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Pau clinch top spot with perfect record
By Nicholas McGee
Pau secured top spot in Pool 3 of the European Challenge Cup with a 34-24 win over Gloucester.
Both teams had already sealed a place in the quarter-finals but it was the French side who prevailed at Kingsholm, finishing the pool stage with a perfect record of six wins from six.
Jeremy Thrush's try opened the scoring for Gloucester, but two Colin Slade penalties and a Steffon Armitage try gave Pau a 13-7 half-time advantage.
Billy Twelvetrees cut the gap to three points five minutes into the second half, however, any hope of a turnaround was extinguished as Pau ran in three more tries.
Frank Halai, Lourens Adriaanse and Daniel Ramsay all crossed for Pau, putting the game beyond doubt despite Callum Braley's try for the hosts.
Jake Polledri went over late on for Gloucester but his score served as nothing more than a consolation.
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Lots of truth about the Boks, but they also have much to be humble about. And in their case complacency is the common prelude to the fall.
NZ, Australia, England, Ireland, and France are all timing their campaigns for RWC 2027, and Argentina, Scotland and Wales will be much improved. Rassie will keep building and evolving things, but he knows that it does not take much to derail any team on any given day.
It will be fun to watch.
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Get Kiss, Larkham or McKellar in to coach Wales when Gatland gets bombed. A stint in Wales worked for the two great coaches of the All Blacks!
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