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Thanks to a feat in Val XIII, the Trennélese won their ticket for the final of the French championship.
What if history was repeated? What if seven years after the coronation of N2 and a great victory against Barcarès on the lawn of Saint-Sylvestre, the guys from Lustrac did this on Sunday, May 18? In any case, last weekend in the Aude, they pinned their hunting board one of the big favorites in the final table.
“We knew that by dominating this solid formation of Val XIII, double champion of France, we could dream of a title this season,” said the co-president Loïc Pinello. So on a hostile land and with dantesque play conditions (match arrested twice because of the storm), the players of Jean-Michel Bonizzoni and Julien Pinello have put the double bites, spend tons of energy to blow up the bank and offer themselves a new final of the championship.
“We are led 12 to 0 and we have enough character to return to the match. In the second half, our medium block makes the difference and we lead 22 to 12”, continues Loïc Pinello. Except that at the end of the match, the “navy and red” were scared, unable to prevent the premises from resetting the meters to zero (22-22). The two teams then headed for extensions and the golden point. But Captain Benjamin Brouat decided otherwise, slamming a pretty drop two minutes from the whistle. The drop of relief and a huge happiness for a group that will find Grentatour in the championship final in Toulouse.
