But UBB is withstanding the pressure. She abused in melee, harassed in the rucks, she never lowered her head even in the most difficult moments. Her efforts were rewarded with a penalty scored by Australian opening fielder Zack Holmes five minutes from the siren. A nice symbol.
Tambwe him again
In front of the RCT, the absence of the bosses of the hinges was obviously felt. Holmes and Lesgourgues were quite clean in the offensive animation but struggled in the exits of the field, like a blocking of the blocked scrum half (11And) or a kick unscrewed from the opener. The Toulonnais put pressure on the Girondist camp. After a maul and a pounding of the goal line by the forwards, Serin slipped in to score the first try of the match (3-10, 22And).
The UBB reacted very quickly by pulling out its most effective weapon: Tambwe’s speed and explosiveness. Well moved to the left wing by Bielle-Biarrey, the Congolese leaves Paia’aua on the spot with an acceleration and detaches to resist the pressure of Wainiqolo and Kolbe, managing to flatten the line to sign his 5And seasonal test (10-10, 25And). But in terms of speed, RCT is no exception. After a maul, Serin chose the closed side to serve Wainiqolo. The Fijian escaped, transplanted to the center before being caught a meter from the line. But West followed to score Toulon’s second try (10-17, 29And). Before the break, the Girondist scrum began to crumble and allowed Salles to continue his free path and lead Les Varois to a ten-point lead (10-20, 40And).
Holmes without trembling
At the restart, Tameifuna and Kaulashvili came into play to fill the gaps on the front line. Involved from the start on a nice offensive movement triggered by Lesgourgues and ended with a strong try by Douglas (17-20, 44And). But the difficulties of the UBB in the closed scrum persisted and Salles returned a small advantage to the RCT (17-23, 51And). The Bordeaux people did not let themselves go and reinvested the field of Toulon. After a penalty, the forwards put pressure on the line and Mori scored Girondin’s second try, allowing his team to recover the score for the first time in the match (24-23, 60And). A short-lived advantage when Salles added 3 points (24-26, 68And).
But five minutes from the end Holmes, flawless against the posts, puts UBB ahead. The Girondins united to maintain this short lead and allow themselves a precious success. The only flaw: out with a shoulder injury (70th) after a great performance, Vergnes was taken to hospital at the end of the game.
