Great relief at the Stade Français! After three defeats in a row, the Parisian team returned to success by overthrowing La Rochelle (25-20) on Sunday at home, during the 12th day of the Top 14, and moved away from the red zone.
Led by fourteen points (3 tries to 0) after half an hour, the Parisians got out of a badly started situation against the defending vice-champions of France who lacked opportunism at the end of the match and have sinned by their ineffectiveness in front of the poles, a recurring problem. To hope for better, the Yellow and Black will have to resolve their problems away from home. They have only won one game so far away from home, as they have won five of the six games played at home.
The French stadium breathes in the standings
Captain Pierre Bourgarit and his partners had yet taken the match by the right end by leading by fourteen points (20-6), after achievements from Bourdeau, Retière and Rhule. But the Parisians, in difficulty in conquest and lack of possession, woke up suddenly taking advantage of an opponent’s release and loss of ball.
This fifth victory, for seven defeats, allows the Pink Soldiers to climb to tenth place in the standings and are now five points ahead of the last two, Perpignan and Biarritz. Stade Rochelais, for its part, remains fifth and therefore in the qualifying zone for the final phase but with the same number of units (29) as Clermont (6th) and Castres (7th).
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