PRO D2 2024/25 – CA Brive won with the offensive bonus against Montauban (37-22), at the opening of the 12e Pro D2 day. The Corréziens temporarily take the lead in the championship.
Montauban takes on water
The Brivists started very strong, in this clash between second and third in the general classification. After coming close to trying at the very start of the game, the Black and White finally flattened in the 10the minute via Georges Shvelidzeon a penalty. Another ten minutes later, the CAB makes the break thanks to Mathis Ferté (10-0).
Set like clockwork, the Corréziens scored their third try at the half-hour mark. At the end of the half, We were is very close to increasing the score further, but the Brive winger flattens the ball poorly. In this first act, the locals literally outclassed their evening opponent, and logically led 17-3 at halftime.
Brive was hot, but won with the bonus
In numerical superiority after the restart whistle, the Brive players did not take long before finding the Montalbanese goal. Erwan Dridi scored the fourth try of the game (43e). And while everything was smiling on the Corréziens, their opener Stuart Olding is injured and must be evacuated on a stretcher. Montauban took advantage of the counter-attack and scored on his first foray into the 22m.
Behind, the two number 11s each offer a double. Josua Vici is even close to the hat-trick, but the Montalbanais cannot recover the pass from Jackson. Montauban definitively regains the upper hand in the last quarter of an hour, after the strong test of Ringet (29-22, 69e). An achievement which temporarily causes the CAB to lose the offensive bonus. Fortunately for gamers Pierre-Henry Broncan, Leo Carbonneau finally allows his team to take the 5 points. A very important try scored after the siren. With this improved success 37 to 22, the Black and White seize the leadership chair of the Pro D2.
