Rugby League – Nationale 1 (quarter-final): Cahors Lot XIII held up well

In this match played on the Lézignan field, Ferrals was favorite and assumed its status by winning 38 to 10 against Cahors Lot XIII.
But faced with a valiant Lotois team who fought until the end, the Audois had to fight to win and the score does not really reflect the great resistance of the Cadurci players who were still only eight points behind their opponents. less than twenty minutes from the end.
Qualified for these quarter-finals of Nationale 1 after a second phase during which the Cadurciens stood up to good teams used to playing at this level, the Lotois made a thunderous start as they led 10 to 0 after a little over twenty minutes.
From the fifth minute after a good offensive action from the Cadurciens, the ball reached the wing to Killian Delage who scored the first try of the match. Fifteen minutes later, after a good defensive sequence from Cahors who bravely played their luck, Antoine Baldy, receiving a kick to follow, served KIllian Delage who scored his second try of the match and the second for the Cadurciens who lead then 10 to 0.
The reaction of the Audois was quick and three minutes later, a great breakthrough was concluded with a try to the right of the posts. On the move after a lot of work from his forwards, Ferrals once again found his way to the goal and went ahead with the score: 12 to 10. Three minutes before the break, the second line inserted in the three quarters rushed to the try for a score of 16 to 10 at half time.
We then thought that the Aude team would continue its momentum, but despite Sevan Gerard’s ankle injury at the start of the second half, Cahors Lot XIII stood firm and only conceded two small points in the first twenty minutes of the second period (a penalty recorded in the 46th).
But facing a great Ferrals team, more solid, more experienced with a fast and well-oiled game, Cahors Lot XIII (where Geoffrey Garcia, Quentin Coelle and Alexis Camposet were injured in turn), was going to give in in the last fifteen minutes by conceding four tries to finally lose with a score of 38 to 10.
Cahors Lot XIII left the final stages of Nationale 1 with their heads held high after having fought until the end.