In nine Pro D2 matches, in this 2023-2024 season, RC Vannes has an almost perfect record. Eight victories, a draw conceded at the wire in Béziers, 261 points scored – best attack in the championship -, 124 conceded – best defense -, for an impression of unquestionable domination. And therefore no defeat, if you count correctly…
In Colomiers, this Thursday, November 9, the RCV will come as a scarecrow. A costume that is not easy to assume, but one that the Morbihannais have adopted with relish since the start of the season.
An invincibility to maintain, a championship to knock out?
At the Stade Michel-Bendichou, Jean-Noël Spitzer and his men, minus the usual captain Francisco Gorrissen, will however have a lot to do: the Columérins are seventh in the championship, remaining on two victories. But their defense is sometimes struggling.
READ ALSO. RC Vannes. How can we do without Francisco Gorrissen, who returned to get married in Argentina?
It’s up to Vannes to take advantage, establish their invincibility, and potentially put their pursuers within ten points. A third of the way through Pro D2, the operation would be great for the Vannes leader.
10th day of Pro D2
Colomiers Rugby
0 – 7
In progress
RC Vannes
- 1 trial(s)
- 1 transformation(s)
22′
Great Breton defense!
The RCV is doing very, very well on this carried ball. The Vannetais scratch the ball on the ground and regain possession and a scrum five meters away. Good defense from Vannes, who must now leave their camp cleanly.
20′
First penalty against RCV
The Vannes players leave their camp well but make mistakes on the ground game. They concede their first penalty of the game and offer a good penalty to their opponents, five meters from the line.
18′
Colomiers can’t do it
Camped in the 22 Vannetais for a good five minutes, the locals are unable to break through the defensive curtain. Salles passes to Tamani on the wing, but the latter commits a forward pass.
The action is stopped, Tamani seems to take a big hit to the head. The referee doesn’t whistle anything.
14′
En-avant by Pinto!
What an opportunity missed by Colomiers! After the scrum, Pinto is served, but he fails to control the ball and commits a knock-on a few meters from the goal. It will therefore be a scrum for the RCV, very strong in this sector.
13′
Dangerous melee for Colomiers
The Vannetais are overtaken in the race on a columérin foot play. Surano is under pressure and commits a knock-on five meters from his goal. Interesting melee ahead for the locals.
7′
🏉 Abacus test! (0-7)
After the touchline, the Vannes players created a maul, quickly brought down by their opponents. The Bretons continue to advance thanks to a pick and go game. Léon Boulier escapes, spins around himself to flatten into the goal. It is transformed by Maxime Lafage. Vannes leads after eight minutes.
5′
Penalty for RCV
Good sequence of play from Vannes who advance into the opposing camp thanks to Lafage’s canes. The Columérins make a mistake, and the RCV chooses to touch it. First interesting opportunity for the Bretons.
2′
❌ Trial refused!
The RCV is doing well: the referee requests the video for an offside position of the try marker at the time of the throw-in. The test was ultimately refused. Warning free of charge for Vannes residents.
1′
🏉 The Colomiers test!
After only a minute and a half of play, Colomiers, after a touchline combination five meters away, flattened behind the line! It’s Tamani who escapes from the defenders. The cold shower for Vannes.
21h00
⏱️ Let’s go to Colomiers!
The Columérins kick off.
20h59
The players enter the field!
20h45
Le RCV orphelin de Gorrissen
It’s a small event this week in Vannes. This evening, the Bretons will challenge Colomiers without their captain Francisco Gorrissen, who returned to Argentina to get married. Almost a first: since the Argentinian arrived in Morbihan in the fall of 2021, he has only missed one match in 62 championship days. He even started 54 times, for 46 matches of 80 minutes.
Read here. ⤵️
RC Vannes. How can we do without Francisco Gorrissen, who returned to get married in Argentina?
20h37
📽️ En direct du stade
The Vannetais are experiencing a historic evening, without their captain Francisco Gorrissen. They can also beat an old record of invincibility, our special correspondent Juliette Michenaud tells us as the Bretons warm up.
The Vannes, warming up 30 minutes from kick-off, will have to do without their captain Francisco Gorrissen this evening@sports_ouest pic.twitter.com/vCK3eVZUKf
— juliette (@julietmchnd) November 9, 2023
20h33
The composition of Colomiers
20h25
The composition of the RCV
💥 𝙎𝙠𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙝 𝙍𝘾𝙑 I
Our partner @intermarche presents to you the RCV team composition for our trip to 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙨!
👉 Kick-off this Thursday, November 9 at 9 p.m.
📺 Live broadcast on Canal + Sport.#BretonPride pic.twitter.com/x9Su4U2lZN— RUGBY CLUB VANNES (@RugbyClubVannes) November 8, 2023
20h18
“We are really starting to get involved in French rugby”
Gradually, we register in Pro D2. We are starting to be more and more credible for the other teams. With our results, the new training center… It must continue like this. The results speak for us. We are really starting to get involved in French rugby.
The full interview can be read here.
20h11
A record could fall tonight
In Colomiers this evening, RC Vannes can, if they do not lose, extend the Pro D2 invincibility record to ten games. By narrowly winning in Rouen last Friday (9-14), RCV pushed its unbeaten streak to 9 matches (8 wins and a draw). The Vannes residents thus equaled the record held by Brive during the 2002-2003 season. A twenty-year-old record that could fall this evening. ⤵️
RC Vannes. A twenty-year-old record may fall tonight
8:05 p.m
Vannes leader and undefeated
After nine days, RCV sits at the top of the championship with 37 points – and nine ahead of Aix-en-Provence, its runner-up. Winner in Rouen last week (14-9), the RCV is undefeated. He has eight wins and one draw. On the Colomiers pitch, the Bretons will want to continue their momentum and establish their domination a little more.
20h
🏉 Welcome to follow Colomiers – RC Vannes!
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