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Good Luck from Gosier will be the team to beat on Saturday for the Barracudas if they are to reach the final of the senior championship once again. Unbeaten at home this season, the Barracudas will have home advantage for this semi-final. This advantage has been secured thanks to a rather successful league phase, with a total of 6 wins and only 2 defeats.
Two defeats on the road, including one at the home ground of today's opponents, Good Luck. At the end of 2024, the Gosiers lost away to Saint-Jean, so the team led by Saint Barth player-coach Romain Viriato is determined to repeat the performance: “We've been training very hard for this semi-final, well aware that when it kicks off, it's going to be 50-50 between us and them. We gave them 30 points here at the start of the season, and they did the same with us on their home ground a few weeks ago, so it's a great scenario for this semi-final. We know their qualities, they're similar to ours, and in the final phase, the teams raise their level, so it promises to be a great game of rugby. In any case, the players are very excited at the idea of playing this decisive match in front of their Saint Jean fans.”
For Good Luck du Gosier, who finished 3rd in the regular season, Saturday's meeting is a very important one. It marks the red-and-whites' return to the pitch after their defeat by Stade Cayennais in the final of the Tournoi Antilles-Guyane in Martinique last month. Good Luck coach Yani Ribot is well aware of the stakes involved: “This is the most important match of our season, against a team against whom it's often a question of details. All the points will be important; in our two league meetings this season, the final gap was around 5 points, for either team, which shows that our levels are close.” Advantage to the Barracudas, as they will be playing at home, and the trip to Saint-Jean is known to be one of the most difficult in West Indian rugby. The other semi-final of the championship will see neighboring Archiball from Saint-Martin, who qualified on the final day, receive the Bruc from Abymes, leaders at the end of the regular season.
In the meantime, don't forget that the big game in the semi-finals of the Guadeloupe 2025 senior rugby championship is the Barracudas/Good Luck match, to be played this Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Stade de Saint-Jean.
