The comment. Under the sun, behind closed doors, supporters watching the match from outside the stadium, on a beautiful synthetic pitch, the Massicois quickly opened the scoring following a penalty on a tackler who took too long to withdraw from their rear-scorer Grassignoux.
A first half where the teammates of Jean-Pierre Grimard will find it difficult to be dangerous, leaving the occupation of the field to the locals. It is also Massy who will mark the only test of the first act on a beautiful action of three-quarters, Cusson straightening his race to finish between the posts. The Tarn-et-Garonnais will have only one real opportunity to score points, at the start of stoppage time, but Piquemal misses the 22-meter penalty. Montauban will have been too penalized throughout the first forty minutes to exist. At the break, Massy led by 13-0.
Insufficient return in the second half
From the last forty minutes, the players trained by Jérémy Allaire-Snela and Florian Durand will do much better by scoring two good tries by Grimard on a deep scrum and by the voluntary Séguy. But that will be insufficient to raise the handicap of 13 points conceded in the first half. The players managed by Michel Ambal will still be too penalized and will leave some precious balloons on hand faults, despite their great valor on collisions. To highlight the last minutes which will see the Sapiacans brace themselves in defense to keep their defensive bonus. Several players like Bué, Frambourg, Grimard, A.Olivier stood out despite the result. With this defeat Montauban remains in the penultimate place in their group, with however still many games late.
And now. Montauban will continue to play late matches, receiving Soyaux-Angoulême. The match will take place once again behind closed doors, and so that this can be respected, probably at Bagatelle, on the racing grounds.
MASSY 16 – MONTAUBAN 12
MT: 13-0; referee: M. Keita (Hauts-de-France).
Winners: 1 E Cusson (27); 1 T, and 3 P (2, 23, 45) Grassignoux.
Defeated: 2 E Grimard (58), Séguy (66); 1 T Piquemal (58).
MASSY. Grassignoux; Hemou, Cusson, Bocquillon, Dit Robaglia; (o) Biamba, (m) Marion; Brasseur (cap), Dinu, Fennas; Rabe, Melusson; Donati, Quint, Candel. Entered during the game: Ramonjilarivony, Koumat, Macharshvili, Ruyffelaere, Ramaherisson, Gali, Mayo, Feitsma.
Yellow card : Donati (58).
UNION SPORTIVE MONTALBANAISE. Dorthe; Modavi, Byl, Rey, Gomes; (o) Piquemal, (m) A. Olivier; Pieds, Gauthier, Grimard (cap); Frambourg, Q. Olivier; Gros, Schlienger, Bué. Entered during the game: Simonet, Marotel, Héradi, Pujo, Séguy, Bernadet, Soenen, Duprez.
Yellow card : Grimard (36).
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