LIVE – Toulon-La Rochelle: the Maritimes take off at Mayol

The Varois returned to a converted try from Stade Rochelais at the half-hour mark.

Botia keeps the ball on the ground for too long and offers Serin, 40 meters in the middle, the opportunity to reduce the gap in the score.

While Hastoy prevents Villière from quickly playing a throw-in, tension rises on the pitch. Mr. Williams awards a penalty to the RCT for this bad gesture and Garbisi finds the penalty in the La Rochelle camp.

Valuable in defense, the Argentinian recovers ammunition by scratching. The Varois return to the opposing camp.

On a turnover initiated by Isa, the ball goes wide where Domon tries to occupy the field with kicking play. But the back finds a direct touch and gives possession back to the Maritimes, with a throw to follow in the RCT camp.

The RCT vice-captain has the luxury of transforming into a drop to save time. The Var are back to 10 points.

On a new advantage to play after the scrum, the RCT forwards insist on upwind before Sinzelle completely misses a pass behind the back. Serin rushes to quickly play the penalty and surprises the Maritime defense to flatten it under the posts. The RCT is relaunching!

While Ludlam manages to enter the goal but without flattening, Mr. Williams returns to the advantage and the RCT requests a new scrum, 5 meters from the goal.

The Varois request the scrum at 5 meters this time. Mayol raises his voice.

On a ball stolen into touch, the RCT forms a carried ball and recovers a penalty. The touchline is found 5 meters from the opposing goal.

The Maritimes scorer continues his flawless performance. 17 to 0 now.

What a start to the Maritimes match!!! While Priso recovers the ball in the scratch, the pass from the Toulon pillar is intercepted by Hastoy who pursues with his foot. In the race, Leyds gets ahead of Serin and flattens between the posts.

First big opportunity for the RCT which is overtaking the La Rochelle curtain for the first time. At the end of the line, Abadie is caught by Leyds just 5 meters away. Behind, Priso crosses the line but does not flatten against the La Rochelle defenders. Goal return for the Maritimes.

Faced with a rejuvenated La Rochelle scrum, the RCT made the effort and managed to find a penalty in the center of the field.

Under pressure again in their 22 meters, the Toulonnais lost a throw into touch but a La Rochelle forward then returned them to a scrum.

Ideal start to the match for Ronan O’Gara’s men who extinguished Mayol after this start to the match.

The RCT defense makes a mistake on its 40 meters after an offside position. Hastoy will tempt her.

The veteran of the La Rochelle pack recovers valuable ammunition at the entrance to his 22 meters and allows his partners to free themselves.

In the corner, the opener from the Maritimes offers a first break to Stade Rochelais in this match.

While Jules Favre breaks the Toulon defensive curtain in the center of the field, the center serves his winger Bosmorin who combines with his opener Hastoy before going to flatten into a corner. What a try!

Garbisi and Toulon kick off this last match of the 15th day. At the reception, Leyds maintains before the Rochelais break free with Hastoy who finds a touch outside his 22 meters.

As part of international exchanges, this evening’s meeting will be refereed by a New Zealander, Paul Williams, who will officiate next Friday during France-Wales at the opening of the Six Nations. At Mayol, he will be assisted by the French, Nicolas Bridoux and Pierre Bru. Julien Castaignede will be responsible for video refereeing.

In the Var, the Maritimes move without many executives. If the incumbent Hastoy-Kerr-Barlow is well established, Kaddouri, Sutidze, Huchet and even Leupolu are lined up in a largely rejuvenated pack. At the back, Leyds will be the captain of Rochelais.

The starting XV of La Rochelle: 15. Leyds (cap.) – 14. Nowell, 13. Seuteni, 12. Favre, 11. Bosmorin – 10. Hastoy (o), 9. Kerr-Barlow (m) – 7. Botia, 8. Haddad-Victor, 6. Leupolu – 5. Huchet, 4. Lavault – 3. Kuntelia, 2. Sutidze, 1. Kaddouri.
Substitutes: 16. Lespiaucq, 17. Penverne, 18. Kante-Samba, 19. Dillane, 20. Brunet, 21. Reus, 22. Daunivucu, 23. Sclavi.

For the reception at Stade Rochelais, the RCT will be able to count on the returns of pillar Gigashvili and center Fainga’anuku in the starting XV. Serin and Garbisi will be in charge of the Var game while Arrows Villière and Dréan are on the wings. Finally, the third line will be made up of Abadie – Isa and Ludlam.

Toulon’s starting XV: 15. Domon – 14. Dréan, 13. Fainga’anuku, 12. Sinzelle, 11. Villière – 10. Garbisi (o), 9. Serin (m) – 7. E. Abadie, 8. Isa, 6. Ludlam – 5. Ribbans (cap.) 4. Halagahu – 3. Gigashvili, 2. Lucchesi, 1. Priso.
Substitutes: 16. Ivaldi, 17. D. Brennan, 18. Rebbadj, 19. Le Corvec, 20. Frisch, 21. White, 22. Hervé, 23. Setiano.

In other results of the weekend, the Lyonnais achieved a real feat by winning at Chaban-Delmas against UBB (20-22). The Castres also managed to win away against Racing 92 (20-27). For the rest, the red lantern Vannes offered itself a precious success in the race to maintain (33-28) and Perpignan beat Bayonne (16-11). The Pau Section revived against Clermont (20-14) and Stade Toulouse beat the MHR (27-17).

In this top-of-the-table meeting, the Toulon Rugby Club, third (43 points), will be keen to consolidate its place on the podium and take off against its rivals in the race for the final stages. In the event of a victory, the Var would be eight points ahead of Aviron Bayonnais (39 points), nine over ASM Clermont (38 points) and eleven over Stade Rochelais (36 points). The RCT would also come within four points of the two leaders, Stade Toulouse and Union Bordeaux-Bègles (51 points). The Maritimes, in the event of an exploit in Mayol, can move up to fourth place.

The complete ranking of the Top 14

Welcome to LeFigaro.fr to follow live the last match of the 15th day of Top 14 between the Rugby Club Toulonnais and Stade Rochelais. Kick-off will be at 9:05 p.m. at the Mayol stadium.