Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Friday December 20, 2024 at 11:00 p.m.
The day after Brive's victory against Agen, Grenoble took the lead by winning very clearly (49-18) against Nice on Friday evening on the promoted side's pitch. Still third, Béziers lost at Mont-de-Marsan and feels the breath of Soyaux Angoulême behind him.
“The watchword is not to relax and to be at your best for Christmas.” The message from Eli Eglaine, the left pillar of Grenoble, this Friday morning in the columns of Dauphiné Libéré a few hours for the leader to receive Nice, the promoted, was perfectly received by his teammates. The Grenoblois, intractable at home in the same way as their runner-up Brive (eight matches, eight victories at the Stade des Alpes), demonstrated on Friday evening that they also had arguments to make on the road by leaving no chance to the bottom of the standings. , pulverized (49-18) in front of its audience by the best team of the moment in Pro D2. Assured even before going to the promoted for the 15th day of spending the winter warm (the championship will take a break for fifteen days) by switching to the return phase at the top of the hierarchy, the FCG was nevertheless committed to signing an eleventh victory, further enhanced by the price of the nine tries scored (including two for Hulleu and Soury) on the Nice pitch during this match which saw the Isérois, who led by only five points at the break (2O-15) stepped on the accelerator from the start of a one-sided second half (29-3).
Soyaux Angoulême moves closer to Béziers
With five more points on its scoreboard, Grenoble flies to the top of the ranking, and is now five points ahead of the Brivistes, who also have five points ahead of Béziers, still third despite its defeat (its first of the season without scoring a single point) on Friday evening at Mont-de-Marsan (47-32). Soyaux Angoulême, executioner of Nevers (35-10), follows two points behind the Biterrois, followed by Dax (5th), Provence (6th) and Montauban (7th). However, of the last three cities, only the Provençaux won, at home against Valence Romans (345-24).
