FEW INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AUCH & MONTAUBAN AS RYAN SMITH SELECTED IN SQUAD   30th November 2007     From MTG Website

Brampton's Ryan Smith has been selected to the squad to play tomorrow against Auch. The squad for this T14 away game is Balan, Henn, Sa, Blanco, Delboulbès, Traversa, Ghezal, Frost, Rolland, Murray, Caballero, Diarra, Clarkin, Soldan, Raynaud, Garcia, Mitu, Tesquet, Fauqué, Fortassin, Smith, Jahouer, Audrin, Cech, Cassin et Avramovic.

On Saturday Montauban will travel one of its shortest away trips of the season when it visits Auch. The proximity of the two towns might make you expect plenty of interactions between the two communities over the last 30 years. But the sporting alliances tend to follow the railways, and there is no direct line between Montauban et Auch. This is why Auch has tended towards Colomiers or Agen. 

So, in the last 30 seasons, only 15 or so players have crossed the river Lomagne to go from Montauban to Auch, or vice versa. ler de Montauban à Auch, ou vice-versa.When Auch has come to Montauban it was looking for backs, and the reverse was true when the Montauban scouts came looking for forwards.

On Saturday, there will be no interaction or confusion. Each player to his own camp!