Bordeaux-Bègles dominates Paris and takes control of the ranking

In a long-locked meeting, Bordeaux-Bègles blew up the Stade français, beaten 46-19 at Jean-Bouin on Saturday for the 14^e day of the Top 14, and temporarily takes control of the championship.

Thanks to this improved victory, Yannick Bru’s men should retain this first place, Toulouse traveling to La Rochelle in the evening with a very reshuffled team.

Before returning to the Champions Cup and a trip to Exeter, the Bordelais easily took the measure of Paris, once their indiscipline problems had been resolved, and scored a fifth consecutive success, on 3^e outside.

The UBB first suffered

Paris, still stuck at the bottom of the table, confirmed all its difficulties this season, alternating between blunders and avoidable mistakes.

In a closed first period where Stade Français monopolized the ball, the Girondins initially suffered, accumulating mistakes (8 in 40 minutes), particularly in the ground game.

But the Pink Soldiers, uninspired in the game, could only count on this indiscipline to score points, thanks to Louis Carbonel (1 drop and 3 penalties). Insufficient to lead at the break, the Bordelais having hit the mark on every opportunity, notably with a try from Adam Coleman (24^e) after several periods of play in the numerical superiority.

Leading 13-12 after 40 minutes of play, the Bordelais took off in a few minutes in the second period, striking each time on a recovery ball.

Bielle-Biarrey still decisive

The first time, it was the inevitable Louis Bielle-Biarrey who took advantage of an error of judgment by Carbonel, deceived by the rebound of the game at the foot of the supersonic winger (54^e).

In the process, full-back Romain Buros, back after his injury suffered with the French XV against the All Blacks, scored in his turn (57^e), served by Nicolas Depoortère, on a ball quickly dismissed after a forward from Carbonel.

The gap seemed made: but the Parisians in turn went behind the line with Jeremy Ward (59^e), in a meeting that suddenly got heated.

Reduced to 14 due to a yellow card for Carbery, guilty of a voluntary forward, the Bordelais once again took advantage of a Parisian error to give themselves a comfortable lead in the score, Uberti recovering a missed pass from Marchant to run on trial (64^e). Ugo Boniface, in force (76^e), then “LBB”, with an overflow framing in a pocket handkerchief (80^e), then ensured the Bordeaux offensive bonus.