A week after their home victory against Massy (19-12), Stade Niçois will play against RC Aubenas this Sunday at Arboras Stadium (3:00 PM). This is the last match before a two-week break. For this match, David Bolgashvili’s Niçois will face an opponent they know very well.
Securing a fourth consecutive victory would make Niçois serious contenders for the title. As a reminder, during the first leg, David Bolgashvili’s men won away against this same RCAV team with the offensive bonus in hand. A wide victory of 7-45. Since that match, the Ardèche team, now at the bottom of the Nationale championship, have not won a single match and remain on a streak of five consecutive defeats. Even though there is a large gap in the standings between these two teams, Stade Niçois will have to be wary of the Ardèche team against whom they have unpleasant memories at home.
Last Burden of Stade Niçois at Arboras
This Aubenas team proves to be the last to have beaten Stade Niçois at Arboras Stadium. It was last season in Fédérale 1 (12-15), where the Ardèche team won twice, both at home and away.
This season, the roles have reversed: Stade Niçois, currently the leader of Nationale and still undefeated at home, welcomes RCAV, the last in the standings. Aubenas has not won since October 2020 (against Narbonne, 15-22) and has conceded many points, particularly in their matches against Albi (26-9) and Suresnes (41-7).
In terms of statistics, Stade Niçois, the top attack in the championship with 246 points and 24 tries scored, is the favorite for this match. RCAV, the second-last attack in Nationale, scores little: 114 points and 10 tries scored in total.
Even though the match is behind closed doors, the game will be broadcast live on Sunday from 2:45 PM on Stade Niçois’ official Facebook and YouTube pages.
#Broadcast | The match #SNvsRCAV will be broadcast on our social networks and website this Sunday, February 21! Tune in from 2:45 PM on the platform of your choice. #StadeNiçois #Rugby pic.twitter.com/d3vOFqHuU8
— Stade Niçois Rugby (@stadenicois) February 19, 2021
