4 Cantons BHAP 20 – Saint-Médard RC 18
Lieu Monflanquin (Coulon stadium).
Spectators 500 environ.
Arbitrator Alexandre Pujo-Aizpuru (New Aquitaine).
Half time 10-13.
4 Cantons BHAP 2 tries from Piazzetta (39th), P. Boisserie (77th); , 2 Rodes transformations; 2 penalties from Rodes (7th) and Potet (66th).
The team: Potet – Dieudonné, Prévot, Niéro, Contensou – (o) Rodes, (m) Costes – A. Boisserie (cap.), H. Delamarlière, Pistore – P. Boisserie, Nardin – Alpago, Medjemedj, Mazet. Entered into play: P. Delamarlière, Ustulin, Ferrier, Saphy, Girardi, Rabanel, Lasvenes, Piazzetta.
Yellow cards: Alpago (28e), Piazzetta (61e).
Saint-Médard RC 2 tries from Cadaugade (3rd), Chambord (62nd); 1 transformation (3rd); 2 penalties (18th, 36th) from Toulouze.
The team: Quérillacq – Simonet, Martin, Cadaugade, Dassé – (o) Toulouse, (m) Marinelli – Riffaud, Bienès, Spring – Naulunisau, Tessariol – Saulo, Chambord (cap.), Bacquey. They came into play: Jean, Morelle, Pinsonneau, Barbe, Deville, Cantet, Lopez, Koné.
Yellow card: Barbé (70th).
In front of a good crowd despite the icy wind which swept through the Monflanquin stadium this Sunday, the two teams were quick to warm up as the commitment was total. Equipped with a pack of XXL forwards, the Girondins get their hands on the ball and impose very high pressure. Cornered in their 22 meters, the locals try to free themselves, the fly-half Rodes is blocked and the visiting center Cadaugade is quickest to flatten the ball. The opener Toulouze transforms and Saint-Médard takes the score (0-7, 3e).
4 Cantons has mentality
After this twist of fate, Rodes made up for it with the first penalty he had to take (3-7, 7e). The Girondins neglected penalties in a good position to go for penalties which proved unsuccessful. The domination of the visitors will be materialized by the boot of Toulouze who, twice (18e et 36e), gives scale to the score and Saint-Médard leads 13 to 3. The Cantonniers’ scrum is heckled and punished but the Girondins, in numerical superiority, lack ambition and forget to fold the match despite the efforts of captain Chambord , well supported by the second line Naulunisau and the flankers Spring and Biénès.
Worse, they are going to surprise just before the break. The Piazzetta pillar strongly concludes an action that started from afar and the Union des 4 Cantons gets back on track at the right time (10-13, 40e) with the Rodes transformation. Back from the locker room, the Cantonniers’ conquest remains approximate, whether in closed scrums or even in touch with imprecise throws, preventing them from building and implementing their usual game.
-Rodes in matador
The Piazzetta pillar receives a yellow card (61e) and the sentence is immediate. The Girondin captain and hooker Chambord scores an unconverted try (10-18, 62e). Some could have blamed the blow and given up, but we know that the Cantonniers never give up and it is the back Potet who will sound the revolt by taking a penalty of 48 meters (13-18, 66e): the last quarter of an hour promises.
Caught by the dry cleaners, Barbé receives a yellow card (70e) and the Girondins, at 14, suffered attacks from the Union forwards, Ferrier and the Boisserie brothers in the lead. The deliverance arrives when the second row Paulin Boisserie flattens in middle position (77e). All that remains is for the “matador” Rodes to deliver the fatal blow, the transformation takes place and the Unionists win the match which cannot be lost.
The declines
Ronan Chambord, captain of Saint-Médard: “First of all, congratulations to this team from the 4 Cantons who knew how to prevent us from putting our game in place with an iron defense. Despite our domination in conquest, we were unable to win, the attempt we conceded before the break hurt us. »
Samuel Prévot, center of the 4 Cantons: “We wanted to take revenge for the first leg which we had to win. Faced with the biggest pack of forwards in the group, the big guys took up the challenge and our courage made the difference. »
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