Top 14 wrap - Round 21
Sun, 11 May 2008 23:37
See how the mighty are fallen! The biggest fall this week was that of Toulouse to the delight of lovely Montpellier. But it was not a fall that is likely to affect the play-offs - not yet anyway.
Toulouse did not have their full team out but then no side is able to put out a full side as injuries take their toll. In any case the team they put in the field against Montpellier was a powerful one.
Aluta continua. The struggle for fourth place continues, though with a different contender. On Friday night Biarritz lost at home to Clermont Auvergne which gave Perpignan a golden chance to put daylight between themselves and the Basques but then the Catalans went down to Montauban, not getting even a bonus point. Castres are now the bigger threat as their big win over Brive moves them above Biarritz.
No wonder Serge Betsen has plans for changes for next season - new players, new coaches and a renovated stadium.
The next few weeks are going to be fascinating.
Results Round 21
We got three wrong, for Perpignan were beaten in the battle of the boot, Dax were thrashed and Montpellier beat Toulouse.
Montpellier vs Toulouse, 17-15
Castres vs Brive. 41-10
Montauban vs Perpignan, 28-22
Bourgoin vs Dax, 50-14
Stade Français vs Albi, 43-20
Bayonne vs Auch, 23-19
Clermont Auvergne vs Biarritz, 16-11
Log after Round 21
1 Clermont Auvergne 81
2 Stade Toulousain 76
3 Stade Français 69
4 Perpignan 62
5 Castres 56
6 Biarritz 54
7 Montauban 50
8 Montpellier 44
9 Bourgoin 43
10 Bayonne 43
11 Brive 37
12 Albi 36
13 Dax 30
14 Auch 15
Match details
Clermont Auvergne vs Biarritz, 16-11
Lots of kicking, a bantamweight fight between the two scrumhalves and a total of three tries, one a fortunate intervention of the padding on the goal posts.
They were two top teams but not really a great advertisement for rugby football.
Scorers:
For Clermont Auvergne:
Try: Joubert
Con: James
Pens: James 3
For Biarritz:
Try: Ngwenya
Pens: Yachvili, Dupuy
Biarritz: 15 Nicolas Brusque, 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya, 13 Andrea Masi, 12 Romain Cabannes, 11 Jean-Baptiste Gobelet, 10 Marcelo Bosch, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Jacques Cronjé, 7 Imanol Harinordoquy, 6 Vahafolau, 5 Trevor Hall, 4 Jérôme Thion (captain), 3 Mosese Moala, 2 Olivier Noirot, 1 Benoît Lecouls
Replacements: 16 Benoît August, 17 Benoît Bourrust, 18 Santiago Dellapè, 19 Serge Betsen, 20 Julien Dupuy, 21 Julien Peyrelongue, 22 Benjamin Thiery
Clermont Auvergne: 15 Benoît Baby, 14 Aurélien Rougerie, 13 Marius Joubert, 12
Gonzalo Canale, 11 Napolioni Nalaga, 10 Brock James, 9 Pierre Mignoni, 8 Elvis Vermeulen, 7 Alexandre Audebert, 6 Julien Bonnaire, 5 Thibaut Privat, 4 Christophe Samson, 3 Thomas Domingo, 2 Mario Ledesma, 1 Laurent Emmanuelli
Replacements: 16 Mirko Lozupone, 17 John Smit, 18 Loic Jacquet, 19 Emmanuel Etien, 20 Fabien Alexandre, 21 Arnaud Pic, 22 Anthony Floch
Stade Français vs Albi, 43-20
Scorers:
For Stade Français:
Tries: Bousses, Camara, Parisse, Hernández
Cons: Hernández 4
Pens: Hernández 5
For Albi:
Tries: Lacroix, Meyer, Bianco
Con: Hough
Pen: Hough
Stade Français: 15 Ignacio Corleto, 14 Djibril Camara, 13 Guillaume Bousses, 12 Brian Liebenberg, 11 Christophe Dominici, 10 Juan Martín Hernández, 9 Alexandre Albouy, 8 Sergio Parisse, 7 Rémy Martin, 6 Pierre
Rabadan, 5 Cliffie Milton, 4 Arnaud Marchois, 3 Pedro Ledesma, 2 Mathieu Blin, 1 Rodrigo Roncero.
