Quack for Clermont.
Six days after struggling to beat Stade Toulouse, reduced to thirteen, the Auvergnats unscrewed in Bayonne (21-19) on Saturday during the second day of Top 14, marked by a first victory for the 2019 French champion against La Rochelle ( 39-23).
The Clermontois faced a better organized Bayonnaise team, which managed to pass them back in front at the end of the match thanks to a third try from the Basques, scored by Maxime Delonca.
The "Jaunards" seemed to have made the difference after a successful first period and a try, their third, scored by Tavite Veredamu with nearly 15 minutes from the bell.
Franck Azéma's team, which had already shown two faces against Toulouse, did not prepare well for its quarter-final of the European Cup, 100% French, scheduled in a week against Racing 92.
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We still lack the weapons to be really efficient
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Jeff Poirot
For its debut, the UBB, leader of the 2019-2020 season stopped in March due to the health crisis, for its part struggled to defeat the catchy Brivists (25-20).
Bordeaux-Bègles, whose first match against the French Stadium had been postponed, was scared at home against Brive, returned to two lengths 12 minutes from the end (22-20).
UBB even had to end the game in a numerical inferiority after the expulsion of Seta Tamanivalu, guilty of a ruckus in the neck on a Brivist.
"We still lack the weapons to be really efficient," admitted Jeff Poirot, the Girondin captain.
We lacked rhythm and we complicated the task.
We will have to learn to play with the new rules.
We learned a lot of things tonight. ”
A relief released by scrum half Yann Lesgourgues.
“It's a victory in pain but the objective is fulfilled.
We fought in the rucks and we penalized ourselves enormously on the new rules. ”
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