A match of defenses and a breathless suspense until the end.
Long dominated by Bayonnais who were "cleaner" than them, the Stade Français players finally won after a much more controlled last quarter of an hour (26-16), on the third day of the Top 14. will only remember the victory tonight, ”admitted Kylan Hamdaoui, for Rugby +, after the rather messy performance of his team.
“We made a lot of individual mistakes but the last try did us good,” he continued.
Surprised from the start by a corner try from Sireli Maqala (4th), the Parisians were often pushed back in their 22 in the face of almost constant pressure from the Bayonnais.
But at the break, the table showed a score as tight as faithful to the physiognomy of the match (6-10).
Joris Segonds then allowed Stade Français to stay in the game.
The second act left with the always sure footing of the Parisian striker who allowed the players of the capital to pick up at 9-10, before a fault which almost cost the locals dearly.
Pressed by the Bayonnais, Ahmed entered his in-goal before flattening, offering a 5m scrum for Bayonne.
A heat stroke which could even have led to a test by Maqala, who dived into a corner, before the video refused it.
Finally, the sequence of play will only lead to three points from Gaetan Germain conceded by Paris (9-13).
A failed trial that changes everything
The match then got carried away during a four-minute sequence.
In this time, Maqala once again thought of scoring a brace before seeing his try disallowed for offside this time.
Then, the Parisians cornered the Bayonnais on their line, pushing Camille Lopez to receive a yellow card.
While everything seemed to line up to finally score the first Parisian try, Stade Français missed its throw in touch and returned the ball.
But in the end, the Bayonne introductory scrum also turned, returning the ball to the Parisians who thus obtained a penalty try (68th, 16-13).
The end of the match turned into a duel of scorers, before Macalou crucified the Bayonnais on a converted try, flattened between the posts after a very good overflow on the right side one minute from the final whistle (26 -16).
Thanks to this success, Stade Français recorded a second victory in three games.