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Lyon put Stade to the sword, Racing beat Montpellier
By Peter Thompson
Lyon put Stade Francais to the sword in the second half to thrash their fellow high-flyers 41-6 and in-form Racing 92 beat Montpellier in the Top 14 on Sunday.
Three consecutive defeats left Lyon needing a lift and they stopped the rot at Matmut Stadium de Gerland, scoring all five tries after the break.
Two Lionel Beauxis penalties late in the first half got Lyon back on level terms after Morne Steyn was on target from the tee and with a drop goal.
Third-place Stade were blown away following the restart, with Toby Arnold, Albertus Buckle, Charlie Ngatai and Noa Nakaitaci going over.
Rampant Lyon were also awarded a penalty try, with Beauxis taking his tally with the boot to 12 points as the home side moved six points behind leaders Clermont Auvergne.
Racing are level on points with Lyon after a 27-13 victory at out-of-sorts Montpellier.
Juan Imhoff scored a try in each half, while Teddy Iribaren and Antoine Gibert also crossed in a fourth consecutive win for the Paris club.
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I thought you meant in europe. Because all of the reasons theyre different I wouldn't correlate that to mean for europe, as in french broadcasters pay two or three times as much as the UK or SA broadcasters do, like they do for their league.
With France, it's not just about viewers, they are also paying much more. So no doubt there will be a hit (to the amount the French teams receive for only playing a fraction of it) but they may not care too much as long as the big clubs, the top 8 for example, enter the meaty end, and it wouldn't have the same value to them as the top14 contract/compensation does. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if the 3 separate networks broadcast deals only went to the clubs in their regions as well (that's how SR ended up (unbalanced) I believe).
Go to commentsHis best years were 2018 and he wasn't good enough to win the World Cup in 2023! (Although he was voted as the best player in the world in 2023)
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