Perpignan lost heavily 68-19 on the ground of Gloucester, conceding ten tries, during the 4th day of the Challenge Cup.
Between fourth in the English championship and eleventh in the French championship, there was no comparison! Gloucester inflicted a correction on Perpignan on the 4th day of the Challenge Cup, with a 68-19 victory by scoring ten tries. At halftime, the case was already heard for the Catalans, led 35-12 after conceding five tries. It was first captain Lewis Ludlow who showed the way, after intercepting a pass from Matteo Rodor and moving up half the field (7-0, 7th). Then Kyle Moyle scored in the left corner after a great collective action (14-0, 11th).
Perpignan reacted three minutes later, with a try from Seilala Lam after a touch on the right side and a carried ball (14-7, 15th). But the hope did not last long, Jordy Reid going to score in the 20th after a triangle game with Ludlow and Chris Harris (21-7). Nino Séguéla then reduced the gap for USAP after a touch on the right side and a carried ball (21-12, 23rd), but the Catalans then did not score a single point in the first half. Unlike Gloucester, who scored again through Santiago Socino after a touch on the left side and a carried ball (28-12, 29th) and by Mark Atkinson, who erased the entire defense and scored in the middle of the posts (35-12 , mt).
Perpignan can still believe in the eighth
The second half started with a new English try, signed Jordy Reid, after a touch on the left side and a carried ball (40-12, 48th). Corn Perpignan, outnumbered following the yellow card inflicted on Arthur Joly, managed to score their third, and last, try of the match, by Séguéla on a counter-attack (40-19, 52nd). Gloucester finished the match very strong, with a 28-0. Stephen Varney first scored on a touch on the left side and a carried ball (47-19, 56th), then Jack Singleton after a long playing time (54-19, 71st), then Chris Harris after a scrum from 5 meters and a push from the forwards (61-19, 74th), and finally Louis Rees-Zammit concluded the Gloucester festival by intercepting a pass from Rodor before coming back halfway up the field (68-19, 79th). It is therefore a real beating for USAP, which still hopes to see the round of 16, if the Catalans win in Treviso on the last day in April.
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