1
Racing 92 edge rivals in Top 14
By Peter Thompson
In-form Racing 92 replaced La Rochelle in second spot in the Top 14 with a 19-12 victory, while Castres edged out Bordeaux-Begles on Sunday.
Racing continued their charge at the U Arena, their new home, securing an eighth win in a row to move above their opponents in the table.
The Paris club bossed the first half, scoring all 19 of their points without reply, with Yannick Nyanga, Juan Imhoff and Pat Lambie going over as La Rochelle struggled to make their presence felt.
Afa Amosa powered his way over to get La Rochelle on the board nine minutes into the second half and Paul Jordaan crossed late on, but the away side were unable to prevent Racing from moving only two points behind leaders Montpellier.
Julien Dumora's first-half try was decisive at Stade Chaban-Delmas, where Castres beat Bordeaux 7-6.
Castres were in need of a win after back-to-back Top 14 defeats and Dumora touched down after racing onto a kick from Benjamin Urdapilleta, who converted to give the visitors a 7-3 lead.
Baptiste Serin's second penalty of the game reduced the deficit, but Bordeaux were unable to turn it around.
Trending on RugbyPass
2
All Blacks XV player ratings vs Munster
3
Suaalii strikes awe as Wallabies lose midfielder
4
Scott Robertson responds about handling errors
5
Latest Comments
Were you shocked by Sexton trying to rip Barrett's head off when he scored that final try in that return game?
Sexton once again the beneficiary of incredible double standards. Some of the rules simply didn't apply to him. The referee even watched that replay about 5 times in slow motion to see if he grounded the ball. If an NZ player had made that tackle it would have been a yellow card.
Ireland led by Sexton were the biggest bunch of whingers to ever play the game. NZ's dislike of Ireland was not caused by losing to them, it was caused by the Irish players, commentators and media being such giant crybabies.
I genuinely think Ireland are the best team in the world, and I think they will beat the ABs on Friday, but they are by some distance the team I like the least, and I know many people, not just from NZ, who feel the same.
Go to commentsThanks for the analysis Nick, thought provoking as usual. Couple of queries though, in the pic where you've circled Williams bind , I'm pretty sure it shows Stuart's knee on the ground, surely that's a NZ penalty? Also having had the chance to watch it again the All Black scrum seeems to improve after halftime, but before either England or the All Blacks replace their props. Not sure if that was the result of Tuipolutu coming on or some halftime tips. Either way this is only Williams second international season, so he'll be better for the experience.
Go to comments