2023-05-28 23:38:26
The Top 14 regular season has delivered its verdict. And it will offer an Ile-de-France derby to launch the play-offs on Saturday. Defeated respectively at La Rochelle (14-10) and Clermont (32-25) on Sunday evening during the final day, Stade Français (4th) and Racing 92 (5th) will face off in the play-offs on Saturday at Jean-Bouin in an advanced meeting in the early afternoon of Saturday (2 p.m.) due to the Ligue 1 match between PSG and Clermont scheduled for the evening at the Parc des Princes. Back to the missed evening of the two formations, which will meet at this stage of the competition as in 2021.
The Stade Français fails in La Rochelle
Paris can blame itself. In La Rochelle, Stade Français missed out on its final trip of the regular season. A week after their grueling Champions Cup crown in Dublin against Leinster, the Maritimes, already qualified for the last four, had nevertheless largely rotated to preserve themselves for the semi-finals. The Parisians, voluntarily without several executives like Macalou, Briatte or Ivaldi, wanted to avoid having to take a look at the other results by dominating the Rochelais.
Off to a good start with a try from Nadir Megdoud in the first period (22nd), Stade Français missed the opportunities to further consolidate their domination in the first period. And saw the bis team of La Rochelle come back tied on a try from Favre (63rd) in the middle of the second period. Despite a penalty from Joris Segonds (70th) to revert to the lead, Gonzalo Quesada’s men let their success slip away and third place, recovered by Lyon with its big victory against Bayonne (53-19), on a cap try in the last minutes. And will therefore receive their neighbor.
Racing 92 misses and will move
Virtually play-offs at home at the start of their match in Auvergne, the Racingmen lost the thread and the assurance of receiving in a week over an intense match against Clermont who had nothing left to play. Off to a good start with an early try from winger Juan Imhoff (7th), Racing broke down again and again in defense. The twelfth most permeable team in the elite conceded five tries at the Marcel-Michelin stadium in a meeting where Laurent Travers’ men complicated their lives with the two temporary expulsions of Iribaren (40th) and Moukoro (57th).
Despite the entry of a luxury bench made up of its captain Gaël Fickou, its Scottish international opener Finn Russell or even its usual starting scrum half Nolann Le Garrec, Laurent Travers’ men did not manage to reverse the situation. tendency. Here they are forced to move into play-offs, like last season when they were swept away at Chaban-Delmas by Bordeaux-Bègles (36-16). At least this time they will have the advantage of not going too far.
Bayonne in the Champions Cup, Perpignan will play its maintenance on a match
Promoted last summer, the Basques will compete in the Champions Cup, the most prestigious of European competitions, next season. Despite the large defeat in the Rhône, Bayonne is rewarded for its solid season by this continental accessit. Finally, Pau did not tremble when securing his home stay by beating Montpellier (35-10) in Béarn. The Palois leave the thirteenth and penultimate place to Perpignan. Like last year, the Catalans will compete in the play-off to save their place in the top flight. This time it will be Saturday in Grenoble, defeated by Oyonnax in the Pro D2 final.
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