Catalans beat Basques in Bayonne
Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:41
Perpignan beat Bayonne 30-13 on Friday night in a postponed Round 14 match in the Top 14 to leap to the top of the log.
The reigning champions have come good of late and look in a good position to be serious contenders to keep their crown. They are level on points with Castres but have a better points' difference. Scoring three tires to one gave the visitors a bonus point.
Log
Bayonne and Bourgoin have a match in hand.
1. Perpignan 60
2. Castres 60
3. Clermont 56
4. Toulouse 55
5. Racing-Métro 52
6. Toulon 51
7. Brive 46
8. Stade Français 45
9. Biarritz 42
10. Montpellier 37
11. Montauban 33
12. Bourgoin 31
13. Bayonne 29
14. Albi 20
Scorers:
For Perpignan:
Tries: Plante 2, Porical, Manas
Cons: Laharrague 2
Pens: Laharrague 2
For Bayonne:
Try: Heguy
Con: Garcia
Pens: Garcia 2
Teams:
Bayonne: 15 Pépito Elhorga, 14 Jean-Baptiste Peyras, 13 Thibault Lacroix, 12 Sam Gerber, 11 Filimone Bolavucu, 10 Manny Edmonds, 9 Cédric Garcia, 8 Jacques Deen, 7 Julien Puricelli, 6 Jean-Joseph Marmouyet, 5 Lafitte, 4 Rob Linde, 3 Aretz Iguiniz, 2 David Roumieu, 1 Denis Avril.
Replacements: 16 Arnaud Heguy, 17 Renaud Boyoud, 18 Ross Filipo, 19 Dwayne Haare, 20 Guillaume Bernad, 21 Sébastien Fauqué, 22 Lionel Mazars, 23 Rodney Blake
Perpignan: 15 Porical, 14 Farid Sid, 13 Jean-Philippe Grandclaude, 12 Gavin Hume, 11 Adrien Planté , 10 Nicolas Laharrague, 9 Nicolas Durand, 8 Henry Tuilagi, 7 Jean-Pierre Perez (captain), 6 Gerrie Britz, 5 Robins Tchale-Watchou, 4 Olivier Olibeau, 3 Kisi Pulu, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Perry Freshwater
Replacements: 16 Charles Geli, 17
Jérôme Schuster, 18 Vivalda, 19 Damien Chouly, 20 David Mélé, 21 Christophe Manas, 22 Philip Burger, 23 Benoît Bourrust
Referee: Jean-Luc Rebollal
Assistant referees: Christophe Graviou, Christophe Malterre
Assessor: Richard Senssac, Bernard Perez
Television match official: Stephan Pomarède


