the essential
Picked cold, it was with a huge dose of courage and self-sacrifice that the locals, on the gong, gave back their adversaries. The 4 Cantons-BHAP started the year well and are back on par with Layrac in the rankings.
4 Cantons-BHAP 20 – Saint-Médard-en-Jalles 18
M-T : 10-13; nice cold weather, heavy terrain, 400 spectators.
Referee: M. Pujo Aizpuru (New Aquitaine).
Evolution of the score: 0-7,3-7,3-10,3-13,10-13 ; 10-18,13-18,20-18.
Winners: 2 E Piazzetta (40), P. Boisserie (78); 2 T Rhodes; 2 P Rodes (7), Potet (65).
Defeated: 2 E Cadaugade (2), Chambord (65) ; 1 T and 2 P Toulouse (18, 36).
4 CANTONS-BHAP : Potet ; Dieudonné, Prévot, H. Niero, Contensou ; (o) Rodes, (m) Coste ; H. De Lamarlière, A. Boisserie (cap), J. Pistore; P. Boisserie, Nardin ; Alpago, Medjemedj, Mazet. Entrés en jeu: P. De Lamarlière, Ustulin, Ferrier, Saphy, Girardi, Delom, Lasvènes, Piazzetta.
Federal hopes: 18-7.
The 400 spectators who attended this very important meeting for the locals had cold feet but warm hearts. Who had forgotten the first leg and the defeat that the 4 Cantons dragged on like a ball and chain throughout the fall and beyond? Especially its finale, still in the way of many in Haut-Agenais… No, no one had forgotten it.
And yet, this Sunday, it was the visitors who blew hot and cold on Coulon by scoring a counter try after a bad outing while the second team had just finished with its second round. Enough to cool the atmosphere a little more. During this first period, the locals suffered a lot. But it was from this suffering that they drew the necessary energy, with a big heart, to stem the offensive desires of this team equipped with an XXL pack, which had also relied on the power of its eight.
A tough match
And after? Not much crunch. The Saint-Médardais stuffed with balloons only turned to citrus with a viaticum of three small points. Enzo Piazzeeta and his attempt, pushed by his brothers in the pack, and Théo Rodes had given the planchot a little more comfort (10-13).
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The matter was therefore far from being resolved for the Lot-et-Garonnais. Especially since the visitors took an option for victory a quarter of an hour from the end with a second try (13-18).
The 4 Cantons-BHAP go up to Layrac
The “plum and white” were going to show another face at that moment. A little more precision, a big investment from everyone, control, discipline, a healthy aggressiveness… The public felt this imaginary but very present scent of a revenge which was going to be enacted, after having shivered a lot under 4°, when after five minutes of play, the locals scored the long-awaited victory try. Like a snub in the first leg, where Saint-Médard won in the same way.
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With a fourth success in five matches on Sunday, the 4 Cantons-BHAP were able to smile again. The calculator is not relevant in the bastides because the month of January is very busy. In the meantime, they enjoyed their revenge on Saint-Médard. Damn it was hard, but what happiness we shared at the final whistle!
