The last meeting of the 3rd day of Top 14 gave its verdict between two ambitious: the UBB pocketed its second success of the season against Toulon, Sunday, winning 22-17. The Girondins go on vacation being 7th, but will have to put up a more convincing face when the championship resumes. The Varois leave Bordeaux with a deserved defensive bonus point.
In this ambitious duel at the start of the average season, the two teams have long displayed a closed face and did not want to discover each other: Bordeaux-Béglais and Toulonnais thus did not enter the opposing 22 meters with the ball in hand once. , symbol of a crying lack of control. In sweltering heat (32 degrees), the debates have long boiled down to a debate over the identity of the best line-up and the best scrum – and Yannick Bru’s men have taken the upper hand in both sectors.
The debates finally started on the return from the locker room under the impetus of the club in the scapular, and a clever kicking game from Garcia for Uberti propelled the center three-quarters into the opposing in-goal (53rd). The visitors then took advantage of Hervé’s boot to find spaces and responded with power. It was the young Boulassel who rewarded the Var power behind a conquering ball (60th).
Without panicking too much, and well helped by the boot of Garcia who turned into the perfect understudy for Jalibert, the last semi-finalist of the Top 14 mastered the last moments of the game. A last incomprehensible candle from Serin ten seconds before the siren, and the Girondins could celebrate their second success and end this first block on a pleasant note. The Bordelo-Bèglais now have six victories in their last seven receptions from Toulon to Chaban-Delmas.
Now it’s time for a long break, and especially for the start of the Rugby World Cup (September 8 – October 28). The Top 14 will resume its rights during this weekend of October 28-29. Toulon will receive Oyonnax while UBB will travel to the lawn of the French champion Toulouse.