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The Castres, superb "painful"
For a long time, Castres Olympique was caricatured as an unwieldy, painful, tough club.
The people of Tarn don't care and continue to move on.
Whatever they say.
Saturday, on the lawn of Gerland, they achieved a real tour de force by knocking down Lyon while they evolved to fourteen almost the entire match.
From the third minute, Yann David had indeed been sent off for a shoulder charge on the head of Josua Tuisova.
Impressive self-sacrifice and defensive solidity, Mathieu Babillot's teammates have long been round back, rivaled in the fight before carrying the blow by scoring by Palis (75th).
Great performance of the CO.
The "painful" have not said their last word.
First game at the head of the CO for Pierre-Henry Broncan, promoted to coach this week, and first coup.
Bougarit, a powerful hat-trick
Usually, it is the wingers who are behind this kind of performance.
Last week, wingers Gabin Villière (Toulon) and Lester Etien (Stade Français Paris) scored a hat-trick against Clermont and Pau respectively.
On Armandie's lawn, La Rochelle hooker Pierre Bourgarit scored three tries against Agen.
First treble of his career.
A rather rare feat for a hooker, the last being the work of Biarrot Benoît Auguste in… 2011. If the Rochelais scored two tries in strength, in a traditional role, he found himself in a winger position to register his third achievement.
While the Maritimes had had a complicated start to the game, the international tricolor put his team in the right direction.
Decisive.
Toulouse travel well
Admittedly, it was not the best match for Stade Toulousain this season.
But it is a precious victory that the players of Ugo Mola (9-16) went to seek in Montpellier, who signed a fifth consecutive victory.
Better, the Haut-Garonnais signed in the Hérault a fifth victory outside their base in seven trips.
Nobody did better, while waiting for Racing 92 to travel to Clermont.
Toulouse had made ten changes from the team that swept the UBB.
And, in the end, the entries at the end of the international match made the difference.
Antoine Dupont, author of a decisive breakaway, giving the victory ball to Miquel (71st).
Impressive winning machine.
FLOPS
Montpellier does not
succeed While his team is in turmoil, Xavier Garbajosa had confided that he has "trouble sleeping".
Things are not going to get better.
MHR have conceded a third home defeat against Toulouse this season.
Worse, as Canal + revealed, the Hérault team has not scored a test for 276 minutes!
More than worrying offensive ineffectiveness.
Montpellier is stuck in 12th place, far from the ambitions and resources deployed by President Mohed Altrad.
Who risks, at one time or another, losing patience ...
Agen's ordeal continues
The days go by and look the same for the SUA.
Despite a good start to the match and a try scored by Lagarde (4th), Agen quickly gave in to the onslaught and the power of La Rochelle.
The shock of extremes between the red lantern and the leader of the Top 14 quickly turned to a single rider from the Maritimes who were already leading 29-8 at the break, before registering two new tries on the return from the locker room.
Lagarde scored a new try at the very end of the match (78th).
For the Lot-et-Garonnais, the season turns into a nightmare.
With extra-sporting problems (fight between alcoholic players), changes of staff without effect and disappointing results every week.
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