Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Monday December 2, 2024 at 12:09 p.m.
Find the main lessons after an 11th day of Top 14 notably marked by the feat of Vannes in La Rochelle.
The best: Vannes
What a feeling! Last in the standings and winners of only two matches since the start of this inaugural season in the elite, the Vannetais, despite having gotten off to a bad start on the pitch at Stade Rochelais, ended up winning 23-14, signing a precious success , their very first away, after having already shaken the UBB a week before.
The flop: Castres
A week after having La Rochelle on their hunt, the Castres (heavily) fell back to earth on Saturday in Clermont (10-54). “We were dented, we came across a very dense team, but we are not surprised,” then reacted Xavier Sadourny, the CO assistant coach.
The best player: Barnabé Massa (Clermont)
Back in the Clermont starting XV, Barnabé Massa shone for his big debut as a starter at Marcel-Michelin with Clermont, clear winner of Castres (54-10). With a first double under his new colors for the former Grenoble hooker, who put in a solid performance.
The key figures
5
Like the number of consecutive defeats for LOU, the worst in a current series in the Top 14. The Lyonnais, penultimate in the ranking, lost on Saturday on the lawn of the Section Paloise (15-29). And they also lost three players, and not the least, at Hameau: Léo Berdeu, Baptiste Couilloud and Mickaël Guillard, whose length of unavailability has not yet been communicated.
10
In the 10th minute of the match narrowly won by UBB, still runner-up to Toulouse, 21-17 winner of Racing, against the red lantern of Montpellier (9-6), the Bordeaux supporters paid a vibrant tribute to Mathieu Jalibert, after his highly commented departure from the XV of France. The fly-half then announced his extension to the Girondin fans, before thanking them for their support.
