Montauban, leader of the Pro D2 who remained on five successes in a row, fell Thursday evening on the pitch of Colomiers, beaten 33-26 at the opening of the 9th day.
The Montalbanais, however, firmly held the reins of the game, leading 26-14 when center Simon Renda flattened after recovering a penalty kick returned by the post (61st, transformation by Bosviel). But the Columérins turned the match around in a quarter of an hour, scoring three tries by Dimcheff, author of a double (65th, 79th), and Pacome (73rd). A match which turned in the last moments, enough to give a feeling of regret to USM manager Sébastien Tillous Bordes. “Disappointment, not necessarily with the result, but the disappointment with the way we played, the way we led this match, it wasn't the real Montauban. We managed to score 29 points again away from home It wasn't really our identity, it wasn't really our best match. We needed to lose a match to question ourselves a bit, to take a bit of a beating and to get back to work. week next week with another desire.”
A penalty scored after the siren by Jérôme Bosviel allows US Montauban to take the bonus point but its leading position is under threat from Brive, who travel to Valence-Romans on Friday evening, bottom of the standings.
The other matches today, Aurillac is already hosting in its Oyonnax stadium. The Cantal residents, 15th in the ranking, will have to confirm their good intentions, after last week's victory against Mont-de-Marsan. Match at 7:30 p.m. this evening at the Stade Jean Alric
And then Brive, which trembled until the last second at home against Dax, moves to Valence-Romans, still bottom despite its success with promoted Nice.
