La Rochelle is afraid but he goes to Lyon

On his first trip this season, La Rochelle started as he finished last season, winning in Lyon (23-21), at Stade Gerland, on behalf of the second day of the Top 14. With XV unchanged from their initial victory over defending champions Montpellier in Marcel Defleander, they won Al-Rucelli by playing them with their hand, without forcing them to talent, which made them very afraid at the end of the match.

Thanks to the well-organized game, and the opponent’s shortcomings, the visitors quickly took the lead, with their New Zealand half, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, scoring a close try (7-0. 10) after good work from the team. straight ahead. Then opener Antoine Hastoy twice (29, 43) penalized opposing fouls (13-0).

After letting the storm pass at the start of the second half, the South African winger, Dillene Leeds, responded with a one-on-one to the test of his Lyon counterpart, Georgian Davit Nyashvili, (20-7. 61). Besides playing rugby throughout the match, Lyon had unexpected defensive bonus points due to their performance in most of the confrontation. They owe two late-half attempts from Baptiste Coelhod International (14-23.76) and New Zealand center Josiah Maraco (21-23.79)

Harmless in the first half, they gave a lot of balls to defeat, between avoidable attackers (14) and unstable passes (19, 23). In the second half, several rough estimates from the attackers (48) and then winger No Nakitashi (53rd place) prevented them from scoring.

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