La Rochelle without problem in the storm
La Rochelle, although reduced to 14 after a quarter of an hour, has adapted better to the extreme playing conditions to get rid of a pale team of Montpellier (22-9) Sunday at the opening of the 12th day of Top 14 .
The Maritimes have character and great resources. Despite the gusts of wind preventing any launch of a game worthy of the name which they are fond of, despite this load with Will Skelton’s shoulder on Paul Willemse’s head being worth a red card for its author, they did not give in and glean a seventh success this season at home, the 18th current series.
The MHR, which remained before the European cut on a success in Clermont (15-21), did not know how to take advantage of its early numerical advantage to worry the leader, leaving a feeling of helplessness.
Still three games late for Montpellier
In the wake of an imperial Brice Dulin in the management of the wind with kicks almost all felt well, the men of Jono Gibbes knew how to maintain the pressure, even taking advantage of the resumption of a gift from the Hérault people at the reception of the kick off to register a soap cap test by their captain Kevin Gourdon (41st), determining for the rest.
Mohed Altrad’s club, which still has three matches late, remains stuck in 12th place, far from its ambitions, and will continue with the reception of Toulouse after the second Christmas Eve.
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Lyon stops at seven
Lyon, traveling to Brive, saw their streak of 7 unbeaten Top 14 games come to an end (12-8) on Sunday, and lost their opener Jonathan Wisniewski and their third center Mathieu Bastareaud to injury.
The LOU had not lost since mid-September and a failed trip to Toulon (36-14). The CAB has a second success this week, after the one snatched from Castres (25-24) on Tuesday, and gives air in the standings (9th) by overtaking Bayonne whose match was postponed for cases of Covid-19 .
The Lyonnais scored the only try of the match by Nakaitaci but were then overtaken by solidarity Brivists, who relied on the boot of Enzo Hervé (4 penalties scored), past scorer after the early exit of Thomas Laranjeira on injury.
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Twelfth loss in a row for Agen
The matches follow one another and look alike for Agen … The Lot-et-Garonnais club suffered a new defeat, the twelfth in as many games, against Racing 92 (45-10) and already sees the Pro D2 approaching.
The AUS is approaching a little more the record of consecutive defeats since the passage to a single pool. The one established by Perpignan which had collected 15 in a row in 2018-2019.
After scoring the first try of the match (Moreaux, 11th), the Agenais fell in love, overwhelmed by the waves of Ile-de-France.
Dupichot (24th), Baubigny (37th), Beale (40th), Thomas (61st) Jor. Joseph (72nd) and Diallo (78th) registered the tests of the Racing demonstration, which remains in ambush in the standings behind Toulouse and La Rochelle.
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