Five tries converted to zero: back from La Rochelle, after a big setback (43-23), Lyon regained victory against Stade Français (35-3), Sunday evening, at the Gerland stadium, in a 6th round match Top 14 day also obtaining its first bonus point, offensive in this case.
After two narrow successes at home, against Bordeaux (28-26) and Castres (40-38), the Lyonnais, who took five points, climbed to fourth place (17 points). Stade Français remains in thirteenth place (9 points).
More disciplined and better in possession, two of its usual weaknesses, LOU Rugby largely dominated a feverish, harmless Parisian team with sometimes poorly controlled aggression.
After a controlled first period, marked by two tries from international Italian winger Monty Ioane (7-0, 12th), on the counter, and from New Zealand center Josiah Maraku (14-0, 35th), the Lyonnais stunned the meeting after returning from the locker room with a double from their captain, scrum half Baptiste Couilloud (44th, 48th) to lead 28-3.
After the hour mark, winger Ethan Dumortier scored his first try (62nd) since June 4, 2023, and the play-off lost against Bordeaux, to definitively ensure his team’s offensive bonus.
Faced with the Lyonnais who did not demonstrate their usual generosity, the Parisians, for their part, did not often enter the opposing twenty-two meters and did not provide themselves with any testing opportunities.
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