Mauvezin Defeats Vic in Bigorre with a Score of 33-19

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MT: 17-0. Referee: Arthur Hick. Federal delegate: Marc Lonchabon

For Mauvezin: 3 E Giovannetti (5th), François (30th), Guichard (43rd), 3T Cossé (11th, 30th, 42nd) 4P Cossé (38th, 80th) Capdeville (63rd, 67th)

For Vic in Bigorre: 3 E Vincent (48th) Salettis (55th) penalty try (60th) 1T Danglade (55th)

Mauvezin: Cossé, François, Cadeot, Piaser (cap), Guichard, Capdeville (o), Candelon (m), Puyane, Giovannetti, Pontac, Lavigne, Idrac, Cabanillas, Castillon, Lopez. Then: Pontac, Pérusin, Vivès, Coquerel, Siversten, Diana, Laporte

Red card : Idrac (16e)

Yellow card : Cossé (60th)

Vic in Bigorre: Soulan, Baldes, Sempe, Danglade, Bordenave, Bezecourt, Baldes, Berry, Vincent, Nogues, Goutadier, Pilloy, Brau, Dayman. Then: Baldes, Blanchet, Seris, Susserre, Salettis, Lacoste, Domenges

Yellow card : Nogues (14e)

A good start for Mauvezin who from the first minutes planted a first try signed Giovannetti transformed by Cossé. Shortly after, the Mauvezinois and the Vicois were sanctioned with a red card for Mauvezin (Idrac) and a yellow card for Vic (Nogues). This event will not disturb the locals who score a second try, shortly before half-time as well as a penalty to finish at the break with a score of 17-0. After a short break, Piaser’s group was determined to maintain the lead gained in the first half and that is what they did with a 60-meter try from Guichard between the pages also converted by Cossé.

After this 24-0 gap, the Vicois did not give up and bounced back with three tries in a row (48th, 55th and 60th) including one penalty. The score is then 24 to 19 and both teams are tense. The Mauvezinois do not want to leave the defensive bonus and the victory to their opponents. They then hit the nail on the head, with three penalties following repeated mistakes by the Vicois. The match ended with a score of 33 to 19 for Mauvezin.

After the match, a few words from Frédéric Decottes (team 1 back coach): “Today, we had to go back to the fundamentals of rugby, the values, the aggressiveness, something that we have respected even when playing with 14 players for a large part of the match. In terms of the game, in the first half, we set a lot of pace which allowed us to have a certain lead. The important thing about this match was to find a collective and to have been able to hold on until the end and even regain the upper hand in the last ten minutes to keep our lead and take away the defensive bonus. I am quite satisfied with the content and the attitude of the group.”