The advanced match of the 8th day of Pro D2, this Thursday evening in Drôme, gave rise to a walk in the park for Valence Romans against Agen (56-17). Hooker Dorian Marco Pena, author of a hat-trick, and the Drômois join Colomiers and Vannes at the top of the standings after this new improved victory.
Valencia Novels always higher. On the lookout behind the various leaders since the start of this rather exceptional season for them at the moment, the Drômois, always as surprising, can now boast of being on par with the best cars in Pro D2. The provisional ranking at the end of the advanced match of the 8th day attests to this. Because from now on, Valence Romans is no longer in ambush, just behind the leading teams, but right up there.
The slap (56-17) inflicted on Thursday on the lawn of the Georges-Pompidou stadium to the Agenais already swept away during their last trip to Colomiers, in fact allows Dorian Marco Pena, hero of this walk in the park on Thursday against the Agenais at home, and his teammates to temporarily occupy the lead, with the same number of points (26) as the two co-leaders before this day : Colomiers and Vannes.
When Marco Pena sees triple…
Faced with a SUA team that had been seriously overhauled for this trip, Valence Romans waited for the start of the second half to take the lead and definitively materialize its domination. At the break, thanks in particular to tries from Marco Pena at the start, Loan Real and Owen Lane, the locals, who were nevertheless already leading (28-17), were still far from being able to claim victory.
The two tries in quick succession from his hooker, author of a hat-trick during this game also marked by an orange card on each side (Matthieu Vachon for Valence Romans, Iban Etcheverry for Agen), changed the situation. Especially since Dylan Idrissi and Thomas Lhusero did it again shortly before the hour mark, scoring their team’s sixth and seventh tries during this perfect evening for these incredible Drômois. Vannes, next opponent, Valence Romans (at La Rabine) is warned.
