Alivereti Raka had no longer scored a try at the beginning of February. The Auvergne winger took advantage of the arrival of Stade Français Paris to get the ball rolling again by scoring a hat-trick, the fourth of his career in the ASM jersey.
The French international winger (5 caps) thus reached the mark of ten tries scored this season, including 8 in the Top 14. Far behind the top scorer, Lyonnais Baptiste Couilloud (13).
Raka has scored 85 tries with Clermont since his first professional match in September 2015. Including 65 in the Top 14. One more and the 29-year-old will enter the Top 10 in the ranking of the best try scorers in the Top 14.
The Top 10 best scorers
1. Vincent Clerc: 101 essays2. Laurent Arbo: 100 essays3. Aurélien Rougerie: 96 essays4. Maxime Médard: 91 essays5. Napolioni Nalaga: 87 tries6. Timoci Nagusa: 80 tries7. Juan Imhoff: 79 tries8. Julien Arias: 77 attempts9. Waisea: 73 essays10. Josua Tuisova: 66 tries11. Alivereti Raka and Cédric Heymans: 65 tries (in bold, players still active)