Rouen Normandie Rugby will try to string together a fifth victory at home this Thursday, January 21, 2021: the 17th day of Pro D2 reserves for the Lions of the Grenoblois not impregnable, far from it.
Rouen Normandie Rugby’s turn to ensure theopening of a day of Pro D2, with a meeting scheduled for Thursday and not Friday: the Lions, opposed to Grenoble, will be the first to enter the scene for the 17th round of the championship. This poster for the second half of the table kicks off at 7 p.m., two hours before the clash between Perpignan (leader) and Colomiers (at the foot of the podium).
Rouen – Grenoble, bitter confrontation in perspective, between two teams looking down. Especially Rouen. The XV local East virtually before last since his defeat at Valence Romans on Friday. The Checkers, who won 14-9, now overtake their great Norman rival, one point ahead and one game late.
In the fight for maintenance, the Lions carried out a rather disastrous operation by bringing back only the defensive bonus point of their movement in the Drôme. It is imperative react at home, where a positive dynamic carries the troops of captain and hooker Mathieu Bonnot. Rouen remains on four successes in a row, winner of Valence Romans, then Béziers, then Montauban and finally Aurillac.
Grenoble, 11th in the standings, is not a thunderbolt. The Isérois, relegated from the Top 14 in 2017, were nevertheless given favorites for the rise by the coaches of Pro D2 at the dawn of the season. They turn out to be very inconstant. After their coup in Oyonnax during the penultimate day (27-35), they struggled to get rid of the Soyaux-Angoulême red lantern in their stadium in the Alps.
The Charentais obtained the defensive bonus point at the end of a game where they inflicted a 17-0 to their opponent before he woke up. This fragility will not have escaped the general manager of the seinomarin club Richard Hill. His proteges will remember that in the first leg, Grenoble had won in the snatch (21-15) thanks to a test scored two minutes from the end …
Useful information
Rouen Normandy Rugby – Grenoble
17th day of Pro D2
Thursday January 21, 2021, at 7 p.m.
Mermoz Stadium
Closed game
Follow the evolution of the score on the Rouen Normandie Rugby Facebook page
Photo credit: © André Roques – normandie-photo.com
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