In a poorly classified match, Brive snatched the 17-10 victory against the Varois.
Gaillards these Corréziens! Brive did not miss his chance to get away from the red zone by dominating the forceps Toulon (17-10), in alternative mode, Saturday evening on the occasion of the 19th day of Top 14
For its third game in a row at the Stadium (victory against Clermont, draw against Montpellier), the CAB secured four important points in the fight for maintenance. With now eight points ahead of the barrage Perpignan, Jeremy Davidson’s men are more serene, quite the opposite of an RCT once again with two faces.
We thought the Varois were on the right track after their two recent victories at Mayol ahead of Bordeaux and Perpignan. They once again lowered their flag outside, a habit at home, despite twenty very good minutes during which they made the “Coujoux».
This new setback, logical over the whole match and in view of the determination displayed by the Brivistes, keeps them in a worrying 12th place, with only two small points ahead of USAP – and also two games behind at argue.
In this clash at the bottom of the table, with a lot of intentions, especially among the locals, Franck Azéma’s men suffered first, conceding two penalties from Olding and above all a first-hand try from a scrum at 60 meters. of their in-goal and scored by Tuicuvu (11-0, 24).
It was then that Baptiste Serin’s teammates came out of their torpor, with a major feat from Vainikolo who escaped 60 meters by breaking four tackles for the revolt test (11-10, 34).
Despite several failures at the foot of Belleau, the visitors continued this momentum around half-time without managing to materialize their domination.
After letting the storm pass, Brive finally reacted with forwards in tune with voluntary and piercing three-quarters like Bituniyata or Jurand who created breaches and put their opponents at fault.
The Varois, deficient in touch at the end, lost a lot of ammunition and especially saw Hervé slam a drop two minutes from time depriving them of a defensive bonus.
