Two shocks start Top 14
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:59
France's Top 14 kicked off on Tuesday night and it did sop with two shock results in thrilling matches.
Toulouse became the champions of France just over two months ago; on Tuesday they were beaten by Montpellier who finished eighth. Clermont Auvergne ended the Top 14 top of the log; on Tuesday newly promoted Toulon beat them. And Bayonne beat Castres in Castres.
The rest went more or less as expected, but it certainly was a lively start to the Top 14.
Results of Round 1
Bayonne vs Castres, 27-26
Biarritz vs Bourgoin, 29-22
Montauban vs Mont-de-Marsan, 37-19
Montpellier vs Toulouse, 16-11
Perpignan vs Brive , 34-18
Stade Français vs Dax, 31-9
Toulon vs Clermont, 22-16
Log after Round 1
1. Paris 5
2. Montauban 5
3. Perpignan 4
4. Biarritz 4
5. Toulon 4
6. Montpellier 4
7. Bayonne 4
8. Castres 1
9. Toulouse 1
10. Clermont 1
11. Bourgoin 1
12. Brive 0
13. Mt de Marsan 0
14. Dax 0
Bayonne vs Castres, 27-26
Last season Castres ended fifth, Bayonne ninth.
Visitors Bayonne scored more tries but ended hanging on for dear life as Romain Teulet missed first with a penalty and then with a dropped goal in the last couple of minutes.
Scorers:
For Castres:
Tries: Terrain, penalty try
Cons: Teulet 2
Pens: Larrechea 2
For Bayonne:
Tries: Bolavucu, Gerber, Puricelli
Cons: Larrechea 3
Pens: Teulet 4
Teams:
Bayonne: 15 Julien Peyras, 14 Sam Gerber, 13 Thibault Lacroix, 12 Craig Gower, 11 Filimone Bolavucu, 10 Daniel Larrechea, 9 Johnny Howard, 8 Jacques Deen, 7 Julien Puricelli, 6 Rémy Martin (captain), 5 Cédric Bergez, 4 Rob Linde, 3 Rodney Blake, 2
David Roumieu, 1 Pierre-Philippe Lafond.
Replacements: Manuel Edmonds, Denis Avril, Aretz Iguiniz, Arnaud Heguy, Vincent Inigo, Marc Baget, Mickaël Lopez-Herrero.
Castres: 15 Romain Teulet, 14 Laloaoa Milford, 13 Charles Sika, 12 Lionel Mazars, 11 Thomas Bouquié, 10 Anthony Lagardère, 9 Thomas Sanchou, 8 Florian Faure, 7 Darron Nell, 6 Leiataua Tomiki, 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Rodrigo Capo-Ortega, 3 Luc Ducalcon, 2 Romain Terrain, 1 Carl Hoeft.
Replacements: Colin Gaston, Danie Saayman, Mathieu Bonello, Romain Boscus, Iosefa Tekori, Cammie McIntyre, Kees Lensing.
Referee: Stephan Pomarède
Touch judges: Jean-Christophe Clot, Alain Rongier
Assessor: Francis Coup, Michel Debet
Television match official: Jean-Christophe Gastou
Biarritz vs Bourgoin, 29-22
Big score, but not many tries. In the end two tries beat one.
Coenie Basson made his Top 14 debut and earned a yellow card.
Scorers:
For Biarritz:
Tries: Ngwenya 2
Cons: Courrent 2
Pens: Courrent 5
For Bourgoin:
Try: David
Con: Boyet
Pens: Boyet 4
Drop: Boyet
Teams;
Biarritz: 15 Nicolas Brusque, 14 Philippe Bidabé, 13 Laurent Tranier, 12 Damien Traille, 11 Takudzwa Ngwenya, 10 Vincent Courrent, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Samui Vahafolau, 7 Jacques Cronjé, 6 Magnus Lund, 5 David Couzinet, 4 Jérôme Thion (captain), Benoît Bourrust, Benoît Denoyelle, Eduard Coetzee.
Replacements: 16 Antonin Raffault, 17 Benoît Lecouls, 18 Jean-Baptiste Roidot, 19 Wenceslas Lauret, 20 Julien Peyrelongue, 21 Henry Fa'afili, 22 Benjamin Thiery, 23 Fabien Barcella.
Bourgoin: 15
Anthony Forest, 14 Matthieu Nicolas, 13 Matias Viazzo, 12 Yann David, 11 Rudi Coetzee, 10 Benjamin Boyet, 9 Mickaël Forest (captain) , 8 Jean Philippe Genevois, 7 Tim Cowley, 6 Bogdan Leonte, 5 Camille Levast, 4 Coenie Basson, 3 Pablo Cardinali, 2 Tone Kopelani, 1 Arnaud Tchougong.
Replacements: 16 Rémy Vigneaux, 17 Wessel Roux, 18 Karena Wihongi, 19 Wessel Jooste, 20 Yann Labrit, 21 Morgan Parra, 22 Jean François Coux, 23 Sébastien Laloo.
