La Rochelle: All Botea fans

Paul Roget, Media 365: Posted on Tue Apr 11, 2023 at 11:28 am.

Author of a capital performance during the quarter-final of the Champions Cup won against Saracens, Levani Botia, part of the furniture in La Rochelle, left an impression.

The holder is still in the running. Stade Rochelle, which won its first European title last year, qualified for the last four in the Champions Cup on Sunday by defeating Saracens at Stade Marcel-Deflander (24-10). To return to the final, it will be necessary to sack another English club, Exeter, on April 30 in Bordeaux, who fell after the thrill of eighth place Montpellier, who beat the Stormers this weekend. And if they’re there, Ronan O’Gara’s men can thank Levani Botia (34). At the club since 2014, he signed those who moved from the center to the third line Great performance with five scraped balls, a mess on tackles and also an assist On Tawera Kerr-Barlow, who did not fail to congratulate the Fijian at the end of the meeting.

“does all the work”

“Botia was huge tonight, it saved us so many times when we were backing up. On my second attempt, he does all the work and I have to single him out,” the New Zealander appreciated, while Reza Wardi was also grateful: “He helped us a lot by scratching all those balloons.” For Romain Carmenani, coach for the La Rochelle strikers, the former racer is simply a “monster”: “We all love the man that he is. It is made for the sport. He likes to carry the ball and is very aggressive in stationary stages on the ground. And so he proved it again on Sunday, leaving the crowd to cheers at the hour mark. Great revenge for ‘Lep’s,’ sometimes the former prison guard is less regular but who knew how to pull off such a match when it might have been more important. To be confirmed At the end of the month…