Live. Top 14 – Bayonne – Bordeaux-Bègles: follow the match of the 22nd day

Lopez clears into touch, on which the Bordelais recover a penalty.

The Bordeaux three-quarters are complete again now, with the entry of Nicolas Depoortère, in place of Tapuai. Petti also takes Coleman’s place on the second line.

We play again like in the first half. Tiberghien’s kick is blocked, and Jalibert will find the touchline in the opposing 22. But since the ball was blocked beforehand, it doesn’t count as 50-22.

Bayonne triple change. Perchaud is replaced by Cormenier, Paulos by MIkautadze, and Huguet gives way to Bourdeau.

The UBB obtains a penalty for a scrum in its camp. Jalibert finds the touchline in the opposing 40m.

Lucu escapes on the left, but his grazing kick does not respond. The people of Bordeaux are even penalized. The forwards shout after the whistle, and the referee must call the players to order.

Tameifuna replaces Sadie as prop.

Good trick play from Buros, Tiberghien has to save the ball at 50-22. Carreras is put under pressure. Lopez taps into touch.

Camille Lopez misses her transformation from the left side, but Bayonne is back in the game.

Buros occupies the foot, but the Girondins make a mistake in a ruck. Lopez brings the game back to the visitors’ camp.

The Bayonnais come back with a lot of aggression and push Bielle-Biarrey into touch. Perhaps a little too much, Paulos comes to bicker with several Bordeaux residents.

Thomas Ceyte at the microphone of Canal: “First period which hurts, they have a good strategy, by locking us in our homes. Their three-quarter line is more than interesting. We cannot find solutions, and the The score is already a bit heavy. We will have to react quickly, otherwise we will have a very bad afternoon. There is more calculation, we have to give everything and quickly get back to the score.

Over the last ten minutes, UBB had 94% field occupation, with no points scored.

The Bordelais play level after this scrum, trying to score in force. This doesn’t do anything. Jalibert tries the overhand, Mori makes a mark, return to a Bordeaux penalty.

Another funny sequence on this low kick from Tapua towards the goal. Carreras takes the ball but brings it in. To get out of it, he literally lifts Bielle-Biarrey while moving forward, to try to get out of the goal. But it’s not enough, it flattens all the same.

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The throw into touch is well captured, but the transmission is messed up.

Lucu plays on the foot. Penaud is racing with Rouet, but the scrum-half catches the ball badly and sends it out into touch.

Touch at 5m for the Bordelais, but the throw is not straight.

Scrum at 5m for Bordeaux. Spinning wheel hinders the ball exit. The UBB continues to attack and gets a penalty. Jalibert takes the sidelines.

Successful touch, and the Bordelais attack in the axis. Jalibert reverses by returning to the right wing, his grazing kick is not taken by Penaud. Megdoud takes the ball out into the in-goal.

Bordeaux scrum on the center line. We play off towards Buros, who gets caught well by Mori. The Bayonnais make a mistake in the ruck, and Jalibert will find a good touch in the 22.

Candle near 22m, Tiberghien catches it badly but Carreras grabs it and goes back 40 meters. Lopez plays on the foot, volley save from Buros.

Lucu kicks from a ruck. Carreras intervenes but pushes forward.

Another volley save from Jalibert on the kicking game, the opener enjoys breaking the Bayonne rhythm.

Lopez clears, Buros responds by finding the touch in the middle of the field.

Jalibert plays with his feet to occupy the field. Tiberghien wants to clear but is blocked. However, there had been a Bordeaux forward on the previous kick.

Lopez alternates kicking while looking for height. This disrupts the Gironde cover. Jalibert is late and goes forward, when he seemed to have been hit by Lopez in the air.

The backs exchange kicks, and Jalibert makes two volley saves, which makes the public react.

Bad reception of the dismissal which leads to a scrum. The UBB pack forces a penalty in the opposing 22.

Hand throw on the goal return, and Rouet quickly plays a penalty before being tackled high. The action continues and Lopez tries to follow, without success. Return to the Basque penalty.

Successful throw on this key ten meters from the line. The maul ends in the in-goal, but Giudicelli lets the ball escape.

Lopez takes advantage of an advantage to attempt a foot pass on the opposite side towards Megdoud, but it is intercepted by Penaud. It will ultimately be a penalty for Rowing.

The ball slips from the players’ hands three times during the action. The last on a candle from Lopez, which Buros catches poorly before going out into touch.

On the scrum, Bayonne gets a scrum and will have its first attack ball in the opposing camp.

Bordeaux forward on offshore play. Obviously, the rain doesn’t allow you to play very well by hand.

Buros starts a counter but prefers to play on the foot. Lopez responds by typing.

Lucu takes care of hitting on the left side. It’s too short and especially next to the posts.

Throw-in for Bayonne in front of its 22. Lopez clears very far with his foot, too far, it comes out as a dead ball.

The UBB kicks off the meeting!

Very solid at home, Bayonne nevertheless struggles to score points (13th attack, 24.2 pts/match), but also to concede points (3rd, 16.6 pts/match).

Camille Lopez is the second top scorer, but no one has played more than him this season (1572 minutes). He also scored 3 drops, no one did better.

Damian Penaud is only missing one try to be the top scorer in the Top 14, tied with Baptiste Couilloud. However, the winger is only playing his 9th match today.

Maxime Lamothe and Carlü Sadie return in place of Romain Latterrade and Toma Taufa. Cyril Cazeaux replaces Guido Petti who switches with the finishers. The only change in the third line, the return of Tevita Tatafu alongside Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer and Mahamadou Diaby, who is playing his 150th match in the Girondin jersey. Classic back line, except that Nicolas Depoortère is on the bench, Tapuai starts with Moefana.

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We can note the tenure of Matis Perchaud against his future club, just like Camille Lopez and Federico Mori against their former club. Two changes compared to the previous day, Giudicelli starting at heel, and Machenaud who starts on the bench.

Here is the Rowing XV today:

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After the break the first two weeks of April, the Bordelais showed that they were back in great shape by crushing Clermont 41 to 7, including a hat-trick from Damian Penaud.

On the UBB side, we are well established in 5th place, but keeping it is a fight every day, and all the points will count for these last three days.

It must be said that the Basques got themselves into difficulty by losing in their last home match, a month ago against Toulon. The match was moved to Anoeta, and it was felt (10-46). Last week, Camille Lopez’s teammates were going to win on the lawn of the leader, Stade Français, but lost on a try after the siren (28-24). With the elimination in the Challenge Cup against Edinburgh (33-15), that makes three consecutive defeats.

A little let down in the race for the playoffs, Aviron Bayonnais is perhaps playing its last chance match today. And victory is all the more essential as there are only 6 points ahead of the red zone. Bayonne is far from being saved.