No shocks in Top 14 Round 2
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:09
After the three major upsets of Round 1, Round 2 went pretty well as expected. Not that there were no close calls.
Perhaps the biggest surprise was the size of Biarritz's win over Castres. At home victory was likely but it was so big. Perhaps the same is true of the Auvergnats victory. The other surprise was the paucity of scoring in Toulon. The nearest to a major surprise is the performance of Dax.
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Match details
Biarritz vs Castres: 32-17
In the second half the Basques scored 16 unanswered point to win.
Scorers:
For Biarritz:
Tries: Ngwenya 2, Bolakoro
Con: Courrent
Pens: Courrent 4
For Castres:
Tries: Sika, Koulemine
Cons: Bouquié 2
Pens: Yachvili, Bouquié
Biarritz: 15 Benjamin Thiery, 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya, 13 Laurent Tranier, 12 Romain Cabannes, 11 Bolakoro, 10 Vincent Courrent, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Jacques Cronjé, 7 Imanol Harinordoquy, 6 Magnus Lund, 5 David Couzinet, 4 Jérôme Thion (captain), 3 Benoît Lecouls, 2 Antonin Raffault, 3 Fabien Barcella
Replacements: 16 Benoît Denoyelle, 17 Benoît Bourrust, 18 Trevor Hall, 19 Jean-Baptiste Roidot, 20 Julien Peyrelongue, 21 Damien Traille, 22 Jean-Baptists Gobelet, 23 Eduard Coetzee.
Castres: 15 Thomas Bouquié, 14 Paul Bonnefond, 13 Lionel Mazars, 12 Salesi Sika, 11 Rafael Carballo, 10 Cammie McIntyre, 9 Kevin Senio, 8 Losefa Tekori, 7 Leiataua Tomiki, 6 Rodrigo Capo Ortega (captain), 5 Kiril Koulemine, 4
Ludovic Michaux, 3 Danie Saayman, 2 Mathieu Bonello, 1 Kees Lensing
Replacements: Fabio Staibano, Colin Gaston, Romain Terrain, Steeve Malonga, Thomas Sanchou, Romain Boscus, Anthony Lagardère
Stade Français vs Mont-de-Marsan, 27-22
This is a good effort by newly promoted Stade Montois, especially as it was a home match for Stade Français.
Scorers:
For Stade Français:
Tries: Rabadan, Parisse
Con: Mirco Bergamasco
Pens: Mirco. Bergamasco 5
For Mont-de-Marsan:
Try: Giraud
Cons: Arrayet
Pens: Arrayet 4, Lafforgue
Mont-de-Marsan: 15 Florent Cazeaux, 14 Jean-Baptiste Dubié, 13 Simon Ternisien, 12 Alban Genthieu, 11 Damien Cler, 10 Yannick Lafforgue, 9 Bernard Arrayet, 8 Maréchal, 7 Julien Tastet, 6 Marc Giraud, 5 Laurent Travini, 4 Luke Tait, 3 Pieter Grobler, 2 Romain
Lauga, 1 Patrick Blanco.
Replacements: 16 Trevor Leota, 17 Ben Coutts, 18 Rudolphe Berek, 19 Jérôme Dhien, 20 Lionel Duthil, 21 Delmas, 22 Yohann Durquet, 23 Sébastien Ormaechea.
Stade Français: 15 Nicolas Jeanjean, 14 Julien Arias, 13 Guillaume Bousses, 12 Mathieu Bastareaud, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Brian Liebenberg, 9 Noel Oelschig, 8 Sergio Parisse (captain), 7 Mauro Bergamasco, 6 Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 5 Simon Taylor, 4 Pierre Vigouroux, 3 Franck Montanella, 2 Mathieu Blin, 1 Pierre Correia.
Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Rodrigo Roncero, 18 Robins Tchale-Watchou, 19 Pierre Rabadan, 20 Terry Bouhraoua, 21 Stéphane Glas, 22 Carl Pautric, 23 Sylvain Marconnet
Toulon vs Brive, 3-3
This really is an old-fashioned score, even more old fashioned as there was not scoring at all for 72 minutes of this match at Stade Félix-Mayol. But the shock of it is that the vanquishers of Clermont Auvergne were held to a draw by Brive on their own patch.
Scorers:
For Toulon:
Pen: Fauqué
For Brive:
Pen: Goode
Toulon: 15 Tusi Pisi, 14 Clément Imbert, 13 Sonny Bill Williams, 12 Mafileo Kefu, 11 Marc Andreu, 10 Sébastien Fauqué, 9 Matt Henjak, 8 Olivier Missoup, 7 Fotunuupule Auelua, 6 Jerry Collins, 5 Esteban Lozada, 4 Yoann Maestri, 3 David Banquet, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Mathieu Larrouy.