Referee: Jean-Luc Rebollal
Touch judges: Jean-Paul Vermande, Fernand Pereira
Assessor: Christian Zidel, Bernard Perez
Television match official: Daniel Gillet
Montauban vs Mont-de-Marsan, 37-19
It was easy for Montauban against newly promoted Stade Montois who have not been able to spend as lavishly as Toulon, in fact not lavishly at all.
Scorers:
For
Montauban:
Tries: Delasau 2, Audrin, Diarra
Cons: Fortassin 4
Pens: Fortassin 3
For Mont-de-Marsan:
Try: Cler
Con: Arrayet
Pens: Arrayet 4
Teams:
Montauban: 15 Johan Dalla Riva, 14 Vilimoni Delasau, 13 Jean-Philippe Viard, 12 Rida Jahouer, 11 Shannon Paku, 10 Fabien Fortassin, 9 Fabrice Culinat, 8 Ibrahim Diarra, 7 Marc Raynaud (captain), 6 Antoine Battut, 5 Karim Ghezal, 4 Matthias Rolland, 3 Laurent Delboulbès, 2 Camille Traversa, 1 Benjamin Sa.
Replacements: Silviu Florea, Scott Murray, Matthew Clarkin, Jean-Emmanuel Cassin, 23 Yoan Audrin.
Mont-de-Marsan: 15 Florent Cazeaux, 14 Timoci Matanavu, 13 Yannick Lafforgue, 12 Damien Cler, 11 Simon Ternisien, 10 Bernard Arrayet, 9 Lionel Duthil, 8 Jérôme Dhien (captain), 7 Julien Tastet, 6 Jérôme Carre, 5 Rudolphe Berek, 4 Luke Tait, 3
Sébastien Ormaechea, 2 Romain Lauga, 1 Nicolas Etcheverry.
Replacements: 16 Trevor Leota, 17 Pieter Grobler, 18 Patrick Blanco, 19 , 20 Laurent Travini, 21 Marc Giraud, 22 Yohann Durquet, 23 Alban Genthieu.
Referee: Hervé Dubes
Touch judges: Frédéric Ducarez, Jean-Claude Bes
Assessor: Jean-Louis Lamy, Marc Daroque
Television match official: Jean-Pierre Pellaprat
Montpellier vs Toulouse, 16-11
Dethroned. The champions of France were brought down to earth in their opening match of the new Top 14. The spectators must have had wind of success for 14 248 packed Stade Yves-d-Manoir whose capacity is given as 14 000.
Scorers:
For Montpellier:
Try: Brana
Con: Todeschini
Pens: Todeschini 2, McHugh
For Toulouse:
Try: Heymans
Pens: Elissalde, Du
Toit
Teams:
Montpellier: 15 Mark McHugh, 14 Thomas Brana, 13 Ollie Smith, 12 Grant Rees, 11 Olivier Sarramea, 10 Federico Todeschini, 9 Julien Tomas, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Johan Wasserman, 6 Fulgence Ouedraogo (captain), 5 Drikus Hancke, 4 Michel Macurdy, 3 Eugene van Staden, 2 Joan Caudullo, 1 Danie Thiart.
Replacements: 16 Fabien Rofes, 17 Pietman van Niekerk, 18 Bruce Douglas, 19 Jérôme Vallée, 20 Mamuka Gorgodze, 21 Justin Marshall, 22 François Trinh-Duc, 23 Frikkie Welsh.
Toulouse: 15 Clément Poitrenaud, 14 Manu Ahotaeiloa, 13 Florian Fritz, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Cédric Heymans, 10 Jean Baptiste Elissalde, 9 Byron Kelleher, 8 Shaun Sowerby, 7 Thierry Dusautoir, 6 Jean Bouilhou, 5 Patricio Albacete, 4 Fabien Pelous (captain), 3 Salvatore Perugini, 2 William Servat, 1 Daan Human.
Replacements:
Bertus Swanepoel, Virgile Lacombe, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Yohan Montès, Romain Millo-Chluski, Grégory Lamboley, Gaffie du Toit, Yannick Nyanga.
Referee: Jean-Pierre Matheu
Touch judges: Eric Briquet Campin, René Bordeneuve
Assessor: Michel Sicard, Michel Messan
Television match official: Serge Marzullo
Perpignan vs Brive, 34-18
Scorers:
For Perpignan:
Tries: Manas, Chouly, penalty try
Cons: Porical 2
Pens: Porical 4, Laharrague
For Brive:
Tries: Agulla, Ligairi
Con: Goode
Pens: Goode 2
Teams:
Brive: 15 Alexis Palisson, 14 Norman Ligairi, 13 Ronnie Cooke, 12 Ben Johnston, 11 Horacio Agulla, 10 Andy Goode, 9 Jean-Baptiste Pejoine, 8 Simon Azoulai (captain), 7 Alix Popham, 6 Gerhard Vosloo, 5 Arnaud Méla, 4 Yohan Van Zyl, 3 Pierre
Capdevielle, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Davit Khinchagishvili
Replacements: Petrisor Toderasc, Pascal Idieder, Jean Philippe Bonrepaux, Damien Browne, Alex Manta, Barry Davies, Sukanaivalu Hufanga
Perpignan: 15 Jérôme Porical, 14 Christophe Manas, 13 David Marty, 12 Gavin Hume, 11 Farid Sid, 10 Steve Meyer, 9 Chris Cusiter, 8 Damien Chouly, 7 Bert rand Guiry, 6 Jean-Pierre Pérez, 5 Nathan Hines, 4 Rimas Alvarez-Kairelis, 3 Nicolas Mas (captain), 2 Guirado, 1 Freshwater.
