The SAM completed this first block of three games with a meritorious success against a beautiful team from Anglet (23-17), complete in all its lines.
10 points on the clock, 10 tries scored, the results are for the moment positive for the men of Sébastien Jaca and Christophe Desassis, who received a very nice ovation at the final whistle. Too bad all the same that the bad weather came to spoil this derby, with this somewhat greasy ground and a slippery ball.
Despite everything, the game was good, the two teams surrendering blow for blow, each with the concern to circulate the ball a lot. Moreover, from the 8th, a magnificent Angloy movement will lead to the test of winger Scaloni at the end of the line. From the melee combat, beautiful duels in touch, Mauléon multiplies the offensives, and it takes the enormous pressing of Pette Queheille on his opposite, for this first Souletin test which allows the SAM to take the lead. Duel of scorers also with the metronome Iturriria who keeps his own in the match, but Mauléon who is doing well at the break with this small advantage of two points (10-08). And as soon as the resumption a first break for the locals, with this maul carried forward, masterfully concluded by the young Matias Brocal (20 years old) who tears himself to go between the posts. The other kid from the team Yohan Orabé (19) takes over for the penalty shoot-out with a three out of three in this second period.
But the visitors of the day always remain in the match, a big coaching at the level of the pack allows them to believe in their lucky star, but the Mauleon substitutes are up to it, as proof of this conquering melee of the 75th which allows them to get out of the grip of Anglet. Everything could still change in the last minutes, but SAM’s fierce desire to win will allow him to maintain his 6-point lead until the liberating whistle from Mr. Le Gall. Magnificent ovation from the local public to his team, which gave him a lot of pleasure, both by the temperament deployed and by the quality of the game produced. From now on, the weekend of rest to come will do a lot of good, before a next block of four games which promises to be the most difficult.
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