Replacements: 16 Philip Fitzgerald, 17 Saimone Taumoepeau, 18 Jocelino Suta, 19 Thomas Sourice, 20 Ramiro Pez, 21 Sonny Falconetti, 22 Norman Jordaan, 23 Ben Castle.
Brive: 15 Barry Davies, 14 Horacio Agulla, 13 Sukanaivalu Hufanga, 12 Lachlan Mackay, 11 Ben Cohen, 10 Andy Goode, 9 Liam Davies, 8 Vincent Forgues, 7 Antonie Claassen, 6 Gerhard Vosloo, 5 Arnaud Méla, 4 Yohan
Van Zyl, 3 Pierre Capdevielle, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Davit Khinchagishvili
Replacements: Petrisor Toderasc, Jawad Djoudi, Pascal Idieder, Damien Browne, Simon Azoulai, Jean-Baptiste Pejoine, Ronnie Cooke
Bayonne vs Montauban, 22-20
Bayonne beat Castres at home in Round 1 and just hung onto Montauban at home but then the visitors had found Mont-de-Marsan easy meat in Round 1.
Scorers:
For Bayonne:
Try: Edmonds
Con: Edmonds
Pens: Edmonds 5
For Montauban:
Tries: Fortassin, Delasau
Cons: Fortassin 2
Pens: Fortassin 2
Bayonne: 15 Julien Peyras-Loustalet, 14 Sam Gerber, 13 Thibault Lacroix, 12 Vincent Inigo, 11 Filimone Bolavucu, 10 Manny Edmonds, 9 Cédric Garcia, 8 Julien Puricelli, 7 Rémy Martin (captain), 6 Guillaume Bernad, 5 Mikaera Tewhata, 4 Rob Linde, 3 Denis Avril, 2 Arnaud Heguy, 1 Aretz Iguiniz Replacements used: Pierre-Philippe Lafond, David Roumieu, Rodney Blake, Jacques Deen, Johnny Howard, Daniel Larrechea, Craig Gower
Montauban: 15 Julien Laharrague, 14 Adrien Figueiredo, 13 Miguel Boris Avramovic, 12 Yoan Audrin, 11 Jean-Emmanuel Cassin, 10 Régis Lespinas, 9 Julien Audy, 8 Abdelatif Boutaty, 7 Ibrahim Diarra, 6 Matthew Clarkin (captain), 5 Rowan Frost, 4 Scott Murray, 3 Silviu Florea, 2 Brice Mach, 1 Bogdan Balan
Replacements used: Camille Traversa, Benjamin Sa, Nick Adams, Romain Sazy
Clermont Auvergne vs Montpellier, 43-20
Montpellier slew mighty Toulouse on Tuesday but the Auvergnats put them to the sword on Saturday.
Scorers:
For Clermont Auvergne:
Tries: Cabello, Audebert, Baby, Nalaga, Joubert, James
Cons: Baby 2, James 3
Pen: Baby
For Montpellier:
Tries:
Mirande, Sarramea
Cons: McHugh 2
Pens: McHugh 2
Clermont Auvergne: 15 Anthony Floch, 14 Aurélien Rougerie, 13 Seremaia Baï, 12 Marius Joubert, 11 Napolioni Nalaga, 10 Brock James, 9 John Senio, 8 Julien Bonnaire, 7 Elvis Vermeulen, 6 Alexandre Audebert, 5 Loic Jacquet, 4 Julien Pierre, 3 Vincent Debaty, 2 Benoît Cabello, 1 Simms Davison.
Replacements: 16 Mirko Lozupone, 17 Laurent Emmanuelli, 18 Thomas Domingo, 19 Christophe Samson, 21 Alexandre Lapandry, 22 Pierre Mignoni, 23 Benoît Baby
Montpellier: 15 Mark McHugh, 14 Thomas Brana, 13 Frikkie Welsh, 12 Sylvain Mirande, 11 Sébastien Kuzbic, 10 François Trinh-Duc, 9 Justin Marshall, 8 Warren Britz, 7 Mamuka Gorgodze, 6 Jérôme Vallée, 5 Drikus Hancke, 4 Gonçalo Uva, 3 Bruce Douglas, 2 Fabien Rofes, 1 Pietman van Niekerk.
Replacements (from): Mickaël Ladhuie, Danie
Thiart, Benjamin Goze, Vassili Bost, Julien Tomas, Olivier Sarramea, Florian Nicot, Eugene van Staden, Matthieu Petitdemange.
Toulouse vs Dax, 32-25
This is a good effort by Dax who struggled so much in the Top 14 last season. They even managed a bonus point. They deserved at least that much for scoring three tries to one and a penalty try.
