Aurélie Sacchelli, Media365, published on Friday April 14, 2023 at 11:08 p.m.
The 28th day of Pro D2 took place this Friday, and we now know the six qualified for the final phase. On the other hand, everything is not yet decided for the maintenance, and the match between Carcassonne and Montauban next week will be expensive.
The penultimate day of Pro D2 took place this Friday, and we are starting to see more clearly, since we now know the six qualified for the final phase! And everything is very close since the teams ranked from second to sixth place are separated by only three points. Already guaranteed to play its semi-final at home, Oyonnax signed its 21st victory in 28 games this season, to the detriment of Provence, seventh and who can already think of the holidays, with a score of 27-7. Thomas Laclayat offered a double for the Oyomen, and Kevin Lebreton and Rory Grice also went there with their try, while only Loïck Jammes scored for the Provençaux, who received three yellow cards during this match. Grenoble, for its part, remains second, despite its 31-14 defeat at Nevers, fourth, which is three points behind FCG. Issam Hamel, two penalty tries and Luka Plataret allowed USON to clinch the offensive bonus, while only Lilan Rossi scored for Grenoble, who achieved the “feat” of playing 11 against 15 for a few minutes at the hour mark after picking up four yellow cards.
Valves does not stop!
Mont-de-Marsan (3rd), two points from Isérois, can still believe in the direct semi-finals, after his 25-13 success over Montauban, who will fight until the end for maintenance. In a match where the two teams played at 14 from the twelfth minute (red card for Andrey Ostrikov and Kevin Gimeno), Stade scored three tries by Kaminieli Rasaku, Jose Luis Gonzalez and Léandro Cedaro, and USM two thanks to Bastien Guillemin and a collective try. Vannes is also still in the game for second place (three points from Grenoble), thanks to its seventh success in a row: 22-31 in Carcassonne, penultimate and which has four points less than Montauban, where it will be back next week. The Breton tries were scored by Nathanael Hulleu, Eric Marks and Francisco Gorrissen (and a penalty try) and the Aude tries by Pierre Reynaud and Raphaël Carbou.
Victory for honor for Massy
Rouen, twelfth, took a big step towards maintaining by going to win 17-18 at Colomiers, which will finish in the soft underbelly (one try and four penalties from Maxime Javaux, who scored all the columérin points, tries from Opetera Pelesseuma and Valentino Mapapalangi for the Normans). In a match without stake, Béziers (9th) was beaten 19-24 by Massy, already relegatedé (tests by Slas Koen, Paul Reau and Jean-Victor Goillot for the Héraultais, tries by Massimo Ortolan and doubled by Thomas Rozière for the Ile-de-France). Finally, Angoulême (13th) now has a five-point lead over the red zone thanks to its 18-11 success over Biarritz (10th), with tries by Benjamin Botica and Patxi Bidart, against a try by Clément Renaud.
