Faced with a Limoges team handicapped in rotations by injuries, the AORC played without complex, relying on a very dense first defensive curtain and getting up very quickly, greatly hampering their host. Above all, the Basques were able to exploit the lack of precision and errors of the Limougeaud. A key not found? The recovery, after a two against one wasted by Leconte, restarts at great speed for a goal by Fischer (0-7, 13th). An imprudent mistake on a penalty immediately played by hand obtained as a result of an action born from a bad exit from the field? Tsouladze scored from the start between the posts, beating the Limougeauds, who had nevertheless gone ahead thanks to a personal exploit by Tuwaï, who escaped several tackles (8-14, 43rd). Limoges, while dominating the closed scrum, collided with a solid Basque wall that did not let anything pass in the defensive phase but also offensive with a third try by Berho who at the beginning of the last quarter of an hour offered an excellent cushion to his companions (11-24, 64e).
“Be careful not to catch fire”
Although Limoges was pushing and could have benefited from more advantageous whistles near the lines, Anglet was facing adversity. Lachaux scored well at the end of regulation time with an untransformed try, forcing the locals to score twice in hopes of reversing the situation. They fail, Boulaghrifa snatches the defensive bonus at the end of the cooldown. The Basques could explode their joy. “The missed match against Lannemezan hurt us. It was important to get a good result in Limoges. It is unexpected to have a win by scoring so many tries. But we believed it and we did well to believe it ”, savored captain Jordan Dartigues.
