After the impressive victory last weekend in Suresnes (48-11), Stade Niçois will host this weekend the 4th in the championship, Narbonne.
Today, eight points separate Nice (2nd with 15 matches played) and Narbonne (4th with 16 matches played), two contenders for the final stages. A top-table clash that could allow the Niçois to definitively put the Narbonne team out of reach.
A clash of the ambitious
RC Narbonne is a team full of ambition. It has traveled nine times this season, with the players experiencing victory four times against Tarbes, Cognac, Aubenas, and Blagnac. However, on the other hand, Narbonne has fallen five times: at Dax, Suresnes, Dijon, and the last two trips to Albi (35-16) and Chambéry (25-13). The Aude team is therefore arriving on the Côte d’Azur with the firm intention to topple Stade Niçois at home, the only team in the championship still undefeated on their turf.
A titanic duel awaits David Bolgashvili’s Azuréens. A match that will undoubtedly offer a real battle to the Niçois pack. True to its DNA, this Narbonne team is playful, combining the power of the forwards and the speed of the backs (4th attack). On the red and black side, a victory would allow them to reclaim the leader’s seat from Bourg-en-Bresse before the final sprint of this National championship.
The match will be streamed live on Sunday, from 3 PM on Stade Niçois’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.
