This is the fifth defeat for a French club this weekend, only La Rochelle and Toulouse having won their meetings, before the last tricolor formation, Racing 92, which welcomes the Harlequins to the Arena, enters the scene. of Nanterre to close this third day.
Last in Pool A with zero points scored, after three defeats in three days, Pierre-Henry Broncan’s men are almost eliminated from the race to qualify for the round of 16.
They will travel next weekend to Exeter, 4th and already qualified, as well as Edinburgh, 5th with 11 points.
The CO, who scored all their points in the first period, completely sank in the second, during which the Scots, more physically dashing, slammed a scathing 20-0.
The Castres, clumsy and amorphous at the start of the match, then reacted well: if the first points of the match were the work of Scottish hooker David Cherry (9th), the Fijian three-quarters of CO Josaia Raisuqe, repositioned in third line, scored after several knockdowns (12th).
His teammates then took the measure of their opponents, occupying the Scottish camp. And it is quite logically, on a first-hand ball, that they doubled the bet with a slalom from center Adrien Séguret to the in-goal (22nd).
Edinburgh then came back to score, on a try that looked a lot like the first, his Fijian N.8 Viliame Mata flattening in force (28th).
The last word of this first period went to the Olympians with a try from their pillar Wilfrid Hounkpatin (39th), forced out on injury in stride.
When they returned from the locker room, Edinburgh completely took the match to their advantage, chaining tries and penalties, leaving the Tarnais knocked out, unable to react.