Replacements: Marius Tincu, Jérôme Schuster, Gerrie Britz, Henry Tuilagi, Nicolas Laharrague, Philip Burger.
Referee: Cédric Marchat
Touch judges: Denis Grenouillet, Patrick Dellac
Assessor: Michel Forget, Yves Bressy
Television match official: Daniel Irazoqui
Stade Français vs Dax, 31-9
It was so easy for the Paris side
against a team which would have been demoted last year but for Albi's bad bookkeeping.
Falie Oelschig made his Top 14 with a try and a yellow card.
Scorers:
For Stade Français:
Tries: Parisse 2, Oelschig
Cons: Beauxis 2
Pens: Beauxis, M Bergamasco
Drop: Beauxis 2
For Dax:
Pens: Petitjean 3
Teams:
Dax: 15 Bruno Hiriart, 14 Federico Martin Aramburu, 13 Laurent Marticoréna, 12 Gavin Williams, 11 Neumi Nanuku, 10 Maxime Petitjean, 9 Nicolas Morlaes, 8 Joel Koffi, 7 Jannie Bornman, 6 Mathieu Lièvremont (captain), 5 Kane Thompson, 4 Mickaël Bert, 3 Nicolas Decamps, 2 Yves Pédrosa, 1 Renaud Boyoud.
Replacements: William Bonnet, Kasiano Lealamanua, Mattin Auzqui, Anthony Mazel, Vincent Deniau, Nicolas Vergallo, Duncan Bell.
Stade
Français: 15 Nicolas Jeanjean, 14 Julien Arias, 13 Stéphane Glas, 12 Brian Liebenberg, 11 Dave Vainqueur, 10 Lionel Beauxis, 9 Noel Oelschig, 8 Sergio Parisse, 7 Pierre Rabadan (captain), 6 Simon Taylor, 5 Pierre Vigouroux, 4 Arnaud Marchois, 3 Sylvain Marconnet, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Pierre Correia.
Replacements: 16 Mathieu Blin, 17 Franck Montanella, 18 Mauro Bergamasco, 19 Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 20 Terry Bouhraoua, 21 Mathieu Bastareaud, 22 Mirco Bergamasco, 23 Laurent Simutoga
Referee: Franck Maciello
Touch judges: Hervé Gilard, Didier Morin
Assessor: Jean-Marie Combe, Marc Desclaux
Television match official: Gérard Borreani
Toulon vs Clermont Auvergne, 22-16
The second half made it for Toulon when they scored 22-3 in that period.
Scorers:
For Toulon:
Tries: Williams,
Banquet, Jagr
Cons: Pez 2
Pen: Pez
For Clermont Auvergne:
Try: Rougerie
Con: Baby
Pens: Baby 2
Drop: James
Teams:
Clermont Auvergne: 15 Benoît Baby, 14 Aurélien Rougerie, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Pierre Manuel Garcia, 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 Brock James, 9 Pierre Mignoni, 8 Julien Bonnaire, 7 Emmanuel Etien, 6 Fabien Alexandre, 5 Thibaut Privat, 4 Christophe Samson, 3 Davit Zirakashvili, 2 Mario Ledesma, 1 Laurent Emmanuelli.
Replacements: 16 Mirko Lozupone, 17 Simms Davison, 18 Vincent Debaty, 19 Loic Jacquet, 21 Elvis Vermeulen, 22 Thomas Combezou, 23 Arnaud Mignardi
Toulon: 15 Olivier Grimaud, 14 Martin Jagr, 13 Mafileo Kefu, 12 Tusi Pisi, 11 Marc Andreu, 10 Ramiro Pez, 9 Norman Jordaan, 8 Thomas Sourice, 7 Jerry Collins, 6 Soane Toevalu, 5 Esteban Lozada, 4 Jocelino Suta,
3 Ben Castle, 2 Philip Fitzgerald (captain), 1 Saimone Taumoepeau.
Replacements: 16 Tiaan Liebenberg, 17 David Banquet, 18 Mathieu Larrouy, 19 Fotunuupule Auelua, 20 Yoann Maestri, 21 Sonny Bill Williams, 22 Sébastien Fauqué, 23 Matt Henjak.
Referee: Christophe Berdos
Touch judges: Patrick Bellet, Claude Tajan
Assessor: Patrice Frantschi, Daniel Pruvot
Television match official: Daniel Dartigeas
