Wrap: Top 14, Round 22
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:19
Again this weekend, when the international players were away playing for France, Scotland, England, Italy, Romania and Georgia, there have been surprises.
In particular it was the victories of Bayonne and Montauban which showed the narrowness of the gap between top and bottom. Just the size of Montauban's score against ambitious Racing was a surprise.
Brive's win was no surprise against the erratic Parisians.
Results, Round 22
Bayonne vs Clermont, 22-13
Toulouse vs Montpellier, 34-3
Toulon vs Castres, 19-6
Bourgoin vs Albi, 17-7
Brive vs Stade Français, 26-14
Perpignan vs Biarritz, 19-14
Montauban vs Racing Métro 92, 45-31
Log after Round 22
In the top six is where you want to be because that means the play-offs. In the bottom two is where you don't want to be, because that means relegation.
Despite their defeat Castres are still top but Perpignan's victory has leapfrogged them over Clermont who lost. Brive have moved up above the two major disappointments, Stade Français and Biarritz and, improving as they are, are closing in on Racing.
Down below the struggle is desperate to avoid being the team to join Albi in Pro D2. Montpellier, thumped by understrength Toulouse, are now in jeopardy while Montauban advanced their cause though they are in no way out of trouble. The victories for Bourgoin and Bayonne are keeping their noses above water.
The next four rounds are fascinating with many possibilities.
1. Castres 67
2. Perpignan 66
3. Clermont 65
4. Toulouse 65
5. Toulon 63
6. Racing-Métro 55
7. Brive 51
8. Stade Français 49
9. Biarritz 48
10. Bourgoin 44
11. Bayonne 43
12. Montpellier 42
13. Montauban 41
14. Albi 20
Match details to follow
Bayonne vs Clermont
Big win for the Basques in their struggle to stay in the Top 14. Clermont werte much weakened.
Scorers:
For Bayonne:
Try: Gerber
Con: Garcia
Pen: Garcia 3
Drops: Garcia 2
For Clermont:
Try: Anthony Floch
Con: James
Pens: Bai 2
Teams
Bayonne: 15 Pépito Elhorga, 14 Sam Gerber, 13 Lionel Mazars, 12 Thibault Lacroix, 11 Peyras, 10 Sébastien Fauqué, 9 Cédric Garcia, 8 Dwayne Haare, 7 Rémi Martin, 6 Guillaume Bernad, 5 Ross Filippo, 4 Mikaera Tewhata, 3 Rodney Blake, 2 Arnaud Heguy, 1 Aretz Iguiniz.
Replacements: 16 Arnaud Heguy, 17 Denis Avril, 18 Julien Puricelli, 19 Jacques Deen, 20 Jean-Jo Marmouyet, 21 Mickael Lopez, 22 Manny Edmonds, 23 François Da Ros
Clermont: 15 Benoît Baby, 14 Wesley
Fofana, 13 Gavin Williams, 12 Sermaia Bai, 11 Napolioni Nalaga, 10 Tasesa Lavea, 9 Kevin Senio, 8 Elvis Vermeulen, 7 Alexandre Audebert, 6 Jamie Cudmore, 5 Thibault Privat, 4 Loic Jacquet, 3 Davit Zirakashvili, 2 Willie Wepener, 1 Vincent Debaty
Replacements: 16 Mario Ledesma, 17Clément Ric, 18 Christophe Samson, 19 Ludovic Radosavljevic, 20 Brent Russell, 21 Brock James, 22 Anthony Floch, 23 Marco Ferrer
Toulouse vs Montpellier
For Toulouse:
Tries: David, Lacombe, Bouilhou, Heymans, Clerc
Cons: Skrela 3
Pen: Skrela
Drop: Skrela
For Montpellier:
Pen: Sempere
Teams:
Montpellier: 15, Jean-Mathieu Alcalde, 14 Benjamin Thiéry, 13 Ollie Smith, 12 Sylvain Mirande, 11 Jacques Schutte, 10 Federico Todeschini, 9 Julien Tomas, 8 Marc Giraud, 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 6 Vassili Bost, 5 Michel Macurdy, 4
Drikus Hancke, 3 Juan Figallo, 2 Sébastien Rofes, 1 Na'ama Leleimalefaga
Replacements: 16 Joan Caudullo, 17 Danie Thiart, 18 Alister Campbell, 19 Sakiusa Matadigo, 20 Florian Nicot, 21 Jacques Boussuge, 22 Cesar Sempere, 23 Philémon Toleafoa
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
Toulon vs Castres
Scorers
For Toulon:
Tries: Kefu, Missoup
Pens: Contepomi 3
For Castres:
Pens: McIntyre
Teams:
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
Castres: 15 Florian Denos, 14 Yoan Audrin, 13 Pierre-Emmanuel Garcia, 12 Romain Cabannes, 11 Salesi Sika, 10 Cammie McIntyre, 9 Thomas Sanchou, 8 Chris Masoe, 7 Josefa Tekori, 6 Ibrahim Diarra, 5 Matthias Rolland, 4 Kiril Koulemine, 3 Laurent Ducalcon, 2 Mathieu Bonello, 1 Carl Hoeft
Replacements: 16 Marc-Antoine Rallier, 17 Yannick Forestier, 18 Steve Malonga, 19 Darron Nell, 20 Alexandre Albouy, 21 Phillip Christophers, 22 Paul Bonnefond, 23 Michael Coetzee
Bourgoin vs Albi
There is no playing hope for Albi to avoid relegation. Only two clubs' financial situations can save them.