Scorers:
For Toulouse:
Tries: Gimenez, penalty try
Cons: Belie, Elissalde
Pens: Swanepoel, Belie 2, Elissalde 3
For Dax:
Tries: Borges, Bornman, Vergallo
Cons: Bortolussi 2
Pens: Bortolussi 2
Dax: 15 David Bortolussi, 14 Bruno Hiriart, 13 Federico Martin Aramburu, 12 Duncan Bell, 11 Lucas Borges, 10 Antoine Vignau-Tuquet, 9 Nicolas Vergallo, 8 Vincent Deniau, 7 Jannie Bornman, 6 Mathieu Lièvremont (captain), 5 Mickaël Bert, 4 Anthony Mazel, 3 Renaud Boyoud, 2 William Bonet, 1
Julien Brugnaut.
Replacements: 16 Jimmy Jaen, 17 Kasiano Lealamanua, 18 Cédric Guironnet, 19 Joel Koffi, 20 Nicolas Morlaes, 21 Laurent Marticoréna, 22 Laurent Diaz, 23 Mattin Auzqui
Toulouse: 15 Médard, 14 Bertus Swanepoel, 13 Gimenez, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Cédric Heymans, 10 Belie, 9 Byron Kelleher, 8 Grégory Lamboley, 7 Finau Maka, 6 Yannick Nyanga, 5 Patricio Albacete, 4 Romain Millo-Chluski, 3 Salvatore Perugini, 2 William Servat, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Replacements: 16 Alberto Vernet Basualdo, 17 Yohan Montès, 18 Daan Human, 19 Jean Bouilhou, 20 Shaun Sowerby, 21 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, 22 Gaffie du Toit, 23 Manu Ahotaeiloa
Perpignan vs Bourgoin, 22-16
Perpignan had to come from behind to beat Bourgoin but then Bourgoin are always a tough proposition at home.
Scorers:
For Perpignan:
Tries: Burger, Grandclaude
Pens: Laharrague 2, Meyer
For Bourgoin:
Try: Genevois
Con: Boyet
Pens: Boyet 2, Parra
Bourgoin: 15 Florian Denos, 14 Anthony Forest, 13 David Janin, 12 Yann David, 11 Rudi Coetzee, 10 Benjamin Boyet, 9 Mickaël Forest, 8 Thomas Genevois, 7 Bogdan Leonte, 6 Julien Frier (captain), 5 Camille Levast, 4 Coenie Basson, 3 Pablo Cardinali, 2 Tone Kopelani, 1 Arnaud Tchougong.
Replacements used: Pascal Peyron, Yann Labrit, Morgan Parra, Matias Viazzo
Perpignan: 15 Philip Burger, 14 Adrien Planté, 13 David Marty, 12 Jean-Philippe Grandclaude, 11 Julien Candelon, 10 Nicolas Laharrague, 9 Chris Cusiter, 8 Jean-Pierre Pérez, 7 Henry Tuilagi, 6 Damien Chouly, 5 Gerrie Britz, 4 Nathan Hines, 3 Nicolas Mas (captain), 2 Marius Tincu, 1 Kisi Pulu.
Replacements used: Guilhem Guirado, Perry Freshwater, Guillaume
Vilaceca, Yannick Parent
Match officials:
Clermont Auvergne vs Montpellier
Referee: Pascal Gauzere
Touch judges: Gilbert Darrieutort, Jean-Christophe Clot
Assessor: Francis Bourgade, Marc Desclaux
Television match official: Vincent Azoulay
Bayonne vs Montauban
Referee: Eric Gauzins
Touch judges: Olivier Migne, Patrick Bellet
Assessor: Pascal Bouchet, Roger Duhau
Television match official: Jean-Claude Levrier
Biarritz vs Castres
Referee: Patrick Pechambert
Touch judges: Jacques Laplace, Frédéric Ducatez
Assessor: Daniel Pascal, Joël Dumé
Television match official: Daniel Dartigeas
Bourgoin vs Perpignan
Referee: Eric Darrière
Touch judges: Didier Dussaut, Eric Briquet Campin
Assessor: Philippe De Miranda, Serge Marzullo
Television match official: Gérard Borreani
Toulon vs Brive
Referee: Didier Mene
Touch judges: Jean-Claude Bes, Alain Moretto
Assessor: Jean-Claude Legendre, Patrick Thomas
Television match official: Daniel Irazoqui
Stade Français vs Mont-de-Marsan
Referee: Bruno Bessot
Touch judges: Régis Gabard, Alain Rongier
Assessor: Patrick Costa, Marc Daroque
Television match official: Jean-Pierre Pellaprat
Toulouse vs Dax
Referee: Philippe Bonhoure
Touch judges: Claude Tajan, Fernand Pereira
Assessor: Michel Izquierdo, Alain Fernandez
Television match official: Daniel Gillet
