the essential
In front until the last ten minutes, the USM completely missed the end of the match, and owes its salvation to the boot of Jérôme Bosviel, at the last second.
Josua Vici is unpredictable, we know that. Last season, he was unable to control himself at this same Michel-Bendichou stadium, with a huge cathedral tackle which caused him to miss the entire end of the season, and the start of the current one (7 match suspension). Back in the group, it was he who unfortunately tipped the match last night. While the Sapiacains seemed to be heading towards success, a harmless high ball will change everything. A little wind, a fluctuating trajectory, and the Fijian winger who misjudges the trajectory: a ball which falls into the hands of the players at La Colombe, a tackle in the air, a try which makes Colomiers stick again (26-26 ), and a card that will change everything. The fate of the meeting has just changed. The Haut-Garonnais are then transcended, and even think of winning with a double from their replacement hooker just before the siren. A transformed try which even takes away the defensive bonus point for the “Green and Black”. Fortunately, this bonus will go to Sapiac, thanks to Jérôme Bosviel, who does not tremble after the siren, from 50 meters in the corner. A stunning end to the match, at the end of a match which nevertheless remained without much flavor for a long time. Last season, it was the players at La Colombe who upset the “Green and Black” in their quest for the summit… on the 9th day! Columérins at the door of the Top 6, and who attack the match against the wind, and prefer the three points to the entry penalty, but the penalty passes to the left (3rd). The Sapiacains' good start even allowed them to steal the first two touches. It is in the scrum that USC recovers the balls, and prevents the Montalbanais from developing their game. And it is on a huge carried ball that Colomiers gets the first opportunity, which leads Dimitri Vaotoa to go and rest for ten minutes. On the penalty that follows, a columérine foul saves the USM (15th) which gets back into the score by Jérôme Bosviel in the process. If the match is not very spectacular, without great flights, the two teams go blow for blow, and the collisions are fierce. It's at the half-hour mark that the green and black supporters can get excited when Stéphane Ahmed intercepts a ball 50 meters away to point between the poles, and put his team in front for the first time (6-10, 31st ). If Michel-Bendichou's residents are ineffective during their highlights, this is not the case for the USM which widens the gap a little further with a penalty of almost 60 meters from the inevitable Jérôme Bosviel (6- 13).
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Sébastien Tillous-Borde (manager): “For me, we didn’t see the real Montauban in Colomiers. Maybe we needed to lose a match to rethink ourselves. Sometimes you have to take a slap and get back to work. We have to show our true colors next Friday when we host Nice. When you play a derby it must be war, and I didn't see it this evening. When you lead by 12 points away from home, you have to know how to manage the rest of the game better. We were sometimes catastrophic in our commitment. I felt that everything would be difficult from the start of the meeting. Josua Vici, we know him, he is capable of everything, the best, and the worst sometimes. »
Yvan Reilhac (center): “Maybe we could have done better. But sometimes you have to know how to be satisfied with a point outside. A season is a long time, and you must always have the ambition to take points in a match, and when you do it it's already not bad. I think we played the game we needed away from home, taking points when we needed to take them, hanging on to our weak moments. We led for a long time, but in the end we gave up. We take a point, and I'll be satisfied with it. »
Pablo Dimcheff (Colomiers hooker): “Tonight, I scored two tries, which delighted me. On one of them, the ball is on the ground, I pick it up, and I score. We had a good second half. »
Ugo Pacome (back of Colomiers): “We didn't put our strategy in place in the first half. We win with our hearts at the end of the match. We said to ourselves that this was possible because Montauban was leading, but not offering much. On the try to win, I jump in the air because I see Josua Vici coming towards me, and I know he is going to take me. I close my eyes and think only as long as I don't fall on my neck. When I see that the try is scored, I am no longer injured, and I was very happy. »
Collected by Rémi-Constant Belrepayre, in Colomiers.
Fatal last fifteen minutes
The second half, and especially the end of the match, will be of a completely different character. The USM got off to a flying start for the USM, and a full-field breakthrough from Hugo Zabalza who did not find Josua Vici wide, his pass being narrowly intercepted. No try at the time, but indeed for the Columérins who once again benefit from a huge charge from Caleb Timu, who sends Anzelo Tuitivaku behind the line in two stages, who scores the first try for his team (14 -16, 51st). Not enough since Jérôme Bosviel's foot made the difference, and Simon Renda even gave his team a twelve-point lead (26-14, 61st). We feel that, as is often the case this season, not much can happen to USM. Except perhaps a twist of fate, a ball that is not recovered, a high tackle…
COLOMIERS 33 MONTAUBAN 29
MT 6-13; referees: Mr. Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), assisted by Messrs. Ludovic Carrillo, and Denis Daste.
Winners: 4 E Tuitavuki (51), Dimcheff (65, 79), Pacome (73) ; 2 T Pacome (73, 79); 3 P Herron (9, 20, 47).
Defeated: 2 E Ahmed (31), Renda (61); 2 T (31, 61), and 5 P (18, 38, 50, 54, 83) Bosviel.
Evolution you score : 3-0, 3-3, 6-3, 6-10, 6-13 / 9-13, 9-16, 14-16, 14-19, 14-26, 19-26, 26-26, 33-26, 33-29.
UNION SPORTIVE COLUMERINE. Pacome ; Dulon, Salles (Serrano, 66), Nu'u, Tuitavuki ; (o) Herron (Séguela, 75), (m) Séguéla (Galthié, 59); Béchu (Caumel, 59), Timu, Coletta (Lescure, 66) ; Whetton (Roux,59), Thomas (Whetton, 75) ; Simutoga (Fepulea'i, 52), Larrieu (cap, Dimcheff, 52), Tartas (Pirlet, 52).
Yellow card: Team (61).
UNION SPORTIVE MONTALBANAISE. Mouchous (Fortunel, 59) ; Ahmed (Vallée, 40, now Ahmed, 52, now Mouchous, 75), Reilhac, Renda, Vici ; (o) Bosviel, (m) Zabalza (Powell, 59) ; Wilkins (Quercy, 75), Notshe, Quercy (cap, Viiga, 52) ; Vaotoa (Moreaux, 52), Uanivi ; Burduli (Azariashvili, 52), Greyling (Maurouard, 52), Aouf (Seyrolle, 16).
Yellow cards: Vaotoa (14), Moreaux (65), Vici (75).
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