A surprise guest of the list, the Blagnacaise signed an excellent preparation phase, to the point of holding in 12 Saturday. A position where, according to her former teammate Marjorie Mayans today consultant for Canal +, she has all the qualities to shine.
Over the past three years, there has been sufficiently railing against the many handmade faults that polluted the game of Blue or against the technical approximations of the players who knew the offensive potential of the team. And if it is indeed a discipline where each possession is crucial and where each pass must be perfectly adjusted, it is Rugby to VII. And it is precisely this form of so demanding rugby that has shaped Carla Neisen, who has had the world circuit in VII since 2012. Surprised guest of the first list of 38, the Blagnacaise signed a quality preparation and convinced the staff to take it to England. Better still, it will be tested immediately this Saturday against England and will start the meeting at the first center position.
A tenure which of course will not alone resolve all the blunders of the Blue, but which we have the weakness to think that it will bring more fluidity to the line of tricolor attack. For what ? Because as we said in the preamble, Neisen has a technical quality greater than most of his teammates. Qualities forged during its 14 years of rugby practice in VII: “I think she can be the attack regulator who was missing in the XV of France”told us his ex-teammate to XV and VII Marjorie Mayans and who was able to attend the last opposition of the Bleues before the announcement of the 32 list: “Carla has fast, long, tense and precise passes which put her teammates in the advance, who are right in front of them and who oblige them to get started. This has the effect of accelerating the attack. And by her training in VII, Carla never tries impossible passes or too risky offloads, because she knows that possession is crucial”completes the Canal +consultant.
“She finds the depth useful”
His science of placement acquired in VII can also be precious in blue: “She manages to find the so-called” useful “depth: that is to say the right balance between being far enough from the defense to give yourself time to rule out the game and be close enough to the line of advantage to be threatening and to fix the opponents. As a French team in VII, it was said that she is a good balloon manager, whether they are sorted well for or not”details the ex-third wing of the Blue.
Defensively, Neisen also has arguments to argue: “She does not put as many offensive tackles as Gabrielle Vernier for example, but Carla has this quality of placing well with the legs and quickly dropping her opponents. Often, her tackles allow a teammate to scratch the ball.” By launching this comparison, the ex-international gave us an idea: and why not associate them? Neisen in 12 and Vernier in 13. With the technical qualities of the first and the sharp races of the second, we have the weakness to believe that the attack of the Blue would gain in efficiency …
