At the end of an unequal meeting, Racing 92 signed a big blow by winning on the lawn of the Stade Français (6-17) on Sunday and returned to the Top 6 at the end of the 21st day of the Top 14. , humiliated before Christmas Eve (10-48), takes his revenge and obtains a 5th consecutive victory over Jean Bouin.
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"It's going to be a shitty match, we're going to have to tighten up," said Gibert during the break at the microphone of Canal +.
Tense, this meeting was certainly like the 30 actors who started the meeting.
The stakes – staying on the podium for the Stadistes, finding the Top 6 for the Racingmen – paralyzed the two camps who refused to take the initiative.
Racing then took the initiative, taking advantage of the indiscipline of the locals.
And on the first frank offensive, he scored the first try of the match via Wade, author of his 7th try in 8 Top 14 matches (20th).
The English winger took advantage of a rough kick from Gibert to transplant in the axis.
Poloniati sees red
In the aftermath, the teammates of Chavancy insisted but the headline of Poloniati (30th), which earned the Tongan giant a logical red card, allowed the Soldats Roses to get back in the direction of travel.
The pace picked up in the second half with Paul Gabrillagues' teammates eager to catch up.
They are punished by a game at the foot of Spring, whose rebound deceived Barré, and the Basque back went to score his second try (45th).
The Parisians chained the penaltouche to react, without more success.
Despite a dominating scrum, they stubbornly carried balls that were never conclusive (54th).
In a daze, the men of Laurent Travers held the score thanks to angry tackles (70th) and well-felt scrapings (69th, 72nd).
It was on a little-used weapon, diagonal footwork, that the locals scored their only try of the game via Dakuwaqa (76th).
For the Stadistes, it's a major setback and the second defeat for Jean-Bouin this season in the Top 14, after that conceded against Toulon (12-17).
They will have a trap trip to Brive on April 15 (5:00 p.m.) so as not to experience a disappointing end to the season.
The rise of Racing 92, it will go through the reception of the UBB on April 15 (3:00 p.m.) in a shock of the ambitious.
