At the end of a match that saw each team have their half-time, Castres had the last word against Toulon (28-26) and dates back to fifth place in the top 14 classification.
Castres did not go far from a frustrating result. However, at the end of a match hung from start to finish, the Tarnais were able to cling to a precious victory during the reception of Toulon. A meeting that saw the CO take the controls from the game from the game without getting it materialized on the display board. On a breakthrough by Jack Goodhue, the ball was able to be recovered by Vilimoni Botitis to flatten but an in-before was detected by the video, canceling what would have been the first try of the match.
It was ultimately Louis Le Brun who had the honor of opening the scoring shortly before the quarter of an hour of play on a penalty sanctioning a fault of the RCT players at the reception of a candle of the Castres opener. The two teams then went blow for blow. On an action by Dan Biggar with the support of Gabin Villière and Setareki Tuicuvu, Jules Coulon was perfectly offset to go to Lady in the middle of the first act. Except that the replica of the CO has been almost immediate. Having his liveliness is speaking at the end of a group, Santiago Arata found a flaw in the Var defense to go and roar the audience of the Pierre-Fabre stadium and allow Castres to go back to the score.
A hunt in the first period
As half an hour of play approach, Oliver Cowie set out the crazy bet to pass a penalty 57 meters from the poles, but the Toulon center lacked the target. In the process, Jiuta Wainiqolo believed that she had done the hardest by going to flatten at the end of a counterattack but, returning to a fault of Jean-Baptiste Gros at the start of the action, the referee refused this test. The last ten minutes of the first period have been animated. It was first of all Vilimoni Botitu who allowed the CO to take off on the display board by improving a good shift from Louis Le Brun. However, the RCT’s forwards then did wonders on a ball worn victoriously concluded by Gianmarco Lucchesi.
It was the Castres who had the last word in this first period with the inevitable Christian Ambadiang. Taking advantage of a favorable rebound, the powerful CO winger recovered the ball under the nose of Jiuta Wainiqolo and then go into the in-goal and give eight lengths ahead of his own. After a piano recovery, Louis Le Brun missed the opportunity to widen the gap on penalty before seeing Pierre Mignoni launching his living forces to reverse the trend. The yellow card received by Santiago Arata at the time of play for a fault on a load of Selevasio Tolofua has shaken up the positions.
Castres was able to hold on
This numerical superiority opened flaws in the Tarn defensive curtain while Ma’a Nonu appeared on the field and Jiuta Wainiqolo did not fail to exploit them at the time of play to bring the RCT back to a unit only. Except that the Var indiscipline offered three times three points to the CO by the boot of his scorer for a gap of a test transformed at the start of the last ten minutes. Giving everything, the Toulonnais found the strength solution with Jiuta Wainiqolo again to flatten in the corner. Except that a burst of wind disturbed Melvyn Jaminet on the transformation, who saw the international scorer unscrew. Two points ahead for which the Castres fought.
But, in the last minute, everything could have collapsed. Shimmer by Mickaël Ivaldi in the closed at the rebate, Jules Danglot went on the test and thought of offering victory in Toulon. But a light on this pass was detected by the video, making the ball to the CO for a last melee. Action on which the Toulonnais were penalized, offering Louis Le Brun the happiness of sending the ball in touch to seal the fate of the meeting. With this victory (28-26), Castres moved to fifth in the championship. Toulon, for his part, is content with the defensive bonus point and remains third behind Toulouse and the UBB, which moves on the lawn of Racing 92 this Sunday.