Replacements: 16 Damien Weber, 17 Franck Montanella, 18 Boela du Plooy, 19 Simon Taylor, 20 Jérôme Fillol, 21 Mathieu Bastareaud, 22 Mirco Bergamasco
Albi: 15 John Stewart, 14 Régis Bianco, 13 Thibault Lacroix, 12 Timothy Bowker, 11 Wilhelm Meyer, 10 André Hough, 9 Sébastien Pages, 8 Chrisjan van der Westhuizen, 7 Charlie Laffitte, 6 Lilian Ducos, 5 Arnaud Méla, 4 Philippe Guicherd (captain), 3 Ronnie Uipa Sua, 2 Pierre Saby, 1 Mathieu Larrouy
Replacements: 16 Nicolas Grelon, 17 Stéphane Delpuech, 18 Pierre Correia, 19 Franck Marechal, 20 Thomas Sanchou, 21 Dimitri Senio, 22 Frédéric Manca
Bayonne vs Auch, 23-19
Scorers:
For Bayonne;
Tries: Dourthe, Lopez-Herrero
Cons: Dourthe 2
Pens: Dourthe
3
For Auch;
Tries: Tidjini
Con: Cortes
Pens: Cortes 4
Auch: 15 Patrick Bosque, 14 Thierry Brana, 13 Mehadji Tidjini, 12 Nicolas Pagotto, 11 Raphaël Bastide, 10 Vincent Cortes, 9 Brice Salobert, 8 Alexandre Ricaud, 7 Antoine Battut, 6 Stephan Saint-Lary (captain), 5 Sergio Valdes, 4, 3 Pascal Idieder, 2 Sébastien Bortolucci, 1 Mamuka Magrakvelidze
Replacements used: Grégory Menkarska, Olivier Caisso, Nicolas Bontinck, Karim Dhabi, Christophe Clarac
Bayonne: 15 Pépito Elhorga, 14 Benjamin Lhande, 13 Richard Dourthe, 12 Dwayne Gower, 11 Jean-Baptiste Peyras-Loustalet, 10 Daniel Larrechea, 9 Johnny Howard, 8 Jacques Deen, 7 Dwayne Haare, 6 Guillaume Bernad, 5 Nicolas Lafitte, 4 Mikaera Tewhata, 3 Julian Fiorini, 2 David Roumieu, 1 Pierre-Philippe Lafond.
Replacements used: Arnaud Heguy, Aretz Iguiniz, Rennie, Louis Massabeau, Mickaël
Lopez-Herrero
Bourgoin vs Dax, 50-14
Scorers:
For Bourgoin:
Tries: Frier, David 2, Laloo, Cabello, Viazzo, penalty try
Cons: Laloo 3, Boyet 3
Pen: Laloo
For Dax:
Tries: Dabrin, Caillet
Cons: Lesgourgues 2
Bourgoin: 15 David Janin, 14 Mathieu Nicolas, 13 Yann David, 12 Matias Viazzo, 11 Rudi Coetzee, 10 Sébastien Laloo, 9 Mickaël Forest, 8 Wessel Jooste, 7 Augusto Petrilli, 6 Julien Frier (captain), 5 Damien Fevre, 4 Julien Pierre, 3 Pablo Cardinali, 2 Benoît Cabello, 1 Olivier Milloud.
Replacements: 16 Arnauld Tchougong, 17 Karena Wihongi, 18 Bryce Williams, 19 Aurélien Diotallevi, 20 Brice Monzeglio, 21 Morgan Parra, 22 Benjamin Boyet
Dax: 15 Laurent Diaz, 14 Ludovic Courtade, 13 Irakli Giorgadze, 12 Sébastien Roqué, 11 Paul Dabrin, 10 Florian Argel, 9
Jean-Baptiste Pezet, 8 Pierre Caillet, 7 Olivier August, 6 Justin Purdie, 5 Manuel Sierra, 4 Anthony Mazel, 3 Hedley Wessels, 2 William Bonnet (captain), 1 Régis Rameau
Replacements: 16 Yves Pedrosa, 17 Justin Pendanx, 18 Kas Lealamanua, 19 Rudolph Berek, 20 Julien Lesgourgues, 21 Romain Lafourcade, 22 Duncan Bell
Montauban vs Perpignan, 28-22
Scorers:
For Montauban:
Try: Henn
Con: Fortassin
Pens: Fortassin 5
Drops: Fortassin 2
For Perpignan:
Try: Tuilagi
Con: Montgomery
Pens: Montgomery 2
Drops: Laharrague 3
Montauban: 15 Dalla Riva, 14 Yoan Audrin, 13 Jean-Philippe Viard, 12 Miguel-Boris Avramovic, 11 Jean-Emmanuel Cassin, 10 Fabien Fortassin, 9 Petre Mitu, 8 Marc Raynaud (captain), 7 Ibrahim Diarra, 6 Yannick Caballero, 5 Scott Murray, 4 Karim Ghezal, 3 Pablo Lemoine, 2 Tony Testa, 1 Pablo Henn
Replacements: 16 Camille Traversa, 17 Benjamin Sa, 18 Matthias Rolland, 19 Matthew Clarkin, 20 Cédric Garcia, 21 Sébastien Fauqué, 22 Rida Jaouher
Perpignan: 15 Percy Montgomery, 14 Adrien Planté, 13 David Marty, 12 Jean-Philippe Grandclaude, 11 Julien Candelon, 10 Gavin Hume, 9 Nicolas Durand, 8 Henry Tuilagi, 7 Ovidiu Tonita, 6 Damien Chouly, 5 Christophe Porcu, 4 Nathan Hines, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Marius Tincu, 1 Perry Freshwater (captain).
