rc nÏMES 9 – sc pamiers 3
(MT: 0-3). Field referee: Mr. Le Gall (New Aquitaine).
For Nîmes: 3 penalties from Roche (60th, 64th, 77th).
For Pamiers. 1 penalty from Ducousso (38th).
Evolution score : 0-3/ 3-3, 6-3, 9-3.
RC NIMES. Rock ; R. Pichard (then Banc, 75th), Guillimin, Darmon, Chiker; (o) Debladis, (m) D. Pichard (then Berthault, 61st); Sparano (then Roca, 52nd), Barnerias, Llabres (cap.); Gonzalez, Gely (then Vernier, 61st); Ciccioli (then Oliver, 51st), A. Nierat (then Benyachou, 62nd), Duprat (then Gori, 74th).
SC APPAMEEN. Bertro (then Bach, 72nd); Gmir, Toffolo, Guitoune (then Picheric, 61st), Campino; (o) Ducousso, (m) Sentenac (cap.); Pradaud (then Nakobukobua, 61st), Fourie, Baouer; Maupens, Ludick (then Fuzani, 52nd); Khanfous (then Khalkhal, 68th), Benlebbad (then Mignot, 63rd), Mirtskhulava (then, Lalanne 62nd).
Yellow cards: Pradaud (22nd), Lalanne (63rd).
What a match of men, what a fight, what indecision. At the end of this windy and rainy meeting, where the fight logically took all its volume on a nicely greasy ground, even waterlogged in places, Nîmes finally had the last word and officially punched his ticket for the National 2. After surprising Pamiers in the heart of autumn at Balussou, he doubled the bet. However, the Damiers, sometimes undisciplined (22nd, 63rd), may have found in this short setback a way to erase the bitter taste of this setback of the first leg (-4) remained on the edges of the lips of some one. Because if Pamiers finally knelt down after turning at the break with a very small, almost insignificant savings (+3), thanks to the boot of his opener Jérémy Ducousso (38th), unhappy, a quarter of an hour earlier (25th) by finding on his first penalty the amount of the poles of Nîmes, he fell with his head held high, although dominated in the closed scrum and, although under pressure after the break and facing the wind, never let go to his opponent to the point of preventing him from finding his way to his in-goal throughout this fight of men made of generosity and self-sacrifice during which the gap never exceeded six points .
A complicated second act
In fact, everything remained to be done after the break. However, Nîmes returned conquering. He sought to put more impact and alternation in his game. Above all, he put Pamiers under pressure, forced him to defend and show the thickness of his safe equal to his airtight reputation. Each then demonstrated in the forward fight of character and abnegation. Deprived of balls, unable to carry the game in the Nîmes camp, Pamiers suffered before being punished by the boot of Nîmes Samuel Roche, while knowing how to keep his defensive bonus in his hands until the end. A good way to stay in the dolphin’s chair, an eye on Marmande returned to his shoulder height after his success at Lavaur (+10). It is now for the Appameans to regain all their vital forces and to bounce back as soon as possible.
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