the essential
Beaten 13 to 19 at Marius-Lacoste, this Sunday, December 22, by a solid team from Valence-d'Agen, AS Fleurance ended the year on a false note. In 2025, the Lomagnols will have to watch their backs closely.
Lots of disappointment for the Fleurantins at the final whistle of this late match! And no, they will not spend the holidays warm, the fault of a good and rigorous team from Valence-d'Agen. On a slightly soft pitch and under a fairly violent wind, the 22 players made their entrance onto the pitch in front of supporters who had come in large numbers and were well satisfied after the “star-studded” pre-match meal.
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Against the wind, Mondoulet's partners were not overwhelmed even if Rey, with two penalties, gave his team the advantage. Temporarily reduced to fourteen, the Valenciens even suffered a few Fleurantine assaults. The Gersois thought they had scored when, at the end of a touch taken by Pujo, Grasso crossed the line in force… But the referee rightly refused the try, the local pillar having flattened in two stages!
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Valence tries some nice approaches at the foot but the counter touch from Loic Mondoulet allows Fleurance not to suffer too much. Rey hits the post before the break, Lolesio, on a combination in touch, loses the leather and the ASF nevertheless returns to the locker room at half-time with a deficit of six points, bringing hope.
The ASF must now look behind
When we resume, we expect a complete change of scenery and we especially expect to see the Fleurantins take the game and the match in hand. Calmettes quickly scores the first three points but behind it, a rough draft will be written. Unable to rely on the wind to put pressure on the Valencian camp, the Lomagnols were even surprised on a penalty with a ball warmed by Lescout, before a devastating maul which took Rivier to the promised land.
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Things get complicated even if, following a restart from Lamoulié, Calmettes scores three points. Once again, there will be no continuation, since Valencia with Alavoine, on a superb collective action initiated by the “big guys”, scores in the corner to make the break!
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It is the fatal blow even if the ASF manages to save the furniture on a penalty from Sverzut which allows Blat to score the try… It will also be the defensive bonus try, not enough to give a little hope because the referee immediately whistles the end of the match, even ignoring the stoppages in play by the way.
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Valence-d'Agen is doing the right thing by approaching the podium (4th, 39 pts), while Fleurance (8th, 29 pts) is looking behind now, and we will have to work hard in 2025 to secure the current rank.
Post-match reactions: “We weren’t able to control the elements”
Walter Desmaison, ASF coach: “We may be disappointed because we fall 6-0 at the break against the wind. We said to ourselves, perhaps, that we did the hardest part and afterwards, behind it, I think we were enough. We didn't know how to control the elements in the second half, we didn't rely on the wind, we played backwards and this is the result. »
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Axel Ducellier, center of the ASF: “We didn't use the wind very well in the first half because we were behind and we kicked too high into the wind. And we should have kept the ball a little more since we were putting them in difficulty. Afterwards, with the wind, we were unable to apply the strategy and Valence-d'Agen was simply better on strategy. »
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Jérôme Pradelle, coach of Valence-d’Agen: “Given the conditions, it was complicated to produce something, despite everything we tried to produce something… The first half, we managed it well because we had the wind and in the second half we had held the ball better. They made a few mistakes and fell into a false rhythm, which cost them dearly. We optimized our shots and scored when we needed to. I congratulate the guys for what they did. »
Fleurance 13 – Valence-d’Agen 19
In Fleurance: Valence-d'Agen beats Fleurance 19 to 13 (half-time: 0-6). Arbitration by Mr. Simon assisted by MM. Sfez and Melliet.
For Fleurance: 1E Blat (79th); 1T Calmettes (79th); 2P Calmettes (42nd and 59th).
For Valence-d’Agen: 2E Rivier (46th), Alavoine (73rd); 3P Rey (3rd, 10th and 52nd).
Fleurance: Lamoulié, Piperol, Colas, Ducellier, Leraitre, Calmettes (o), Lefort (m), Vidal, Loic Mondoulet (cap), Pujo, Prudhomme, Jerome Mondoulet, Grasso, Muradore, Maffre. Returned: Ribes, Vignasse, Sverzut, Mze, Bertolissi, Blat, Loison, Vepkhvadze. Yellow cards: Pujo (38th) and Vignasse (54th).
Valence-d’Agen : Piquemal, Bertram, Remue, Henric, Rey, Borderies (o), Dulay (cap), Lolesio, Lescout, Boue, Feuillerat, Jandl, Benlebbad, Rivier, Gros. Returned: Alleaume, Bousignac, Vezes, Iskhakov, Raphael, Lecareux, Alavoine, Bezuidenhout. Yellow card: Jandl (13e).
