Untenable Montpellier
We don’t stop Montpellier anymore. The Hérault club, by outclassing the promoted Perpignan (30-6), penultimate, signed a fifth consecutive success, his first of the season with the bonus, and remains tied to third place. The three-quarters Pierre Lucas and Vincent Rattez scored, as did the young scrum half Aubin Eymeri (19), who opened his counter in the Top 14. The boot of the Italian opener Paolo Garbisi (13 points) allowed to the MHR to take shelter.
Festival in Lyon
Five tries, the offensive bonus in the key and no points conceded: Lyon made short work of Brive, who had nevertheless resisted at Stade Toulouse (18-11), double defending champion, last Saturday. The Rhone team took the opportunity to carry out an offensive festival, with tries entered by five players (Ngatai, Barassi, Taufua, Arnold, Saghinadze). By resuming success, a week after their defeat in Toulon (19-13), Pierre Mignoni’s men overtake La Rochelle and climb to fourth rank, before the maritime club’s trip to Paris on Sunday.
Dark racing in Castres
Nothing goes to Racing anymore. A week after the slap suffered at home against UBB (37-14), the Parisians conceded a new defeat, in Castres (25-3), their third in a row. Consequence: they leave the qualifying zone for the final phase, doubled in the standings by their opponent of the day (7th) and by Clermont (6th), victorious against Biarritz (39-11), and are now in eighth place, unworthy of their status as outgoing semi-finalist and European 2020 vice-champion.
Toulon cracks at the end of the match
Toulon missed the opportunity to sign a second consecutive success. Reduced to 13 after two yellow cards in the last ten minutes (Nakarawa, Setiano), RCT conceded a try one minute from the final whistle. And the Section, led by seven points, snatched the draw (16-16) in extremis.
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