Top 14: With the contribution of their Pumas, Perpignan beat La Rochelle and took a breather in the fight for permanence

He Top 14the top rugby tournament in France, disputes its 13th date with an important presence of Argentine players to close 2024. All rugby, in Disney+.

The day began on Saturday, with the victory of PAU by 48-24 in view of Vannes. Ignacio Calles He was a starter at home and was replaced in the complement, while Santiago Medrano, Francisco Gorrissen and the Chilean Iñaki Ayarza They were on the visit.

Then, Bayonnewith Facundo Bosch, Lucas Paulos, Rodrigo Bruni (scored a try) and Matthew Carreras, won 33-12 against Castreswhich included the entry of the Uruguayan Santiago Arata.

Meanwhile, Clermont could not face Montpellier and fell 22-18. In the homeowner, Marcos Kremer, Benjamín Urdapilleta and Bautista Delguy They were there from the beginning. With Guido Petti as second line, Bordeaux defeated at home Toulonwhich had Facundo Isa on the third line, by 21-17

The action continued on Sunday, with the 25-25 tie between Racing 92 and Lyon. Perpignan with try Ignacio Ruizwon at home against Rochelle by 21-13. Joaquin Oviedo and Jerónimo de la Fuente were starters for the home team, while Joel Sclavi He was part of the XV of the visit. In the last match of Boxing Day, the classic was in the hands of Toulouse who defeated Stade Francais by 38-23. In the local team he played as a center Santiago Chocobarswhile the visit included in its forwards pack Francisco Gómez Kodela and Juan Martín Scelzo.

TOULOUSE 38-23 STADE FRANÇAIS (Sunday)

At the close of Boxing Day and under the rain that accompanied the Stade Ernest Wallon, Toulouse won the classic. With Santiago Chocobars as a starter, the homeowner opened the scoring thanks to the try of Julien Marchand. The visit, which included Francisco Gómez Kodela and Juan Martín Scelzodiscounted through a penalty of Louis Carbonelalthough he suffered from the early yellow card of Isaac Nounagnon Koffi. In this context, the local team expanded its advantage with a conquest of Paul Graouwho replaced Antoine Dupont. In the complement, after a fortuitous play, Romain Ntamack stretched the difference to double digits, with the conversion of the infallible Thomas Ramos. However, Paris quickly responded with a huge run of Pierre Azagoh Kouadioan accurate kick from Carbonel and a try Charles Laloi. About the end of the match, Peato Mauvaka He appeared with two conquests that sealed Toulouse’s 38-23 victory.

PERPIGNAN 21-13 LA ROCHELLE (Sunday)

In the first stage, the home team won thanks to the conquests of Tavite Veredamu and Ignacio Ruiz. Tommaso Allan He was effective with the sticks, as well as Antoine Hastoy by Los Marítimos. In the second half, La Rochelle, which had Joel Sclavi in the initial XV, he reacted with a try from Levani Botia Veivuke, but it was not enough to defeat the good defense that Perpignan planted, which had Joaquin Oviedo and Jerónimo de la Fuente.

RACING 92 25-25 LYON (Sunday)

Absolute parity between Racing and Lyon. In the first stage, the homeowners took the advantage by conquering Gael Fickou, Cameron Woki and Henry Arundell. While the visit remained a match thanks to the penalties executed by Leo Berdeu and the indiscipline of the blue and white team suffered by Woki himself and Romain Taofifenua’s yellow team. In the complement, Nolann Le Garrec was the Racing flag, while Martin Meliande He was effective in his kicks and Semi Radrada He contributed a try to equalize the match.

BORDEAUX 21-17 TOULON (Saturday)

With Guido Petti as a starter, the Begles won against Toulon in Facundo Isa. In a match that was an even process, the locals took advantage thanks to the try of Arthur Retiere. But, in the second stage, the visit reacted with the conquests of Joe Quere Karaba and Gael Drean. At the end, it appeared Jefferson Poirot to give the advantage to the homeowner, who had a Maxime Lucu very effective in all his kicks and conversions.

CLERMONT 18-22 MONTPELLIER (Saturday)

In a very difficult first half, the local team was able to impose its game better and with a double from the pillar Etienne Fourcade was able to get ahead on the scoreboard. But with a penalty of Stuart Hogg and a try Jacobus Meyer Reinach he got into a match. Already in the complement Clermont He went in search of the conquest that would give him peace of mind, although it came at the hands of the Argentine Bautista Delguy, This was annulled at the request of the TMO. Then, the local team fell into too many infractions, which were taken advantage of by Hogg who contributed four penalties to turn the score around. Already at the end of the game, Sebastian Bezy He scored a penalty to be able to go in search of victory in the last play, but again, an infraction prevented him from having the position of the ball and ended up giving the victory to Montpellier.

BAYONNE 33-12 CASTRES (Saturday)

In a highly contested match in contact, the kicks were the key for the homeowner to make the difference, because although he was able to support three tries (by the hand of Rodrigo Bruni, Giovanni Habel-Kueffner and Sireli Maqala), the penalties of Joris Segonds and Camille Lopez They were able to unblock the match every time it entered into a rhythm that was too frictional. In Bayonnein addition to the aforementioned Bruni, were from the beginning Facundo Bosch, Lucas Paulos and Mateo Carrerasand in Castresthe Uruguayan Santiago Arata He came off the bench 10 minutes into the second half.

PAU 48-24 VANNES (Saturday)

The place, which had the Argentine Ignacio Calleswas the total dominator of the match. Although the visit was the one that struck first with the try of Alexandre Gouaux, Paul equated the actions with the conquest of Jack Maddocks and little by little he began to take advantage. First thanks to Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang and at the close of the first half with Aymeric Luc. In the complement he had no problems maintaining the result, against the Argentine team Santiago Medrano and Francisco Gorrissenand was able to widen the difference through his backs: Jack Maddocks, Beka Gorgadze and Axel Despers Rigouwhile for the visit they discounted Simon Augry and Romaric Camou.