Albi dominates Palau XIII 30 to 16.
Resumption in the Lord Derby Cup for the Palau XIII Broncos who hosted the Albi team yesterday afternoon at Georges-Vaills. Facing the second of Super XIII, the Alberians delivered a good performance but lost by the mark of 30 to 16.
A great performance against the Albigensian armada which had gone to Roussillon with excellent elements like Corentin Le Cam, Mickaël Goudemand, and Romain Franco.
From the start of the match, Albi took control of the game but came up against a very well established Catalan defense. The Broncos repelled all the opposing attacks but ended up cracking after a quarter of an hour of play. It was a corner try that the visitors took ahead of the Alberians (0-4, 14th). Despite a few Catalan banderillas who did not go all the way due to errors just in front of the opposing goal line, it was Albi who took the score with two new tries. They reach the lemons leading 16-0 on the scoreboard.
Palau's great reaction after the break
The first Palauenc act was very good even if the Broncos did not manage to score. In attack, they showed good things, but errors did not allow them to capitalize. In defense, despite three tries, they responded against the great Albi team.
Returning from the locker room, the Broncos put a smile back on the faces of the 350 spectators present at Georges-Vaills. It was Arthur Tomas who recovered a kick from Lafifi on the fifth down to score the first local try (6-16, 41st). The two teams then went blow for blow, Albi added three tries against two for Palau XIII, signed Lepolard and Damion-josse. In the end, it was Albi who won 30-16 after a very good Catalan performance.
During this confrontation in the round of 16 of the Lord Derby Cup, Palauenc Nicolas Chalmey put on the Broncos tunic for the first time this season. After a year without playing, the pillar showed good things which are encouraging for the rest of the season in Elite 2. “We came up against a strong team from Albi who had a very good run in the Super XIII with a good second place. But we stood up to them and I think that was a great performance. We have a great team and I think that we must continue like this to write good things with the Broncos Personally, I think I delivered a good match after a year off. My game will improve over time and I think we have a great team. of Elite 2. We must continue to work to that”. Against Albi, the public appreciated the very good performances of Joran Schoenmaker and Lukas Lepolard who were omnipresent in the Broncos' game. Both in defense and attack. A good omen for the rest of the championship. This will also resume next Sunday with a trip to Salon XIII. An important meeting for the Broncos in a poorly ranked team, the victory would allow them to achieve a fifth success in six matches to continue among the leaders of this championship.