Scorers:
For Bourgoin:
Try: Senio, penalty try
Cons: Di Bernardo 2
Pen: Di Bernardo
For Albi:
Try: Lakafia
Con: Boulogne
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
Bourgoin: 15 Mael Moinot, 14 Rudy Coetzee, 13 Piet van Zyl, 12 David
Janin, 11 Jean-François Coux, 10 Alberto Di Bernardo, 9 John Senio, 8 Yan Labrit, 7 Sylvain Nicolas, 6 Bogdan Leonte, 5 Coenie Basson, 4 Wessel Jooste, 3 Pablo Cardinali, 2 Rémy Vigneaux, 1 Olivier Milloud
Replacements: 16 Tone Kopelani, 17 Arnault Tchougong, 18 Camille Levast, 19 Tim Cowley, 20 Mickael Forest, 21 Sebastien Laloo, 22 Anthony Forest, 23 Sylvain Charlet
Brive vs Stade Français
For Brive:
Tries: Jeanjean, penalty try
Cons: Estebanez 2
Pens: Estebanez 3
Drop: Estebanez
For Stade Français:
Try: Sempéré
Pens: Beauxis 3
Teams:
Brive: 15 Nicolas Jeanjean, 14 Ronnie Cooke, 13 Lachlan Mackay, 12 Jamie Noon, 11 Viliame Waqaseduadua, 10 Fabrice Estebanez, 9 Shaun Perry, 8 Fabien Domingo, 7 Gerhard Vosloo, 6 Alix Popham, 5 Arnaud Méla, 4 Retief
Uys, 3 Pat Barnard, 2 Guillaume Ribes, 1 Pablo Henn
Replacements: 16 Jean-Philippe Bonrepaux, 17 Pascal Idieder, 18 Damian Browne, 19 Simon Azoulai, 20 Jean-Baptiste Péjoine, 21 Scott Spedding, 22 Horacio Agulla, 23 Petrisor Toderasc
Stade Français: 15 Bonneval, 14 Julien Arias, 13 Mark Gasnier, 12 Guillaume Bousses, 11 Djibril Camara, 10 Lionel Beauxis, 9 Charlie Davies, 8 Simon Taylor, 7 Pierre Rabadan, 6 Antoine Burban, 5 Arnaud Marchois, 4 Tom Palmer, 3 Rayno Gerber, 2 Benjamin Kayser, 1 Rodrigo Roncero.
Replacements: 16 Laurent Sempere, 17 Rabah Slimani, 18 Pierre Vigouroux, 19 Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 20 Noel Oelschig, 21 Ignacio Mieres, 22 Ollie Phillips, 23 Damien Weber
Perpignan vs Biarritz
For Perpignan:
Try: Grandclaude
Con: Laharrague
Pens: Laharrague 4
For Biarritz:
Try: Balshaw
Pens: Courrent
Teams:
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
Biarritz: 15 Iain Blashaw, 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 Nicolas Brusque, 23Yvan Watremez
Montauban vs Racing Métro 92
For Montauban:
Tries: Jaouher, Viard, Larroque
Cons: Rosalen 3
Pens: Rosalen 6
Drops: Rosalen 2
For Racing-Mètro:
Tries: Bobo, Saubade
Cons: Mehrtens 2
Pens: Mehrtens 3
Drop: Mehrtens
Teams:
Montauban: 15 Julien Laharrague, 14 Adrien Figueiredo, 13 Jean-Philippe Viard, 12 Rida Jahouer, 11Vilimoni Delasau, 10 Cédric Rosalen, 9 Mathieu Belie, 8 ZMatthew Clarkin, 7 Antoine Battut, 6 Joel Koffi, 5 Karim Ghezal, 4 Abdelatif Boutaty, 3 Silviu Florea, 2 Mrice Mach, 1 Bogdan Balan
Replacements: 16 Mirko Lozupone, 17 Laurent Delboulbes, 18 Scott Murray, 19 Emmanuel Etien, 20
Julien Larroque, 21 Len Olivier, 22 Shannon Paku, 23 Benjamin Sa
Racing-Mètro: 15 Dan Scarborough, 14 Sireli Bobo, 13 Greg Goosen, 12 François Steyn, 11 Julien Saubade, 10 Andrew Mehrtens, 9 Jérôme Fillol, 8 Jacques Cronjé, 7 Fabrice Culine, 6 Johnny Leo’o, 5 François van der Merwe, 4 Santiago Dellapè, 3 Juan-Pablo Orlandi, 2 Carlo Festuccia, 1 Andrea Lo Cicero
Replacements: 16 Olivier Diomandé, 17 Craig Smith, 18 Bernard Leroux, 19 Jone Qovu, 20 Epi Taione, 21 Nic Berry, 22 Brent Ward, 23 Mikaele Tu'ugahala
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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