This Saturday, December 28 at 4 p.m., Castres Olympique travels to Bayonne at the Jean Dauger stadium as part of the 13th day of TOP 14. This match will be refereed by Benoit Rousselet assisted by Fabrice Hand and Benjamin Hernandez. Julien Castaignede will be on the video. The meeting will be broadcast on Canal+.
Some figures
Aviron Bayonnais carries out a very good first part of the season with 8 victories for 4 defeats. With 34 points on the clock, the Bayonnais are at the 4th place of the TOP 14. The Basques remain on a precious success in Breton land Valves, 21 to 27. Grégory Patat's men will be keen to preserve their invincibility to Jean Dauger.
Latest confrontations
THE 2 last oppositions turned to the advantage of our Olympians. Indeed, our Blues and Whites won (17-28) has Jean Dauger during the last day of the 2023/2024 season. During the first leg last season, the September 2, 2023our players had took the best on the Basques with great success 37 to 0 to Pierre Fabre. There last victory of the Bayonnais date back to February 25, 2023 to Jean Dauger. That day, our Castres had lost heavily 41 to 10.
The Player : Cereal Makela
For this last match in 2024, let's carefully follow the Fijian detonator, Sireli Maqala. The Bayonne center is on a cloud this season with 9 attempts registered in 10 matches of TOP 14. Very fit, Sireli shows his qualities support, speed and explosiveness. Often aligned with Manu Tuilagithey form a very complementary pair of centers with a rather punchy, powerful profile allowing you to attack the advantage line and another more based on speed and support. THE number 13 of the Basques is a X factor as they say in rugby jargon with this ability to change an action in a decisive moment. The 24-year-old Fijian international was able to develop all these assets with the practice of rugby sevens and in particular by becoming Olympic champion in 2021. Another author of a good test last weekend in Vannes, he will be one to watch closely this Saturday.
Photo credit: Aviron Bayonnais
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