Like last weekend in Oyonnax (22-15 defeat), the Rouen residents are returning home with an empty bag. The Lions, however, saved the honor with a good try from Adamson, well offset by a jump pass, while they were playing in numerical superiority (26-12, 75th), but they never really managed to put the columerine house fire. Blame it on a missed first half and many wasted opportunities after returning from the locker room.
Led 23-0 in the 36th minute, after a penalty try for a voluntary forward from Lydon which also cost him a yellow card, Richard Hill’s men still had some hopes at the break. And this thanks to a second penalty try, in their favor this time, for a local foul in a maul that seemed to go to lady (23-7, 38th).
The problem is that they lacked precision, like the kickoff of this second act of O’Leary directly in touch. However, they had situations, especially when they stole a ball on a touch five meters from the local line (43rd). Only, the local defense held firm each time, as on this ball snatched in a ruck 10 meters from the in-goal (52nd) or on this penalty obtained when the Normans had just pounded it for five long minutes ( 67th).
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A fatal interception
However, we must not forget this failed start which allowed the Colombe players to build their success. If the two teams abused the occupation kicks at the start of the match, the Seinomarins had all the trouble in the world to put the Occitan rearguard under pressure. Cazale-Debat did find a nice touch at the entrance to the 22 meters, but the Toulouse suburbs played it quickly to get out of the way (10th).
On the other side of the field, the Lions were too often taken by the patrol, allowing Girard to open the scoring in the 5th minute (3-0), after a Norman fault in closed scrum, while the seinomarin pack Yet seemed to have knocked down his opponent. If the local back then offered a small mattress to his teammates, 45 meters, the bill could also have been saltier in the quarter of an hour of play (6-0, 6th). First, because the latter missed an attempt that seemed in its strings (12th), but also because the referee logically refused a try to Delas, after an obstruction from Deysel (8th). The problem is that by dint of bending, the Rouennais ended up giving in. Regrettably since it was on an interception of Palisson, the former French international, author of a 55-meter race, that the locals took off (13-0, 18th). A blow from which the Normans never really got up.
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In Colomiers, Colomiers beats Rouen 26 to 12 (23-7)
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Referee: M. Mallet.
Match behind closed doors.
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Points for Colomiers: 2 Palisson tries (18th), penalty (36th),
1 transformation Girard (18e),
4 Girard penalties (5th, 15th, 26th, 53rd).
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Points for Rouen: 2 tries
penalty (38th), Adamson (75th).
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Yellow cards in Colomiers: Palma Newport (38e), Saadia (73e) ;
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at Rouen : Marrou (26e), Lydon (36e)
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COLOMIERS : Girard – Palisson, Perrin, Deysel, Delas – Poet, Gori – Lescure, Macovei (cap), Ponpon – Granouillet, Thomas – Palma Newport, Larrieur, Pirlet.
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Substitutes: Saaidia, Dubois, Earle, Chiappesoni, Moro, Laforgue, Queheille, Delmas.
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Coaches: Julien Sarraute
and Fabien Berneau.
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ROUEN NORMANDY RUGBY: Lydon – Lafond, Frisch, Marrou, Adamson – O’Leary, Cazale-Debat – Dastugue, Fearns, Lebreton – Adamou, Astle – Clamy-Edroux, Bonnot (cap), Guion.
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Substitutes: Mondon, Asieshvili, Giraud, Leleu, Nicolas, Michallet, Johnston.
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Coaches: Richard Hill
and Christophe Hamacek.
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Hill: “It surprised us”
Richard Hill (manager of Rouen Normandie Rugby): “We came across a team that set a lot of pace. This was not the case in our last three or four matches where we faced more pragmatic opponents, who played a lot with the foot. I think that surprised us, it is difficult to set up our defense. We had, however, had a good week of training, and a good warm-up, we have no excuse. We adjusted a little too late and we also committed a lot of individual faults, which put pressure on us. Colomiers defended well in the second half, but we really have a problem scoring in the scoring areas, it’s recurring … ”
Fabien Berneau (Colomiers forwards coach): “We had to digest our defeat in Carcassonne last weekend (24-22), but we were very apprehensive about this match, because Rouen has a very good team. It is not at all the same as last year and they remained on convincing trips: victory at Soyaux (28-24), draw in Provence (22-22) and short defeat at Oyonnax (22-15). It’s a formation that travels very well, it came with good intentions, but the state of mind was present. This allowed us to do what was necessary to widen the gap and especially to maintain it for the rest of the game. ”
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