Despite a magnificent season, the wolves will be deprived of a participation in the final stages. Let us recall indeed that Villefranche XIII Aveyron winner of all Elite 2 championship matches last year and the final in May 2024 in Lézignan was able to go up in Super XIII: the highest level of French rugby.
The promoted met this Saturday on the Choisy stadium (lawn in very poor condition!) Because of the repair of the legendary Stadium of the Myre Mory, the Leopards of Aquitaine. For the two teams classified sixth for the Villeneuvois and seventh for the Aveyronnais the victory was necessary or even essential for the blue and red.
A one -way match
-On the Villefranchois side the absences of several “executives” and of a fatigue generated by hard games of a level of play to which the promoted had to get used to it certainly weighed very heavy in an outdoor match configuration against a team that displays excellent results during the last month against Carcassonne 30-18, against Toulouse 32-18, and St Estève-XII Catalan 28-24. Only a defeat at PIA 22-10 which allowed them to obtain a bonus point.
This is how after a quarter of an hour, the locals had scored three times. A very intense rain downpour will occur making “the potato field” in a real skating rink. The already numerous imprecise kicks and kicks will multiply do not facilitate the beautiful game that the Rouergats had developed against Avignon a fortnight ago.
If the terrain was the same for the two opponents, serenity was not the same and the less numerous faults on the green and white side will allow them to walk forward and amplify the score. It is on a Sangaré pass a few meters from the opposing line that Kempnich will mark and Andral will transform for the players of the Rouergue pearl. It is on a very heavy score of 48-6 that the referee will end a match to forget very quickly!
