Montpellier Hérault Rugby

I mean, I don't even know if Chocobar is his first choice still.

Justo Picardo has been brilliant for Montpellier.

Like, I guess one of them has to be on the bench.

I mean, I would start with Chocobar.

Then you've got Poe that are kind of in the middle.

Montpellier play quite an English-style game.

Montpellier...

Sorry, Poe are kind of in the middle.

Toulon play a very English-style game.

The same as the players, you know.

I'm very proud about the players because they just come and they go on don't complain at all in anything whatever they have to do if they have to go back to their clubs and for example we had this year i i made an agreement with them with montpellier for example that picardo won't play in the rugby championship period so won't play against south africa australia so that he can rest he can go to a preseason go and play with start the top 14 But my only agreement was that he didn't play the weekend before the autumn series, November.

And unfortunately, they don't respect it.

You know, Bernard Laporte, he doesn't give...

So basically rugby without the ball, effort without the ball and, you know, would be a big part of Fabien Galtier's France.

They've brought in a new defence coach, who is the defence coach of Montpellier, who have been excellent, to be honest, over the course of the last two years.

Defensively, very, very strong.

Incredibly aggressive at the breakdown, whilst also being incredibly aggressive in terms of line speed.

Van sort of stopping the rot, I guess, a little bit.

Montpellier continuing away from home as well.

Yeah,

like just, as you say, like a really exciting, some amazing tries as well.

You could see Peniasi, Dakawanga playing.

yeah that's what made this weekend so exciting and so tantalizing on on Friday evening and Saturday morning was seeing some of the team selections like come on to the others but Bayon were full noise Leon were full noise Pai were full noise and Stamford-on-Tay you looked at that team and you thought well there's a there's a side who haven't won away yet, but they've gone absolutely full noise as much as they can.

Very few changes from the side that beat Montpellier at home, so that would have been a full-strength side.

If anything, they're a little bit stronger because Dakuanga's back, because Moses Alouamil's back, because Nicotera comes in, and they're going away to Kast, who seem to be in a little bit of a rut and People are talking about relegation for Kast and going away and then, yeah, you thought they could smell blood and pick up an easier way win or pick up a winnable game on the road and Kast did them.

really.

And, you know, I think you saw it in the Montpellier game.

You definitely saw it in this one.

There's no Viv and Vim about this team.

Toulouse going away from home and winning games.

Montpellier winning games away from home in the top 14.

It's just showing how hard it is to balance both competitions as well.

You look at Alenster.

Thomas Francis or Rhys Carey Rhys Carey as well those are premium names yeah they're good they're regular squad members that's both of Wales' loose head props in their premier loose

head props Montpellier champions or did they finish Montpellier came

runners up runners up so Adam Beard I won the challenge cup Adam Beard there you've got Freddie Thomas Of course you have.

You've got the Leicester back row.

Truly a hog.

Oh, don't mention that because I bet on Montpellier today.

Oh, shit.

Fuck Montpellier.

Montpellier.

The beautiful girl who plays, who is a jockey, Leona Mayer, the ex-partner of former Scotland and Lions rugby international Stuart fucking Hogg.

Present day

Montpellier fly half.

We'll get you running down in the hotel lobby.

get us kicked out of the hotel before we even get settled um and then we go who do we had we had saracen's first kind of uh kind of winning that one 45 36 la rochelle obviously we spoke about this one being the lions 31 14 uh monster racing uh monster one winning that one 33 25 bath beating montpellier i know montpellier being a bath 32-14.

Pau? Poo? Pau? Pau.

Always messes this one up.