“When you lead in front of the European champions, you must not give the stick to be beaten”, squeaks Saint-André

Philippe Saint-André (manager of Montpellier, beaten at La Rochelle): “Frustration wins out tonight. We were absent from the debates for the first 20 minutes, no physical, we suffered the impacts, then when we returned from the locker room we were better, we had the opportunity to pass in front, but we did not succeed. It took us 25 minutes to digest the title (laughs). We have to be more efficient, especially in the scrum which is supposed to be our strong point. We were penalized a lot for that today. We have to be more dominant in this sector of play. We suffered physical impacts too. I especially retain character tonight. We were united and efficient for the first 20 minutes. But when you lead in front of the European champions, you must not give the stick to be beaten.

We still take this point, we could have taken nothing and returned empty-handed. In the money time, we were penalized too much to be able to hope to win. We have to be more patient to convert our offensive minutes. We are organized and in place on our game plan, but in all other areas, we have to do better. One point may not be bad, but we came to take more. Congratulations to La Rochelle for their selflessness and their victory“.