Trailing 6-0 following a complicated start to the match where they showed great indiscipline, UBB finally got their hands on the ball and took advantage of their numerical superiority. Following Ezeala’s yellow card (20e), Coleman scored the first try of the match (6-7, 21e). But the UBB in turn found itself at 14 following the yellow card of Vergnes (29e) for repeated mistakes. Until the break, the scoring duel was in full swing between Lucu (32e35e) and Carbonel (37e) and the Bordelais led by one point (12-13).
Bielle-Biarrey double
They finally accelerated in the second half. Once again in superiority following Ward’s yellow card (46e), Bielle-Biarrey hit a long kick into the Parisian 22, let go of the horses and took advantage of the rebound to score the second try (12-20, 54e). On a turnover, Depoortere then took the interval and served Buros for the third try (12-27, 57e). Stade Français reacted with a try from Ward (19-27, 60e), the UBB was once again reduced to 14 following Carbery’s yellow card on the action… But it took off again with a fourth try from Uberti after an interception and a 40-meter run (19-34, 64e). At the end of the match, Boniface hit the nail on the head by scoring the fifth try (19-39, 76e). And the overflow framing of Bielle-Biarrey for the sixth try at the end of the match closed the Girondin festival (19-46, 80th + 1).
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