Match without a winner between Clermont and UBB at the Stade Marcel-Michelin.
A 23-23 parity score which allows visitors to climb one place in the standings (10th) while Clermont misses the opportunity to get closer to the podium.
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The Jaunards will have enough to feed some regrets after this meeting, in particular with regard to this first period controlled and quite clearly dominated.
Relying on an impenetrable defense, the locals quickly took off thanks to Bautista Delguy first of all who took advantage of the superb full-axis breakthrough of Sébastien Bézy.
Five minutes later, it was Damian Penaud's turn to pass the in-goal, beautifully served by a one-handed pass from Raka.
The Jaunards do not suffocate the Girondins but are realistic and offer no crumbs to their evening opponents, except for a successful penalty by Matthieu Jalibert.
However, the visitors will manage to revive the suspense just before the break thanks to the talent of winger Madosh Tambwe.
Well shifted by Jalibert on the outside, the Congolese hit the ball over his opponent before recovering it in the in-goal and flattening.
An individual feat that puts the Girondins back in the game at the best of times.
Top 14: Clermont and UBB share the points
Doubled by Tambwe, Jalibert misses the drop of the win
Upon returning from the locker room, the Auvergnats were less disciplined and allowed Jalibert to pass two penalties.
The UBB then returns to a small unit of the Jaunards.
After a high tackle from Vergnes Taillefer, Anthony Belleau gave the locals some breathing room, but a completely missed kick pass from Tiberghien thwarted Clermont's plans.
Jalibert takes advantage of this and transmits to Tambwe who is going to register his second try of the evening (62nd).
Christophe Urios' men took the lead after trailing 14 points in the first half.
A few moments later, Belleau reset the counters to zero before missing a distant penalty that would have allowed the Auvergnats to regain the advantage.
Matthieu Jalibert is no more successful on his drop attempt and the score will not change.
A nil result with a bitter taste for the Clermontois while the Bordelais gleaned two precious points which remove them (a little) from the bottom of the classification.