Preview: Top 14, Round 22
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:20
There are only three rounds left after this one - three rounds to decide who is in play-offs who will play in the Heineken Cup and who will sink down to Pro D2 next season. There are big matches in theory, especially in Toulon and Perpignan.
France are playing which means that the top teams are weakened. The Auvergnats for example are missing 12 players and have five up from the Espoirs.
The top eight sides would all like to fulfil their ambitions, especially Stade de France and Biarritz who have disappointed this year while relative newcomers recently Toulon and Racing will want a share of the sweet cake.
The last five sides are in jeopardy and will be desperate, except for Albi whose fate is sealed. The other four will battle to avoid coming 13th and dropping down a league. Of the four Bayonne and Montauban are at home. But the Basques are up against Clermont, a tough job even though the men from the Massif Central are weakened. Montauban's job may be even harder as Racing will shed fewer players and be determined to win, The other two are away from home,. Of the two Bourgoin have the easier opponents and should beat Albi who may just be dispirited. Montpellier, who have the Spanish fullback Cesar Sempere in their side as a medical joker, do not have far to travel but they have mighty opponents.
Fixtures, Round 22
Friday, 12 March
19.00: Bayonne vs Clermont at Stade Jean Dauger
19.00: Toulouse vs Montpellier at Stade Ernest Wallon
19.00: Toulon vs Castres at Stade Mayol
19.00: Albi vs Bourgoin at Stadium Municipal d'Albi
19.00: Brive vs Stade Français at Stade Amédée Domenech
20.45: Perpignan vs Biarritz at Stade Aimé Giral
Saturday, 13 March
20.45: Montauban vs Racing Métro 92 at Stade Sapiac
Log after Round 21
1.
Castres 67
2. Clermont 65
3. Perpignan 62
4. Toulouse 60
5. Toulon 59
6. Racing-Métro 55
7. Stade Français 49
8. Biarritz 47
9. Brive 47
10. Montpellier 42
11. Bourgoin 40
12. Bayonne 39
13. Montauban 37
14. Albi 20
Earlier results
These are the results of Round 9, same teams reverse venues.
Castres vs Toulon , 21-19
Clermont vs Bayonne , 38-13
Toulouse vs Montpellier, 30-12 in Montpellier
Bourgoin vs Albi, 26-16
Racing-Métro 92 vs Montauban , 17-12
Stade Français vs Brive, 44-16
Biarritz vs Perpignan , 27-12
Predictions: Victories for Bayonne, Toulouse, Toulon, Bourgoin, Brive and Perpignan who are in angry mood with the citing of Grégory Le Corvec.
Teams
Albi: 15 Benjamin Lapeyre, 14 Pierre-Gilles Lakafia, 13 John Stewart, 12
Michel Denêtre, 11 Antony Poujol, 10 Frédéric Manca, 9 Kevin Boulogne, 8 Vincent Clément (cap), 7 Daniel Farani, 6 Florent Fourcade, 5 François Tisseau, 4 Yogane Corréa, 3 Benjamin Sore, 2 Cyriac Ponnau, 1 Pierre Correia
Replacements: 16 Clément Maynadier, 17 Nicolas Frize, 18 Thomas Vervoort, 19 Bastien Manut, 20 Sébastien Pagès, 21 Blair Stewart, 22 Radidi, 23 Florian Prime
Bayonne squad: Aretz Iguiniz, Denis Avril, Arnoud Heguy, David Roumieu, Da Ros, Rodney Blake, Ross Filipo, Mikaera Tewhata, Jacques Deen, Guillaume Bernad, Rémy Martin, Jean-Joseph Marmouyet, Dwayne Haare, Julien Puricelli, Mickaël Lopez, Cédric Garcia, Sébastien Fauqué, Manny Edmonds, Jean-Baptiste Peyras, Lionel Mazars, Sam Gerber, Thibault Lacroix, Vincent Iñigo, Pépito Elhorga
Biarritz: 15 Nicolas Brusque, 14 Takudzwa
Ngwenya, 13 Philippe Bidabé, 12 Damien Traille, 11 Ilikena Bolakoro, 10 Julien Peyrelongue, 9 Vincent Courrent, 8 Florian Faure, 7 Trevor Hall, 6 Fabien Alexandre, 5 Manuel Carizza, 4 Jérôme Thion, 3 Campbell Johnstone, 2 Benoît August, 1 Eduard Coetzee
Replacements: 16 Romain Terrain, 17 Alexandre Barozzi, 18 Pelu Taele, 19 Wenceslas Lauret, 20 Yann Fior, 21 Arnaud Mignardi, 22 AN Other, 23 Watremez
Clermont squad: Vincent Debaty, Marco Ferrer, Clément Ric, Davit Zirakashvili, Mario Ledesma, Willie Wepener, Loïc Jacquet, Thibault Privat, Christophe Samson, Alexandre Audebert, Jamie Cudmore, Kevin Gourdon, Elvis Vermeulen, Ludovic Radosavljevic, Kevin Senio, Tasesa Lavea, Brock James, Seremaïa Baï, Wesley Fofana, Gavin Williams, Napolioni Nalaga, Benoît Baby , Anthony Floch.
