PFor at least another week, Mauléon's invincibility at home still holds. But it was hard. SAM forwards coach Didier Moustirats explained during the week that this Arcachon Bay team was perhaps the most complete in the group.
The Girondins proved him right by confiscating the ball during the first 25 minutes. But opener Théo Sanz twice missed the opportunity to open the scoring (3rd, 10th). And it was even Mauléon who was very close to making his first opportunity come to fruition. Except that Maxime Rosier was too short to finish behind the line. The locals resisted before losing to an unstoppable penalty from 5 meters concluded by the hooker Pierre Plazer (0-7, 25th).
Mauléon finally won the match and was very close to equalizing. But Bertrand Perez was penalized for having crawled when flattening. It was only a postponement for the SAM. Le Bassin made a series of mistakes, Karl Malanda returned to the locker room for 10 minutes and Aguer reduced the gap (3-7, 39th). Mauléon took advantage of his numerical superiority to score before the break. Three-quarters brought the ball up. Florian Aguer served Gatien Labarriere on the line who took the hole, managed a 2 against 1 perfectly and sent Maxime Rosier behind the line (10-7, 40th + 3).
So many inaccuracies
“We didn't have much of the ball in the first half but by trying to play we saw that we were able to develop our rugby and score,” explained SAM winger Noé Blondeau after the match. It's a shame we haven't managed to do it more often. » His team dominated after returning from the locker room but were only rewarded with a penalty from Aguer (13-7, 56th), remaining under threat from the visitors.
The RCBA may regret only bringing back one point from this trip
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The danger was even greater when former Biarrot Antoine Domercq added 3 points a quarter of an hour from time (13-10). Mauléon did not make it easy at the end of the match. Because between the penalties not found, the forwards without pressure and the suicidal restarts, the Souletins remained exposed to a victory on the gong of the Arcachonnais. This was not far from arriving but the Basques courageously resisted a long sequence of shelling of their line concluded by an advance which put an end to the suspense.
Discreet jubilation
Unlike previous weeks, there was no clapping or outpouring of joy among the Mauléonnais, aware of having come very close to the worst. “We perhaps celebrated less than the other victories because of the frustration of this close score and because we still have a second home match next week which we absolutely must win (Valence d'Agen)”, recognizes Noé Blondeau.
As for the visitors, the disappointment was great. Didier Faugeron refusing to express himself, it was the young Enzo Lopes who took the time to explain his point of view: “We take 1 important point but we still have some regrets because we could also have won. It comes down to details. We have a big match against Niort awaiting us next week at home. It's up to us to put in the necessary commitment to win and continue our good momentum at home. »
Mauléon 13 Arcachon Bay 10
Lieu Mauléon (Marius-Rodrigo stadium). Arbitrator Ms. Domenjo. Half time 10-7.
Mauleon : 1 Rosier try (40th + 2); 1 Aguer transformation (40th + 3); 2 Aguer penalties (39th, 56th)
The team Pribat (L.Carrique, 69th) – Blondeau, Rosier, Labarriere, Queheille (Eppherre, 68th) – (o) Aguer, (m) Dubié – Ziegler (Caballero, 56th), Etchebarne (Le Tiec, 78th), Aubame – Darricau , Le Tiec (Jezequellou, 69th) – Pelaez (Aguerre, 60th), Perez (c) (Etcheberry, 55th), Raschetti (Ciosse, 60th-83rd)
Arcachon Basin : 1 Plazer try (44th); 1 Sanz conversion (25th); 1 Domercq penalty (68th)
Yellow card Malanda (38th).
The team Dumas – Poitau, Lebraud, Mathieu, Jurado (Reggiardo, 58e) – (o) Sanz (Lopes, 49e), (m) Peignon (Domercq, 49e) – Toevalu, Besnard (Dubois, 41e), Malanda – Chauveau (Beltran, 46e), Farmer – Sharashidze (Dos Santos, 46e), Plazer (Estorgue, 61e), Mamfoumby (Delmas, 61e)
