playful, that didn't score a try, that scored the most points, and won. It's a bit of an irony for the Brivists. Bayonne was coming in as an outsider. And they managed to overthrow the CAB. Kind of like we managed to do against Oyonnax last year. You always have to be careful. There was a season that was very well conducted by both teams. We know that Brive finished first after the regular phase of Pro D2, which is undefeated at home. This is not insignificant. We know the mountain we're going to have to climb. The challenge is beautiful and the result will be all the more beautiful. "

For you, Brive was the best team in Pro D2?

"I think it's the most complete team in Pro D2. "

How are you preparing for this game?

"Beyond the videos, I think we prepare it with great humility. It's a team that was relegated. We were the first to open this play-off match by defeating a Top 14 team, when all the statistics were against us. We know this game is going to be very complicated. We're clearly not the favourites, unlike Oyonnax last year. So we try to prepare it with a lot of humility and a lot of desire. We could see against the LOU last week that we had found a little bit of our hunger and motivation, our desire to hurt the opponent and to move forward. We're going to have to try to put these ingredients in place if we want to be able to hope for something on Sunday. "

Are you confident?

"We have to, we don't have a choice anymore. There are 80 minutes left! "