Replacements: 16 Guillem Guirado, 17 Sébastien Chobet, 18 Sébastien Bozzi, 19 Gerrie Britz, 20 Viliani Vaki, 21 Chris Cusiter, 22 Jérôme Porical
Castres vs Brive, 41-10
Scorers:
For Castres:
Tries: Bourret 2, Lagardère, Vosloo, Ducalcon
Cons: Teulet 5
Pens: Teulet 2
For Brive:
Try: Pejoine
Con: Petitjean
Pen:
Petitjean
Brive: 15 Alexis Palisson, 14 Norman Ligairi, 13 Ben Johnston, 12 Fabrice Estebanez, 11 Filimone Bolavucu, 10 Maxime Petitjean, 9 Jean Baptiste Péjoine, 8 Alexandre Manta, 7 Simon Azoulai, 6 Vincent Forgues, 5 Christian Short, 4 Fabien Domingo/Johan van Zyl, 3 Pierre Capdevielle, 2 Jean-Phillipe Bonrepaux, 1 Davit Khinchagishvili
Replacements (from): 16 Steve Thompson, 17 Petrisor Toderasc, 18 Wickus Liebenberg, 19 Jérôme Bonvoisin/Charl van Rensburg, 20 Damien Neveu, 21 Benjamin Dambielle, 22 Terry Fekitoa
Castres: 15 Romain Teulet, 14 Laloala Milford, 13 Steve Kefu, 12 Phil Christophers, 11 Mathieu Bourret, 10 Anthony Lagardère, 9 Senio, 8 Florian Faure, 7 Gerhard Vosloo, 6 Leiataua Tomiki, 5 Rodrigo Capo-Ortega, 4 Colin Gaston, 3 Danie Saayman, 2 Romain Terrain, 1 Carl Hoeft (captain).
Replacements: 16 Mathieu Bonello, 17 Luc Ducalcon, 18 Tim Barker, 19 Losefa Tekori, 20 Adamou Gambo,
21 Sébastien Tillous-Borde, 22 Laurent Marticoréna
Montpellier vs Toulouse, 17-15
The big surprise of the weekend.
Scorers:
For Montpellier:
Tries: Picamoles, Ouedraogo, Dall'igna
Con: McHugh
For Toulouse:
Tries: Donguy, Sowerby
Con: Elissalde
Pen: Belie
Montpellier: 15 Mark McHugh, 14 Olivier Sarraméa, 13 Manoël Dall'igna, 12 Grant Rees, 11 Frikkie Welsh, 10 François Trinh-Duc, 9 Julien Tomas, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Johan Wasserman, 6 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 5 Drickus Hancke, 4 Michel Macurdy, 3 Philimon Toleafoa, 2 Joan Caudullo (captain), 1 Danie Thiart.
Replacements: 16 Olivier Diomandé, 17 Sébastien Petit, 18 Mamuka Gorgodze, 19 Jérôme Vallée, 20 Sébastien Buada, 21 Murphy Taele, 22 Jean-Mathieu Alcalde
Toulouse: 15 Maxime
Médard, 14 Bertus Swanepoel, 13 Maleli Kunavore, 12 Florian Fritz, 11 Manu Ahotaeiloa, 10 Mathieu Bélie, 9 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, 8 Finau Maka, 7 Grégory Lamboley, 6 Yannick Nyanga, 5 Romain Millo-Chluski, 4 Fabien Pelous (captain), 3 Jean-Baptiste Poux, 2 Virgile Lacombe, 1 Salvatore Perugini
Replacements: 16 William Servat, 17 Yohan Montes, 18 Patricio Albacete, 19 Jean Bouilhou, 20 Byron Kelleher, 21 Yannick Jauzion, 22 Yves Donguy
Match officials
Castres vs Brive
Referee: Pascal Gauzère
Touch judges: Frédéric Gourgues, Didier Dussaut
Assessor: Yves Peyrelongue, Alain Fernandez
Television match official: Mathieu Raynal
Montpellier vs Toulouse
Referee: Romain Poite
Touch judges: Jacques Laplace, Jean-Christophe Clot
Assessor: Jean-Marie Combe, Joel Dumé
Television match official: Bruno Bessot
Bourgoin vs Dax
Referee:
Jean-Christophe Gastou
Touch judges: Daniel Jeanguot, Cerezuela Gines
Assessor: Roger Chicchia, Michel Messan
Television match official: Yves Bressy
Auch vs Bayonne
Referee: Franck Maciello
Touch judges: Hervé Gilard, Bernard Dubos
Assessor: Francis Coup, Bernard Pérez
Television match official: Jean-Pierre Pellaprat
Stade Français vs Albi
Referee: David Rosich
Touch judges: Claude Tajan, Alain Moretto
Assessor: Jean-Paul Goyard, Michel Debet
Television match official: Gérard Borreani
Montauban vs Perpignan
Referee: Patrick Péchambert
Touch judges: Pierre vs Marie Masson, Stéphane Duberger
Assessor: Daniel Irazoqui, Marc Desclaux
Television match official: Jean-Claude Levrier
Biarritz vs Clermont
Referee: Didier Mene
Touch judges: Jean-Louis Fillon, Bernard Vals
Assessor: Michel Forget,
Marc Daroque
Television match official: Daniel Gillet
