Top 14 – Toulon – Lyon scores: Priso shone brightly, Blanc-Mappaz missed out

At the end of a tight match, Toulon got the better of Lyon (21-10). Dany Priso has been in the oven and in the mill. Blanc-Mappaz, on the other hand, cost LOU dearly, including a yellow card and a defensive error.

The tops

Forgotten from the last list of the XV of France, a choice which inevitably caused a bit of discussion on the edge of the harbour, the left pillar made another good copy. From the outset, he reassured himself in his match by torpedoing Jermaine Ainsley in a closed scrum. Supporting a series of pick and gos, he surprised Steeve Blanc Mappaz and the Lyon defense to score the first try of the game. The native of Loum (Cameroon) showed the way in Toulon by behaving as a leader by example. In the second half, he also cut off two Lyon chances by scratching on the ground. His second scratch brought Wainiqolo's try.

Released by the XV of France, the “Grand Charles”, like his start to the season in the harbor, was once again sparkling but in a more obscure role. He gave his body to science in defense with a resounding 18/20 in the area of tackles. In the last five minutes, he also stole two balls in the sideline area. We can also note the good scores of the Garbisi-Wainiqolo duo, but this afternoon, at Mayol, it was the defense which won the match.

The flops

Steeve Blanc-Mappaz: 3/10

So valuable as usual, the LOU captain missed his meeting at Mayol. In a generally dominated forward pack, he was in all the bad places in a nightmarish first period. He forgot himself when closing a ruck, and Dany Priso took the opportunity to score a try. Just before the break, he deliberately collapsed a dynamic maul. A fault which earned him a warning. In the action that followed, Toulon hit the nail on the head with a new ball carried by Teddy Baubigny. During the third Var try, he escaped Wainiqolo.

Replaced before the hour mark, the opener, who played for Toulon in his training, suffered from the comparison with Garbisi. Returning to the banks of the Rhône only on Thursday, he was not able to energize the Lyon attack, even during the good passage in the second period. He was also taken out quickly, ten minutes after the break.

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