DIRECT. Rugby – National: The RCN falls heavily against Rouen and loses its 2nd place (41 to 10)

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Résumé

The RCN has reached its limits of play and spirit. The Narbonnais were caught in all sectors of the game, suffered under the power of the Normans and were never able to put their offensive animation in place. They sank under the opportunism and realism of their opponents who did not try to create a game and fed off the clumsiness of Racing. Very, too numerous, like the balls lost by Naiyaravoro. Rouen went after Racing in the fight and a fortiori won it too. Caught in the rucks, falling back on their carried balls, in difficulty in the scrum, not necessarily nevertheless in the alignment, the RCN took a hell of a lesson in Rugby this evening!!!!

End of the match

Ball catch from Rouen who takes the ball into touch. It's over. Rouen passes RCN with its offensive bonus point.

84th Penaltouch for Rouen on 50 meters.

82nd Confusion between the two teams on a Narbonnais forward which could allow them to score a try under the posts.

Red card for Rouen

Dangerous tackle on a Narbonne player. Concussion protocol for Atlan.

79th New loss of the ball from the winger of Naiyaravoro who once again gives a counter ball to Rouen who will be able to secure his bonus.

Narbonne Trial

77th Penaltouche. Belzons catches the ball and Naiyaravoro, coming close, scores powerfully. The transformation does not happen.

76th The RCN tries to regain progress in their game but takes a succession of offensive tackles which pushes them back on all meeting points.

Rouen test

72nd The RCN sends play but on a skipped pass at the back of the line, Rouen interception which ends under the posts. The transformation is happening.

71st Santoro enters in place of Goutard.

69th Too short kick from Hart which allows Rouen to advance but makes a mistake. The RCN retreats during each action.

Rouen test

66th The RCN plays again but loses a ball again in the back lines. Immediate counter and try from Rouen to zero passes on a 50 meter run without a Narbonnais defender bringing down the ball carrier. The transformation is happening. Rouen has the bonus.

64th The RCN loses control of the ball and now suffers from each Norman initiative which alternates well between the hand and the foot. New melee. Introduction Narbonne.

Rouen test

59th The RCN once again loses the ball on an Aude initiative. Rouen immediately plays on the outside but misses another two against one at the edge of the line. Ball on the ground. Reversal of direction and testing of the 3rd line of Rouen in medium position. The transformation passes between the poles.

57th Penalty for Rouen who goes for the touchline. The people of Narbonne seem to be getting angry. Atlan and Castinel enter. Estériola and Fichten exit. Chauvet replaces Bosch at the opening. The RCN only has one scrum-half in training this evening.

55th The left pillar Diallo loses his support. Pénaltouche….not found by the RCN. Fifita enters. Visser comes out.

54th Norman forward while the Narbonne ball carrier had his ball snatched; The RCN clearly cannot do this.

52nd On the ball carried, the Narbonnais ball carrier was blocked. Scrum for Rouen.

50th The two teams observe each other and play the ball at their feet. Rouen is still gaining a little ground. Touches at 50 meters.

48th Norman offside on Hart. The RCN will be able to break free but remains dominated by the power of Rouen in all contacts and collisions.

47th Norman advance. New melee in the same place. Rouen brings its bench into the 1st line.

46th The scrum has just collapsed twice. Arm broken by the Normans.

44th Ball carried by Rouen which is progressing. Gogiashvili makes another mistake by coming each time to the side of the group; Play at the foot of Rouen and Goutard is forced to concede a 5-man scrum.

43rd New ball lost by Naiyaravoro and the RCN loses 50 meters on a play at the foot of the Norman center.

Moreover, the Narbonnais returned to the meadow 5 minutes before their opponents. The locker room must have roared!!!

42nd The RCN has a strong moment in the Normandy 10 meters but Racing commits a forward move. The RCN seems to have returned to the field with better intentions.

40th The RCN will kick off. Ducom came out at half-time and was replaced by Silafai-Léa'ana

Summary of the 1st period

The RCN, despite a good attempt by Clavières on a breakthrough from Bosch, suffered from the power of the Rouennais. Racing loses too many balls in its offensive animation and, in fact, takes pressure from a Norman defense which plays well on the counterattacks. The people of Narbonne are even lucky because Rouen could have worsened the score twice.

Half time

Malet takes a traffic jam, loses his ball and the RCN finds itself under pressure in its 22 meters. Racing hits the mark. Half time!

40th Fofana, excellent 3rd center line, leaves injured in the shoulder.

39th Both teams play hard at the end of the first period. Without success for the moment; Rouen does not close the game.

38th Rouen foot play and Naiyaravoro splutters the reception and sends his ball into touch on the 50 meter line.

Rouen test

35th, winger Descamps crosses the line, breaks through 20 meters. Framing-overflow on Goutard. Test under the posts. The transformation is happening.

33rd Ball carried from Rouen which advances 15 meters. Narbonne makes a mistake. Penalty. Rouen takes the points.

Narbonne Trial

Bosch finds the interval and serves to Clavières who comes close. The Narbonne winger scores from an average position. The Narbonne staff saw that there is no protection in the ruck axis and should play like this. The transformation does not happen.

28th New ball lost by the Narbonne back lines who put themselves under pressure and conceded a touch on their 40 meters. Hagan hit in the thigh leaves. Gogiashvili enters.

27th The RCN manages to steal a ball into touch. The two teams are tied in this sector of play.

