The international winger made a rookie error in stoppage time which allowed the Parisians to score the try depriving UBB of the offensive bonus.
The regular playing time was over and UBB was heading towards a bonus victory, 46 to 19 and 6 tries to 3. But the Bordeaux team, too greedy, continued to attack. A risk-taking that Damian wanted to put an end to by throwing the ball into touch by hand; a prohibited gesture punished by a penalty. The Parisians took advantage of this to score a final try thanks to Sekou Macalou (author of a double), depriving the Girondins of the offensive bonus point (46-26).
A blunder that the teammates of the international winger, who did not hide his guilt for having forgotten the rules, regretted a few minutes later. Thus the captain of the UBB, Maxime Lucu, on the microphone of Canal +. “The match is over. We managed to do the hardest part by scoring six tries and getting the bonus point. We have to please, yes, but we have to be clear-headed and know how to stay humble. At that point, we should have kicked the ball out of touch. The result was done and we had won five points. It’s a bit of a wake-up call. It sucks to end like that.”lamented the scrum-half.
Regrets shared by Louis Bielle-Biarrey, still at the microphone of the encrypted channel, consenting “mixed feelings”. “This will serve as a lesson to us. Next time, we will send him very, very far into the stands… with our foot, this time.”
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