Widely beaten in Clermont (43-20), on 2 October Lyon returned to victory by beating Bordeaux (36-21), on Sunday at the Gerland stadium, in the closing match of the 6th day of the Top 14, third success this season synonymous a breath of fresh air for LOU Rugby. The Lyon club thus climbs back to seventh place in the standings, tied with Bayonne, Castres and Racing (13 points). Bordeaux, decimated by injuries in the third row and forced in particular to include the center Rémi Lamerat as a flanker, fell to twelfth place (10 points).
After a failed first half (9-15 at half-time), the Lyonnais, lacking in confidence, found the resources to change things, driven in particular by the entry of the scrum-half of the national team Baptiste Couilloud at the beginning of the second period.
Léo Berdeu flawless against the posts
Always feverish in the game, the players of Xavier Garbajosa were able to count on the address against the poles of the first goal Léo Berdeu, author of a clear group with 21 points (8/8), to stay on the field for the first time. They ended up making a difference thanks to their strikers in the second period.
Two Georgian and New Zealand third-row goals, Beka Saginadze (19-18, 55th) and Jordan Taufua (29-21, 72nd) put the team back on track, before a third try against winger Ethan Dumortier (34th). -21, 77 °)
The Bordelais may regret not having made the most of their undisputed domination in the first period, marked by two goals scored by the winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey after the breakthrough of the first in the national team Mathieu Jalibert (5-3, 12 °) and of the prop Jefferson Poirot (12-6, 23).
But they were penalized by their indiscipline, symbolized by the temporary exclusions inflicted on Mathieu Jalibert (40th) and the Australian third line, Caleb Timu (55th).
