2023-05-06 20:11:37
The Corréziens exult, the Catalans can blame themselves. Panoramic AFP
TOPS/FLOPS – The 24th day of the Top 14 was marked by the victory of CAB in Montpellier, which puts Usap under pressure. The Racingmen find the outposts.
TOPS
Brive can still believe it
While they were promised hell, namely an inevitable descent into Pro 2, the Coujous proved, with strength and courage, that they should not be buried too quickly. At the end of a completely crazy game, the CAB, however reduced to 14 from the 22nd minute, managed the feat of winning, beyond the siren, on the lawn of Montpellier, the champion of France in title (which most certainly said goodbye to its title with this new defeat at home). What courage and what abnegation of the Brivists who believed in it to the end! With this success, they are now only four points behind Perpignan (see below), two days from the end of the regular phase. It remains to be confirmed against Castres at Amédée-Domenech and against the great Stade Toulousain. No small feat.
The Racingmen replace themselves
A day with, a day without. We got used to everything this season with Racing 92. This Saturday, we were treated to flamboyant and impressive Racing offensively. After the big slap received against Perpignan, the players of Laurent Travers pulled themselves together, in their Nanterre Arena, by correcting Aviron Bayonnais with seven tries in the key. With this largely improved success, the players of 92 climb back into the top 6 ahead of Lyon, before Bordeaux-Bègles and Toulon play. For Rowing, the mad hope of participating in the final stages is on the other hand waning. The Basques fall to 8th place with 54 points.
FLOPS
Perpignan by all the emotions
The end of the Lyon-Perpignan and Montpellier-Brive matches were totally breathtaking. Full of suspense. The Perpignais, with a revamped team, came close to bringing down the LOU at Gerland, but two tries at the very end of the match from Couilloud (76th) and Gomez Kodela (78th) crucified the Catalans. And it was on their smartphone screens that Usap players followed the end of the match and Brive’s victory. A Corrèze success which puts them under pressure before receiving Toulouse and going to Castres. Everything suddenly got very complicated for the Perpignanais…
The big relapse of Castres
After strong turbulence, Castres Olympique had found their colors by signing four successes in a row in the Top 14 (including a success in Montpellier). Moving away from the red zone and almost ensuring its maintenance. But the week was complicated in the Tarn with the announcement of the departure of the Argentinian opener Benjamin Urdapilleta in Clermont. And, on the ground, this resulted in a big defeat at the Hameau against the Section Paloise. Result: 5 tries in the haversack and only 3 small points scored, on penalty, by… Urdapilleta. Mathematically, the CO is 10 points from Usap before going to Brive and receiving Perpignan, two starving teams struggling to maintain.
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