For its last of the season at the Arena - monopolized in the coming months by a concert and preparations for the 2024 Olympics - racing 92 got the better of Clermont (26-10) and climbed to third place in the ranking. After the match, Christophe Urios, the Auvergne manager, declared: “We took these first two tries too easily, it puts us in difficulty. But despite that, we manage to come back and remain consistent in our game. Afterwards, to win matches, you have to score points... When you go behind the line three times and you don't score... it's frustrating. “It’s a playing area that has been a problem for us over the last four games.”
The technician adds: “This year, we often have gaps, absences… It’s the story of our season. It's not easy. However, when I see the match we played today, the week of training we put in... I say to myself, let's continue the fight, it will pay off. It's hard to say, but I'm proud of my players today. (...) Sometimes I criticized them, I decried them, but there, they were in a good mentality. It's hard for them because we don't get paid. For the moment, we don’t have that trigger that changes the matches.”