To say he runs fast is an understatement. To say that he runs very fast is still far from reality. Louis Bielle-Biarrey is a monster of speed, and the Blues can thank nature and his training for allowing him to push such peaks. Like that of the 51st minute of this France-New Zealand on Saturday evening where the Bordeaux-Bègles winger deposited two three-quarters of the All Blacks to score the third French try, the one to finally take control of the match.
A strong moment, savored by the Stade de France and a specialist in miraculous lifts, the swimmer Léon Marchand, present in the stands. But told without fuss in the mixed zone by the young man of 21, already author of a double against the Japanese a week earlier and who now has nine goals in 13 selections.
“We recover the ball on a good defense, they go forward. Thomas Ramos recovers the ball, he sees that there is space. I try to tell him, I don’t know if he hears me, but he puts it on. And there, I try to run as fast as possible. It worked, so I’m very happy. »
The cheers that keep getting louder as he swallows up the All Blacks? “We don’t hear anything at all in these moments,” he almost pretends to apologize. This feeling of power to surpass Anton Lienert-Brown and Sevu Reece in the sprint? “I was 100%. I only had one fear at the end, it was not having the right rebound, knowing that I don’t have it all the time as we saw at the end (on a last action), says the winger. But afterwards, I knew it was done. »
Vomit at the end of the match
Said like that, it seems very easy. But “LBB”, number one offensive threat of the French XV since the start of this autumn tour, drew on his reserves to finish this match, sprinting to the end to put pressure on the All Blacks. This self-sacrifice had consequences.
“I had a little vomit at the end of the match,” he slips. Everything came out a little: the pressure, the fatigue. I vomited a little, but nothing serious. » Nothing to prevent him from returning to the Stade de France on Friday evening for the third and final test of November against Argentina. One last defense to torment.