Top 14: With Juan Cruz Mallía, Toulouse tied with Tomás Lavanini’s Lyon but remains at the top
He Top 14the top rugby tournament in France, completed his 12th date with an important presence of Argentine players. All rugby, in Disney+.
The day began with the triumph of Rochellewhich had Joel Sclavi in the complement, before the Clermont by Mark Kremer and Benjamín Urdapilleta, by 20-15. Then, Montpellier defeated Racing 92 by 21-17while Toulon thrashed Paul 56-25, Vanneswith Santiago Medrano and Francisco Gorrissen as starters, fell to Bayonne 21-27. The maritime team had Rodrigo Buni, who scored a try, and Mateo Carreras.
Later Stade Français surpassed by 24-7 to Perpignan: Ignacio Ruiz, Joaquin Oviedo and Jerome of the Source They were starters on the visit. Finally, the last crossing on Saturday was between the Castres from the Uruguayan Santiago Arata and the Bordeaux of Guido Pettiwhich concluded with a 13-3 for the Begles. The day closed on Sunday with the duel that ended in a draw 17 between Lyon with Thomas Lavanini and Toulouse that had to Juan Cruz Mallía on court.
LYON 17-17 TOULOUSE (Sunday)
On a rainy night in the Matmut Stadiumthe game was plagued by inaccuracies and errors in the final stages. With a better first half from the hosts, the complement found the visitor with a slight superiority and with a precise performance by the relays that allowed them to even out the game, reach a tie and remain at the top of the competition. In Toulousesaid present Juan Cruz Mallía and in Lyon did the same Thomas Lavanini (he came out at 27′). While the local points were from Monty Ioane and Leo Berdeu (four penalties). While, for those directed by Ugo Mola came into the hands of Paul Graou and Theo Ntamack along with a penalty and a conversion Blair Kinghorn.
CASTRES 3-13 BORDEAUX (Saturday)
Without a doubt, this was the most difficult crossing of the day, as a result of the proposal to dispute contact between both teams and the exaggerated use of kicks that constantly interrupted the passing game. With all the points of the game scored in the first half, Bordeaux, which had Guido Petti from the start, was able to make the difference with one of the very few clear chances it had, and it achieved it through Yoram Moefana. These aforementioned occasions, on the local side, who also had the Uruguayan Santiago Arata from the beginning, although they also existed, there the visiting defense knew how to shine by saving the fall of their goal sometimes too close to it.
STADE FRANCAIS 24-7 PERPIGNAN (Saturday)
The most captivating part of the match was summarized in a fragment of the first half, when in ten minutes both teams showed their most poignant version. The first to hit, and in duplicate, was Stade Francais, which with the help of Joe Marchant and Jeremy Ward began to give the local team a comfortable advantage in the score, to which the visit did not take long to respond through Tavite Veredamu. Afterwards, and until the closing, the duel fell into a not very entertaining slump, and only a victory by Brad Weber, added to a penalty by Louis Carbonel, all in favor of the Parisian team, were the rest of the incidents that occurred. Finally, despite the defeat, it is worth noting that Ignacio Ruiz, Joaquín Oviedo and Jerónimo de la Fuente started in Perpignan.
VANNES 21-27 BAYONNE (Saturday)
In a duel with the visitors dominating, although Maxime Lafage was in charge of opening the scoring with a penalty. But almost immediately Bayonne responded with a try from Lucas Martín and although he suffered two cautions, Sireli Maqala extended the distance, Paul Surano got the local team into the game again with a try, but Argentine Rodrigo Bruni scored in the last play of the first half . In the complement Vannes tried to play more and also became strong with the fixed formations. The visitor extended the advantage with two penalties from Joris Segonds and although they were able to counter the local attack, in the last minutes a Patrick Leafa try, which almost cost them the victory in the closing.
TOULON 56-25 PAU (Saturday)
The home owner dominated Pau from end to end to keep him constantly far away on the scoreboard, scoring almost every time he was vertical enough and responding whenever his rival created danger. Gael Drean and Gabin Villiere each scored a double, while Matteo Le Corvec, Gianmarco Lucchesi and Kyle Sinckler also scored in Toulon. On the visit, meanwhile, the tries were the work of Thibault Daubagna, Aymeric Luc and Jack Maddocks.
MONTPELLIER 21-17 RACING 92 (Saturday)
The main protagonists of this match were the repeated infractions committed by both teams, which led to three yellow cards per side. Under this context, and with a logically too frictional development, Montpellier had a little more clarity in the face of the rival goal and that was enough to take the victory. Billy Vunipola and Jordan Uelese supported the winner, while Ibrahim Diallo did the same for Racing 92.
LA ROCHELLE 20-15 CLERMONT (Saturday)
The first half was favorable to the local team, who opened the scoring with a penalty from Ihaia West and a try from Teddy Thomas, while Argentine Benjamín Urdapilleta gave the visit the only three points with his foot. Furthermore, in the first stage there was a very tough game in contact that led to four warnings, one of which fell to Marcos Kremer. Although La Rochelle took a 17-3 lead with a double from Ultan Dillane, in the second half Clermont was able to react, scoring one with a penalty try and then with a goal by Alivereti Raka. But although in the last play they had chances to turn the score around, the Maritime team held on for the result, already with Joel Sclavi among their forwards.
