Grenoble, without forcing, concluded the 18th day of Pro D2 with a successful success against Biarritz. An evening, also marked by the resounding victories of Colomiers and Montauban outside. The evening record is to be credit for the meeting between Valence Romans in Nice.
The late waking up of the evening: Provence Rugby reacted too late
You should not arrive too early to have suspense to Jean-Alric this Friday evening. The men of Mauricio Reggiardo moved to Aurillac's lawn, fourteenth before the meeting, with intentions, after having chained three victories in the last three days, including a success in Agen. However, the Provençaux showed themselves clumsy and unruly during the first half, leaving Aurillac to lead 12-3 to the break.
The Cantalous, fourteenth before the meeting, felt that there was a blow to play for them at the beginning of the second act. They therefore accelerated and marked twice through the young second Mehdi Slamani line. Moment chosen by Aix-en-Provence to wake up. The Australian Ned Hanigan scored a force test following a penalty played by hand to relaunch his partners. Inga Finau also came to register his trial in the 70ᵉ minute to doubt the Aurillacois stadium. But, too solid in defense, the men of Romeo Gontineac held in the last ten minutes to tear a success allowing them to move away from the red zone.
The finish of the evening: Nevers with a snatch
78ᵉ Minute: Agen leads 28-22. Criminal for Nevers within 22 meters of Agen. THE spear is perfectly negotiated, the ball worn is organized and the young 22-year-old hooker, Stefan Buruiana, collapses in the in-goal to allow his team to pick up at a point. In the process, Yohan Le Bourhis does not tremble and gives the advantage to his family. The Uson will hold the result until the 80ᵉ minute. The pre-fleuri exults.
Note that, a few minutes before the test, the Nivernais believed to lose everything. While in the 22 meters from Agen, Xavier Pénéja's men obtained a penalty. However, a scuffle arose, and a Nevers player was guilty suddenly with the tense arm carried in the middle of this mess. The penalty was returned, and the Nièvre players ended up in their camp, to have to rebuild everything. The feat was however achieved, and it allows Nevers to go back to tenth row, seven points from the top 6.
The evening record: fireworks between Valence-Romans and Nice
Honestly, not many people had seen him coming. And yet, the meeting between Valence-Romans, Nice broke the record of points scored in a single pro D2 match this season, with 91 points scored. The VRDR beat the Nice stadium on the score of 57 (8 trials) at 34 (5 tries). The highest brand established until this evening was 84 points. It was to be credited to the match between Colomiers and Béziers (40-44) on the tenth day, as well as that between Grenoble and Colomiers (65-19).
Before this meeting, Nice had the worst attack (307 points) of Pro D2, and Valence-Romans only the tenth (399). A performance that may give a little balm to the heart of the Men of Alexandre Compan, who, following this defeat, have fourteen units of delay on their evening opponent.
The good operation of the evening: Soyaux-Angoulème reinstates the Top 4
It is always a great moment when the fourth receives the fifth at this stage of the season. Having recovered Noah Nene, released by the XV of France Wednesday evening, lhe men of Jeff Dubois hoped to make a big blow on Chanzy's lawn this Friday, to consolidate their place in the first six. And the game had not started so badly. Landais and Charentais were elbow after twenty minutes (13-13). Then, Soyaux-Angoulême accelerated at the end of the first half, in the wake of the overpowered George Tisley, author of a double. By scoring six tests against two for Dax, the SA XV was a precious improvement (46-23), which allows it to go back to fourth and to count only a delay on Provence Rugby, third. Dax is now seventh.
Confirmation of the evening: Colomiers continues his perfect January month
When a team shows so much superiority in the face of an opponent in all possible and imaginable sectors of our adored sport, it is not much to add. However, we will dwell on it, because the hands -to -date victory of the Columérins deserves to be underlined, as much, or even more, than the Biterroise disappointment. Because, in addition to the display table already without appeal (17-29), it is especially in the general printing that Colomiers impressed in Raoul-Barrière. It's simple: never Béziers – yet Dauphin of the Grenoble leader – will have believed in this part. The fault of a fairly remarkable performance of Rodrigo Marta's teammates, a quick first evening marker after only four minutes of play at the end of a spectacular recovery.
-We will remember the third test of visitors, after a roundly carried out action between a chistera de nu'u for its number 8 Timu, and a judicious inner hook of the latter. But also the performance of Sadek Deghmache. The melee half, loaned by Perpignan, played a great score for his first tenure with Colomiers, with a test at the end, the last of his team, synonymous with offensive bonus.
By chaining a fourth consecutive victory, the third in three games in 2025, Colomiers entered the Top 6 and benefits from Dax's defeat in Angoulême. Disappointing, like its leaders, the ASBH lets the FCG fly in mind.
Evening scorers: Bosviel had the last word
This is the other surprise of the evening after the Columérine victory in Béziers: Montauban confirms its (re) rise in power. Summarizing the 33-21 success of Montalbanais in the Landes to a durent of scorers can seem fired by the hair, especially when the meeting offered five essays to the spectators of the André-et-Guy-Boniface stadium, but it is in the audacity Let us recognize the brave, and the funny evening of Jérôme Bosviel and Willie du Plessis is to be narrated. Already, because it concerns two of the best fireworks in the championship (Bosviel even holds the point record in the history of the second division). Above all, because it explains, in part, the victory outside the USM.
As in all history, there is a happy and a unlucky. In view of the final score, it is easy to deduce that of Plessis, however so reliable usual, was broken down to success with a villain 1/4 against poles. For a long time, it was believed that the choice of leaving this responsibility to the Azpiazu (also very good scorer) was going to make the difference when the rear succeeded in his three attempts and allowed his team to pick up.
But the last word returned to the Montalbanaire opener, who had started as badly as his vis-à-vis, but who managed to chain seven consecutive kicks, including a last distant penalty with the help of the transverse bar, which Give five points to his team three minutes from the end. Like many times in his career, Jérôme Bosviel has shone in this exercise to overshadow the good first tenure of the Mosese Dawai center, the injury in the left calf of Jérémie Maurouard, but not the third magnificent test inscribed by Uanivi at the end of An action where the right pillar Facundo Pomponio carried out a spectacular and decisive chistera for its second line.
The obvious of the evening: FCG well alone in its division
They have so much margin that they can even relax without it having an impact. Very logically, and despite the last 20 sluggish minutes where the biarrots rebelled, the Grenoblois won with the offensive bonus in conclusion of this 18ᵉ day of Pro D2. Accounting, this five -point success gives nine points ahead of the unhappy finalist of last season at the top of the ranking. Fijian winger Kaminieli Rasaku treated his statistics by signing a triplet.
After 24 minutes, the FCG was already leading 14 to 3 at the time of the second yellow card by Adrian Motoc, first at fault to have collapsed a Maul, then author of a unfair game synonymous with exclusion. Taking advantage of this numerical superiority and in full control, Grenoble went to seek a sixth consecutive victory, without forcing. As a leader. Undisputed. And undoubtedly incontestable for the coming weeks. But it is not to the Isérois that we will learn that the path is still long towards the ultimate objective: the rise in the first division.
