Racing ends its losing streak
The Ile-de-France club, so far the worst home team of the season, won its fifth success at the Arena, which allowed it to climb to 8th place, just behind its opponent of the day.
But how laborious it was! Fortunately, scrum-half Maxime Machenaud, who announced his departure for Bayonne at the end of the season in the middle of the week, was in a big day, scoring 16 points, including a try (24th).
Winger Teddy Thomas celebrated his hundredth appearance in the Ciel et Blanc jersey with a try (36th), the second of his season, imitated by young Anthime Hemery (62nd). Before the second row Wenceslas Lauret (70th) definitely drives the point home.
Very unruly (13 penalties conceded, 14 balls lost), the Auvergnats could have hoped for better but the yellow card from Tomas Lavanini (48th) allowed Racing 92 to get out of the water and take the lead for the first time of a match taken from the right end.
The ASM, well in place, had thus registered three tries in the first period (Penaud 4th, Moala 21st, Fourcade 26th). Insufficient to push the Hauts-de-Seine club.
The men of Laurent Travers, who, during the week, had refused to pay into the “sinistrose”, therefore avoided equaling a sad record, ten years old, when Grenoble, Montpellier, Perpignan, Toulouse then de Mont-de-Marsan had taken a bite of Racing 92 in the fall of 2012.
Victorious Castres
Past so far between the drops of postponements due to Covid-19, the CO, now third, is taking advantage of this fourth consecutive success to return to the height of its great rival Toulouse, but with two more matches.
The Parisians, despite a burst of pride in the last minutes, remain stuck in the second half of the standings, mainly due to their difficulties away from home, where they have only won once since the start of the season. the season.
The Tarnais, who had the chance to play for the second time at home in the space of a week, offered their audience a very different spectacle from that offered on the occasion of their crazy comeback against La Rochelle (31 -30).
Rain and wind this time limited the offensive ambitions of the two teams, who, failing to achieve their rare breakthroughs, scored all their points on the foot, thanks to Ben Botica and a drop from Julien Dumora for Castres, and Joris Segonds on the Parisian side. .
More disciplined overall, the CO, yet embarrassed in touch, provided the essentials in this match without trying and brought to sixteen games his series of unbeaten at the Pierre-Fabre stadium.
Brive victim of the finish of Bordeaux-Bègles, the LOU takes place, the big blow of Perpignan
Three matches of the 15th day of Top 14 were on the program at 5 p.m. Led 14-3 at halftime, Bordeaux-Bègles finally beat Brive (22-19) this Saturday. The Bordelais the conquering melee, consolidated its status as leader of the Top 14 by going to win in Brive.
At the same time, Perpignan (11th) emerged victorious from the duel of the promoted to Biarritz (23-25). In a breathtaking final, the Catalans achieved very important success in the maintenance race and came out of the red zone.
For the LOU, the LEDs are green. The Lyonnais did not tremble against the Section Paloise at Gerland, after a match they dominated with head and shoulders.