“We’re not going to catch fire,” tempers Louis Bielle-Biarrey (Bordeaux-Bègles)

“This match is important from an accounting perspective but also for us. It had been a few years in particular that we had difficulty beating La Rochelle at home. You can beat this type of opponent by putting the right ingredients in place. We had a bit of trouble in the ruck zones, that’s their strong point. It’s up to us to focus on that in the coming weeks if we want to be more efficient in attack and even more effective, it’s essential. We did a big job in defense too. Our defense was present this evening against the Rochelais who were very solid and powerful. We wanted to set the pace, we shouldn’t look for their strengths. We manage to find ourselves well in this game, the whole team wants to play, everyone is wired for this type of action. We take a lot of pleasure when there is play, rhythm and we play in progress (…) At the moment, we feel good, we have good results but we are not going to get excited . In the European Cup, it was the same but we fell apart against Harlequins. We have to learn from our mistakes and come into every match with a lot of humility.”