Sometimes the numbers are misleading. If we coldly look at the technical sheet of the meeting and we see that only…
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Sometimes the numbers are misleading. If we look coldly at the technical sheet of the meeting and that we see that only the visitors have registered a test, one would think that the locals were not created on occasion. And we would be wrong because it was the Oloronais who got the best, but three times in the first period, they wasted a lot of ammunition.
On the Oloro side, we can thus draw a “balanced” balance sheet, with positives, especially in touch, an area of clear domination. We can also note a good quality in terms of state of mind. Thus, when the Angloys may have thought they had done the hardest part by scoring the only try of the match, regaining the advantage in the score a quarter of an hour from the end (9-11, 64th), the teammates of Nicolas Allouache knew how to find the resources and were not afraid to play to bring the game and the danger back to the visitor camp.
Box foot does not shake
By putting pressure on the Basques, they were able to push them into error, to the delight of Jérémy Box. “A scorer like we hadn’t seen for a long time in Oloron”, can we hear, rightly, in the bays of Saint-Pée. Another positive point, the solidarity that the Béarnais showed at the very end of the match, in the midst of Basque pressure.
Anglet tried to break through the blue wall in the final minutes, but she held on. On the negative side, we will note the too many hand faults, perhaps due to the cold which reigned in Saint-Pée or to the stress of a team which had difficulty in playing liberated.
Among the Angloys, the scrum stood up to its opponent and if we had to designate a man of the match, the third line of the AORC, Ibaï Leconte, would win all the votes. By his tireless activity, by his sense of placement and the game, by his ability to defend but also to launch offensives, he posed many problems for the locals. And his essay only brought him a just reward for all of his work.
It should be noted that the two meetings between these formations gave rise to tight opposition, demonstrating that they are very close to each other. In the end, the two will compete in the National 2 accession play-offs. But Oloronais and Angloys are not done with their fight, because they still have to clinch a place of 5th or 6th and for this one, they are three to qualify. In addition to the Béarnais and the Basques, the Bigourdans of Lannemezan are also in the game. A kind of battle of the “3B” of the Pyrenees, in short.
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