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Valence-d’Agen and Auch part in a fair draw (21-21) in view of a match which will not be remembered, as the cold and mud did not help the players, this Sunday January 12.
Beautiful winter day, cold sun, sticky and slippery terrain. Resumption matches have a certain reputation which does not make them remarkable archives. The one between the Valencians and the Auscitains will be faithful to tradition, complicated. We couldn’t have arrived late at the EJ Baylet stadium, one minute and 28 seconds, and local winger Rey dived in the corner in the Gers rectangle. This followed a clearance quickly played, in their 40 meters, by the Valencians (5-0). Auch is caught cold.
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At the same time, the second line Dardenne comes out injured in the shoulder, the RCA monopolizes the ball but “wipers” without ever crossing. The match is going to be long and during that time, Avenir Valencien sends Auch back to their camp. At the quarter of an hour, finally, the RCA collides, jostles in the axis, Magnoac pays his team at the foot (17th, 5-3). The locals play well on foot and push the RCA back again. Rey the Valencian scorer adds a penalty (21st, 8-3).
Fears in the last moments
The pace is slow, the cold and the heavy terrain slow down the actors. So we leave it at the foot, Magnoac for the RCA passes a penalty of 45 meters (29th, 8-6). Rey for Valencia adds a penalty (35th, 11-6). On the return, Auch gets a penalty, Thierry caps the ball, short side, and Raynier dives in the corner (40 + 1, 11-11).
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The second act begins in the same way, Auch loses the battle of the rucks. Valencia puts the pressure on and obtains a penalty which Rey transforms (47th, 14-11). At the hour mark, Auch will pound the Valencian line, the locals are at fault everywhere and Pérusin sneaks in to score, Magnoac transforms. RCA goes in front for the first time in the match (62nd, 14-18).
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This time, Auch can think of victory but gives again, offers again, and Valence takes advantage by slightly speeding up the game with Lescout who completes a nice move, Remue converts (71st, 21-18). Auch fights back, even sends Raïbevu to the test which the referee refuses, mystery… Two minutes later, Auch obtains a penalty from the 45 meters, Magnoac strikes and converts (76th, 21-21).
The Auscitains will still scare their supporters during the last minutes, striving to get out of their camp by hand and putting themselves at the mercy of an opposing penalty. The appetite for attack is at its limits, you have to work before going to the Basque Country.
Valence-d’Agen 21 – RC Also 21
MT: 11 – 11. Referee: Q. Sfez.
For Valencia: 2E Rey (2e), Lescout (71e) ; 1T Remue (71e); 3P Rey (21e, 35e, 47e).
For Auch: 2E Raynier (40 + 1e), Pérusin (62e) ; 1T Magnoac (62e); 3P Magnoac (17e, 29e, 76e).
Valence : Piquemal ; Bertram, Remue, Henric, Rey ; (or) Borderies ; (m) Dulay (c) ; Lolesio, Lescout, Boué; Feuillerat, Essid ; Benlebbad, Rivier, Bousignac. Entered into play: Khanfous, Gros, Jandl, El Bechir, Raphaël, Lecareux, Alavoine, Bézuidenhout.
Also : Vignes ; Martiello, Moléana, Labau, Vandekerkof; (or) Magnoac ; (m) Pérusin ; Thierry (c), André, Baczkowski ; Dardenne, Loutocky ; El Youmouri, Raynier, Clermont. Entered into play: A. Carrière, Rocca, Raïbevu, Trape, Satto, Debets, Brandalise, Abadie.
Post-match reactions: “Not everything is thrown away…”
Géraud Clermont, pillar of the RCA: “We were rough on what we wanted to put in place. It’s a shame, we hoped for better. The positive is to bring back 2 points from 4th. The pitch, the injuries, the weather… We’re not going to hide behind that, but it wasn’t the game we wanted to put in place. »
Kilian Satto, RCA fullback: “We are frustrated, the positive is in the 2 away points but it is not what we had planned. We failed to put in place what needed to be put in place. We have to be satisfied with 2 points. »
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Sébastien Joya, co-president of the RCA: “I am mixed because we came here to win, we must not hide it. We only get the draw because of our own mistakes basically. The failed camp outings we suffered in our camp. We didn’t put things in order to win. We know that our competition returns are difficult and we demonstrated it again today. However, everything is not to be thrown away, the scrum was a success and we saw that each time we pressed in the axis with carried mauls, we managed to put them in difficulty. We must continue to work on the mistakes of this afternoon to get something in Anglet next Sunday. There are a lot of things to work on because every time we validate something in a match, the following weekend we question it. The day when everything is good at the same time, we will be able to win matches without having our hearts beating. »
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