Montpellier squad: Na'ama Leleimalefaga, Juan Figallo, Philemon Toleafoa, Eugene van Staden, Danie Thiart, Joan Caudullo, Sébastien Rofes, Alister Campbell, Michel Macurdy, Drikus Hancke, Matadigo, Vasili Bost, Marc Giraud, Fulgence Ouedraogo, Jean-Mathieu Alcalde, Adrien Tomas, Federico Todeschini, Jacques Schutte, Sylvain Mirande, Florian Nicot, Ollie Smith, Pratmarty, Jacques Boussuge, Benjamin Thiéry, Cesar Sempere
Perpignan: 15 Jérôme Porical, 14 Farid Sid, 13 Jean-Philippe Grandclaude, 12 Maxime Mermoz , 11 Adrien Planté , 10 Nicolas Laharrague, 9 Nicolas Durand, 8 Jean-Pierre Perez (captain), 7 Henri Tuilagi, 6 Gerrie Britz, 5 Robins Tchale-Watchou, 4 Olivier Olibeau, 3 Kisi Pulu, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Perry Freshwater
Replacements: 16Charles Geli , 17 Sébastien Chobet, 18 Guillaume Vilaceca, 19 Damien Chouly, 20 David Mélé, 21 Gavin Hume, 22 Philip Burger, 23 Jérôme Schuster
Racing-Mètro squad: Jacques Cronje, Fabrice Culine, Santiago Dellape, Olivier Diomandé, Carlo Festuccia, Johnny Leo'o, Bernard Leroux, Andrea Lo Cicero, Juan Pablo Orlandi, Jone Qovu, Craig Smith, Mikaele Tu'ugahala, François van der Merwe, Nic Berry, Sireli Bobo, Jérôme Fillol, Sefulu Gaugau, Greg Goosen, Andrew Mehrtens, Julien Saubade, Dan Scarbrough, François Steyn, Ipeli Taione, Brent Ward.
Toulon: 15 Luke Rooney, 14 Gabriele Lovobalavu, 13 Mafileo Kefu, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Christian Loamanu, 10 Felipe Contepomi, 9 Pierre Mignoni, 8 Juan Martín Fernandez Lobbe, 7 Joe El Abd, 6 Joe van Niekerk, 5 Ross Skeate, 4 Jocelino Suta, 3 Davit Kubriashvili, 2 Sébastien Bruno, 1 Laurent Emmanuelli
Replacements: 16 Jean-Charles Orioli, 17 Saimone Taumoepeau, 18 Kristian Chesney, 19 Olivier Missoup, 20 Tom May, 21 Jamie Robinson/Clément Marienval, 22 Fabien Cibray, 23 Tonga
Lea'aetoa
Toulouse: 15 Maxime Médard, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Yann David, 12 Florian Fritz, 11 Cédric Heymans, 10 David Skrela, 9 Byron Kelleher, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Shaun Sowerby, 6 Jean Bouilhou, 5 Romain Millo-Chluski, 4 Grégory Lamboley, 3 Census Johnston, 2 Virgile Lacombe, 1 Daan Human
Replacements: 16 Albert Vernet-Basualdo, 17 Benoît Lecouls, 18 Yoann Maestri, 19 Finau Maka, 20 Nicolas Bézy, 21 Manu Ahotaeiloa, 22 Yves Donguy, 23 Yohan Montès
Match officials
Montauban vs Racing Metro 92
Referee: Patrick Pechambert
Assistant referees: Hervé Gilard, Sébastien Hebert
Assessor: Francis Coup
Television match official: Daniel Irazoqui
Bayonne vs Clermont Ferrand
Referee: Cyril Lafon
Assistant referees: Alain Rongier, Jean-Paul Vermande
Assessor: Bernard Bach, Bernard Perez
Television match
official: Bernard Dal Maso
Brive vs Stade Français
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
Assistant referees: Jean-François Lavocat, Gilbert Darrieutort
Assessor: Patrick Costa, Patrick Thomas
Television match official: Akim Hadj Bachir
Toulon vs Castres
Referee: Jérôme Garces
Assistant referees: Fernand Pereira, Jacques Laplace
Assessor: Jean Izquierdo
Television match official: Laurent Valin
Albi vs Bourgoin
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: Patrick Bellet, Christophe Malterre
Assessor: Pascal Bouchet, Marc Desclaux
Television match official: Daniel Gillet
Toulouse vs Montpellier
Referee: Stephan Pomarède
Assistant referees: Didier Dussaut, Frédéric Gourgues
Assessor: Philippe De Miranda, Daniel Dartigeas
Television match official: Gérard Borreani
Perpignan vs
Biarritz at Stade Aimé-Giral
Referee: Jean-Luc Rebollal
Assistant referees: Christophe Graviou, Jean-Louis Suau
Assessor: Michel Sicard, Jean-Christophe Gastou
Television match official: Gilles Cogne
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