At the end of a tight match and despite a big comeback at the end of the match from Vannes, Racing 92 won by three points in Brittany (24-27).
The two teams scored three tries but a penalty made the difference for the Ile-de-France residents who punished the Vannes errors.
The Vannes players started the match at a good pace and opened the scoring thanks to Rayasi, but Habosi responded. Just before half-time, Blanchard allowed his team to get back in front by scoring another try.
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But during the second half, Vannes suffered and lacked discipline, as Maxime Lafage declared on Canal + after the match. “We were as undisciplined as possible, this yellow card hurt us a lot. We broke down in the second half, we’re not going to question everything. I hope we catch up next week. »
After conceding a try from Kaitu’u, Arrate was penalized with a yellow card. At 14, the task became complicated and Gaël Fickou scored the visitors’ third try before Nolann Le Garrec, at home, scored a penalty which proved decisive. The Vannes residents committed a whopping 10 fouls in 20 minutes.
Indeed, despite a strong end to the match and a long sequence of pounding on the Racing line, Vannes could do no better than score 7 points, too close to snatch a draw but enough to take a defensive bonus point.
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Time spent in mind
35
Minutes spent in the lead
17
43%
% of match spent in the lead
21%
93%
Possession over the last 10 minutes
7%
7
Points from the last 10 minutes
3
At the end of the match, Antoine Gibert confided to Canal +: “It’s a relief because it was important to win here. It was a difficult match against a very good team. Not conceding this defeat shows that perhaps we have more character than people think. »
Racing 92, off to a bad start in the championship, can take a breather. Vannes may have mixed feelings about this meeting and will have to pull itself together so as not to find itself left behind in the race to maintain its position.
