Yesterday afternoon, at the Ramierou Games plain, the Montalbanese Espoirs, supervised by Jean-Louis Gorli and Jean-Luc Leroy, played their fourth friendly preparation meeting against Blagnac. The “greens and blacks” presented themselves with a very young team (19.5 years average age) and even with a scrum-half, Jean Pénétro, who played outclassed in his first match in Espoirs, while He won’t be 18 until November 28. A real squad review.
Despite everything, there were some players already seen in the pennant team, such as Hugo Fuentès, Alexis Rey, Victor Olivier, Raphaël Grandmougin and Matthieu Piperol, who entered during the match. We could see Mathis Prime, who arrives from Biarritz, in the center of the third line. The first half was one of lost opportunities, with three tries refused (including two to the locals) and, ultimately, only one try scored in the middle of the first period by the untenable three-quarter center Hugo Tournier (21st). A match played on a lawn where we saw the sand flying from the ground. A good preparation match for Maixent Da Costa’s teammates.
USM escapes at the end of the match
The first part of the second half, of a match which started a quarter of an hour late due to an administrative problem due to the refereeing championship in the morning, will be very similar to the first. It was in the last quarter of an hour that the players coached by Jérémy Allaire-Snela and David Aucagne escaped the score by scoring three new tries in quick succession, including a double for Mathieu Piperol for his return to competition.
The other results of the afternoon. In the championship, in Crabos, Tarbes beat Montauban 41-7. In Alamercery, USM beat Tarbes (9-6), while the Gaudermen lost 13-0 in Béziers. Finally, in a friendly, SOM beat Pamiers 33-11.
And now. In two weeks, the USM Espoirs of presidents Michel Ambal and Luc Florès will play a fifth preparation meeting, traveling to Agen.
montauban 29 – blagnac 0
MT: 5-0. Referee: M. Souquet (Occitanie).
Winners: 5 E Tournier (21), Piperol (54, 78), Gayral (72), Castel (80); 2 T Charrie (77, 80).
MONTAUBAN. Gayral; Grandmougin, Olivier, Tournier, A.Rey; (o) Cavaillé, (m) Pénétro; Antoine, Prime, Fuentès; Bocquet, Magnani; Mourao-Souton, Da Costa, Maffre. Entered the game: Belloc, E.Rey, Charrié, Betton, Oustric, Sevoz, Castel, Houssière, Piperol.
Yellow card: Tournier (32).
BLAGNAC. Raoul; Ballester, Marchesin, Oge, Manenc; (o) Ibanez, (m) Serres; Krajeski-Castella, Talieu (cape), Moure-Ango; Countryside, Labelle; Muliloto, Pavliashvili, Lante. Entered the game: Moulis, Vedanis, Bourdette, Come, Martinez, Antichan, Sole-Jeudi, Bandou, Diaz, Esperon.
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