L'Year 2024 had ended with a good note, in the joy of a good victory against Béziers (47-32) following an overall successful December block. The throes of a nightmarish championship on the start of the nightmarish for good, thought the regulars of André-et-Guy-Boniface. For their return to their favorite lair, almost a month later, they were disillusioned. Because their protégés fell back into their faults, beaten by a USM which is not far from having made the perfect match in the Landes prefecture (21-33).
Despite a convincing start, the yellow and black, failing in defense and in the game on the foot, displayed a very pale face, in the line of the previous setbacks at the house against Agen, Colomiers or Aurillac. To those who still doubted it, maintenance is now the only objective of Patrick Milhet's players. Because Valencia-Romans, winner with bonus of the fear match against Nice (57-34), returned to three small points. And the meeting postponed to Aurillac, reprogrammed Thursday 30, is already worth very very expensive …
Despite the contribution of Dawai, author of his first test for his first tenure, the Montois did not find the solution.
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From Plessis in check
The Montois have a Neversois affront to wash. Problem, on return to the locker room, regained on a score of 8-10 in favor of opportunistic and enterprising Sapiacans, they are far from having erased all their doubts from this beginning of 2025. They are nevertheless enterprising, dominators in the 'Occupation and possession, and especially during the first quarter of an hour. For his first tenure in a pair of experimental centers with Even, Dawai-already very interesting when he got into play in Nevers-place his own on the right path thanks to an early test and in force (5-0, 8e) to register the first yellow and black points in 2025. Enough to augur a serene part, in line with the last prestigious successes in the face of the cadors on their synthetic? Missed.
For his first tenure, Dawai – already very interesting in Nevers – place his own on the right path
Usually so precise in front of the poles, Willie du Plessis misses a penalty (4e), la transformation (8e), an attempted drop (13e), then can't find a touch (15e). Before the second best director of the championship flanks again on a penalty in his strings just before the siren (40e), preventing its partners from taking the lead. Because in the meantime, Montauban was responsible for sanctioning the generosity in the yellow and black curtain: on a crossing inspired by Tuclet, Ahmed finds two playing times later his Ringuet flanker at the end of the line (5-7, 16e).
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For his first match since May 17, 2024, Jules Even, associated with Mosese Dawai at the Center, had an upset return to the synthetic of Boniface.
Landes – who are not far from falling a second time against Ahmed, lonely in the wing (26e) – briefly take up the lead by taking advantage of the two failures of Bosviel (13e32e). Briefly, because the best director of Pro D2 finally finds the target (8-10, 38e) and validates the first successful act of the USM, before offering five points to his family as soon as the recovery (8-13, 42e).
The stage without solution
The Montois must react. But without Lagivala, released at the break, they will completely miss their return to the field. A defense to the abesses, a lack of guilty concentration, and the Sapiacans only have to unroll their rugby: Ringuet pierces and served Zabalza, before the right pillar Pomponio finds Uanivi – of a chistera, if you please-to knock out overwhelmed Landes (8-20, 45e), sterile and without solution in the game. Even if Laousse-Azpiazu, who recovers the role of scorer, brings his own to nine, then six lengths (14-20, 54e).
While Moreaux leaves the USM at 14 for a dangerous tackle (55e), and that the 2e Mataele Tongien Line returns for his first minutes (57e), the Montois stadium struggles to pack the rhythm of the meeting in front of an opponent applied in defense … and which repels the yellow and black beyond a transformed test (14-23, 62e). But the USM is not yet sheltered: touched in their pride, the Landes forwards finally find the fault on a ball worn, to return to only two small units (21-23, 65e). Except that after a new penalty from Bosviel, Moreaux buries the last local hopes in the middle of a defense still as lax (21-33, 77e). And allows the USM to leave from Boniface with a deserved victory which makes him replace himself in the race at the top 6. A race for qualification which is most certainly, this Friday evening, flew in the Landes sky.
Stade Montois – Montauban
Lieu Mont-de-Marsan (Boniface stadium). Spectators 5011 Arbitrator M. Caulier. Half-time 8-10.
Stade Montois points 2 trials from Dawai (10e) Lagrange (65e); 1 Transformation of Laousse-Subzazu (65e); 3 Plessis penalties (36e), Laousse-by-Sub, (51e54e)
The group Laousse-Aziazu-Lagivala (De Nardi, 41e), Dawai, Even (Massé, 47e), Seatsese – (o) Plessi (cap.), (m) N. Darica (Lustall, 47e) – Ponpon, Iashagashvili, Brethous (Robic, 57e) – Fortuin (Eye, 57e), Edwards (Fortuin, 70e) – Alvès (Gajion, 63e), Dufour (Lagrange, 63e), Goginava (innocent, 63e).
Montauban the points 3 Ringuet trials (16e), Uanivi (45e), Moreaux (77e) ; 3 transformations Bosviel (16e, 45e77e); 4 Bosviel penalties (38e42e62e76e)
Yellow card Moreaux (55edangerous game)
The group Mouchous – Ahmed, Jackson, Mathy (Espeut, 57e), Tuculet (Reilhac, 63e) – (o) Bos much, (m) Zabalza (Powell, 60e) – Ringuet (kanika, 71e), Note, Quercy (cap., Bradshaw, 51e) – Kani (Moureaux, 47e), Uanivi – Pomponio (Tuimaga, 47e), Maurouard (Jintcharadze, 50e), Seyrolle (Aouf, 47e).
