A week after formalizing their rise to National (which followed the rise to National 2, earlier in the season), the players of the RCHCC had the opportunity to become champions of France of Federal 1. A just reward, for a team that had hitherto 25 successes in 28 previous meetings? Except that merit has only symbolic value in sport. And this Sunday afternoon, in the stifling heat of Valence d’Agen, the Hyérois fell to Rennes: 11-15.
Yet dominating at the start of the game, the flock of Patrick Pézery did not manage to break the Rennes cork. And if Munro opened the scoring in the 12th minute, it was his vis-à-vis, Botica, who gave the score to the Bretons (25th, 35th, 38th). Led at the break (3-9), the Var came back from the locker room with better intentions, but struggled to beat the first curtain of the REC.
And if Munro reduced the gap (48th, 6-9), Botica answered the Tac o Tac with a drop (58th) before registering a new penalty (58th, 6-15). From the dismissal, Dubié, entered for a few seconds, sounded the revolt on a clumsiness Rennes: 11-15. What to imagine a return to the end of the suspense? It was without counting on Breton resilience. And after long minutes in the center of the field, the Varois failed to capsize the Rennes ship. Huge disappointment for the Hyérois, even if this defeat does not take away much from this season for the almost perfect players of Grégory Le Corvec, who had already validated their double climb last week (National 2, then National).
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