Rouen test

22nd New ball lost against Rouen who will play in the Narbonne 22 meters; Work in the axis then on the exteriors. The Narbonne defense cracks after 2 minutes of play. Javaux breaks through between two Narbonne players and the Rouen center flattens under the posts. The transformation is happening.

20th The ball does not pass between the poles. Referral to 22 meters.

19th Ball carried but Burger, the Norman steals the ball, restarts 50 meters along the line. Ball on the ground going outwards. Narbonne offside. Rouen takes the points.

17th Hagan was taken late. Advantage in progress. But the referee returns to the penalty 50 meters in front of the posts. Penaltouch 5 meters from the goal line.

17th Narbonnais forward. The referee plays the advantage but Rouen hits directly into touch; The referee does not return to the scrum.

Rouen stands out

14th The Norman striker passes his 2nd penalty

12th Rouen baseline but Narbonne foul. Rouen takes the points.

13th Narbonne screen. Penalty for Rouen who will be able to free themselves.

11th Belzons ball catch. The ball carried advances but a Rouennais enters the side of the maul. Penalty. The RCN does not take the points.

9th Penalty for the RCN which will be able to play a penalty in the Rouen camp.

9th 1st scrum of the match. Introduction RCN

8th The pressure is on Norman and with two kicks the Normans return to the Racing camp.

7th The RCN finds a nice touch just before the Normandy 22 meters.

Rouen opens the score

The penalty passes. Rouen opens the score

5th Rouen poorly played two numerical superiorities at the end of the line but obtains a penalty on the 30 meters in the corner. Rouen takes the points.

3rd Rouen recovers the ball on the first offensive animation of the RCN. Touch in the Narbonnais camp.

2nd Bosch camp outing. On the throw, the RCN steals the ball from the Normans and starts the game; High tackle on Goutard. Penalty. Pénaltouche within 40 meters of Rouen.

Here we go!!!

Rouen kicks off!

The players return to the field.

Rouen is fielding 6 players from the hopefuls this evening.

Both teams entered the locker rooms.

Calendar continued

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Minute of silence

A minute of silence will be requested before the start of the meeting in tribute to Jordan Michallet, who died to the day 3 years ago.

Arbitrator

Mr. Darche (Île-de-France)

Players not selected

Moulahya (hooker), Gogiashvili, Tikoipau, Boyadjis (right pillars), Nakobukobua, Labit (3rd row), Gomez (center), Naiyaravoro, E. Ducom and Delacruz (wingers) as well as Clauzel (back)

Substitute players

Talakaï (right pillar), Maga (2nd row) and Mias (center)

Infirmary

Nueno (shoulder), Boundjema (recovery), Barbaste (shoulder), Georgis (foot), Christienne (forced rest), Silafai-Léa'ana (recovery), B. Delacruz (adductor), Moïse (knee), Antonescu (shoulder ), Clauzade (knee), Mousties (recovery), Tsague (recovery), Nova (concussion), Nicolas (illness)

RCN staff

Julien Seron – Brice Mach – Sébastien Logerot

RCN bench

16 Atlan – 17 Castinel – 18 Fifita – 19 Caffo – 20 Chauvet – 21 Santoro – 22 Silafai-lea'ana – 23 Gogiashvili

Composition of the RCN

1 Fichten – 2 Estériola – 3 Hagan – 4 Dyer – 5 Visser – 6 Timani – 7 Belzons (cap) – 8 Malet – 9 Hart (m) – 10 Bosch (o) – 11 Clavières – 12 Betham – 13 PH Ducom – 14 Naiyaravoro – 15 Goutard

Staff of Rouen

Jerome Dunay – Grégory Bouly – Romain Sola

Bank of Rouen

16 Poisson – 17 Decaux – 18 Vernet – 19 Mingrant – 20 Lelong – 21 Pehaud – 22 Nieto – 23 Arbelo

Probable composition of the Rouen team

1 Clément – ​​2 Bonnot – 3 Bekshvili – 4 Leleu – 5 Astle – 6 N'Diaye – 7 Burger – 8 Fofana – 9 El Khattabi (m) – 10 Javaux (o) – 11 Descamps – 12 Dachary – 13 Peleseuma – 14 Boulier – 15 Malarets

souvenirs until

It was September 3, 2021 and Belzons as well as Visser started while Castinel and PH Ducom sat on the bench.

Souvenirs

On the other hand, the last time the RCN went up to Rouen, it came down with the luggage hold full as an egg (57 to 16).

Difficult pass for Rouen

For its part, Rouen, author of a good start to the season, stalled a little with its defeat at home against Périgueux (09 to 19) as well as the draw conceded, still to Robert Diochon, against Bourg- en-Bresse (20 to 20).

Grouping possible

In the event of a defeat, we would therefore see a grouping of 4 to 5 clubs at the top of the ranking. In what order?

Additional issues

Racing could even claim to take the place of leader of the group since Périgueux (5th with 52 points), dangerous, visits Chambéry (1st with 62 points).

Challenges

In the event of success, Rouen would be dropped while USC, with its victory in Tarbes (19 to 24) moves back into the top 3.

Set up

The implementation took place this Saturday morning in the Seine-Maritime prefecture.

Route

This is why, taking into account the stakes of this meeting and the distance, the people from Narbonne left this Friday around 7 a.m. with a meal break in Paris before completing the rest of the journey by bis to Rouen.

Danger

High-risk trip this afternoon on the lawn of Rouen (3rd with 57 points) for the RCN (2nd with 61 points)!

Good evening

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