the essential
Plagued by difficulties since the start of the season, Millau raised its head yesterday on its lawn against a top dog.
Smiles at the edge of the pitch at the end of the match, smiles in the locker room, smiles in the stands… Undeniably, the Somists, authors yesterday of a remarkable and authoritative game against Saint-Raphaël-Fréjus (Carf ), have decided not to give up this season and are relaunching themselves in the championship. Faced with a very physically dense Var team which had come to Aveyron with big ambitions, the Millavois players produced, yesterday, their best rugby, something we had seen little of this season, and above all made their opportunities come true. , whether by hand by scoring three tries, all magnificent, or by foot, with Bastien Zerouali who performed flawlessly in front of the bars, with four penalties and three conversions. This one having also been impeccable in his role as a full-back.
A big start to the match
Starting with the wind at their backs, the Millavois opened the scoring in the 3rd minute, before Rorato, on a masterfully played counter and finally with a favorable rebound, scored a try between the poles allowing his team to lead 10-0 after less of 10 minutes of play. The visitors, very strong, will react with their forwards. Chatin scores a try which, transformed, allows Carf to come back to three lengths. Millau will then put its game in place, to the delight of the public, and score a superb try by Roques at the end of the line, after multiple times of play. The end of the half will be more muddled with a few clashes and fouls which will allow the Varois to get back to 17-10 at the break.
Théo Costecalde and Stéphane Sécail
In the second act, the Somists will carry out a lot of defensive pressure and counter in particular on the sidelines the heavy opposing forwards and Zerouali will realize all the penalties offered to him to bring the score to 26-10 after the hour of play. Before the young Gabin Pipy, only 18 years old and trained at the club, scored a magnificent try after a great acceleration in the defense following a combination, thus completing the victory for his team.
It is the success of a group that does not give up, the proof with all the replacements who contribute their stone to the building for the benefit of the collective, which found, yesterday, gaming ambitions for the greatest pleasure of all . Som is not dead, and, benefiting from favorable scores in the other group matches, can look forward to the future more calmly, with in particular a month of January which could prove decisive.
