Bordeaux (AFP)

Bordeaux-Bègles responded remotely to Lyon to regain the lead in the Top 14 after his improved victory over Bayonne (22-3), despite a second act played backwards, Saturday evening, on the occasion of the 13th day of France championship.

Ten wins to mid-season, the first place, a significant difference with the seventh: UBB is on the rails of a first qualification, provided that gum the past 40 minutes against the valiant Basque, integral , who managed to avoid the correction that the score could announce at the break (22-3).

It is a call to order that could serve the cause and the designs of the men of Christophe Urios, who do not really have room if they start to foil as they did after the break. But the Chaban-Delmas stadium, pleasantly filled (28,000 spectators), will not hold too hard on its protégés. Seven matches played at home, as many victories including four improved, the results are appreciable and bear hope.

Besides, everything was gone very quickly in this unbalanced part by the absence of several Bayonnais diminished by an epidemic of mumps, with an entry attempt by Dubié, on the initiative of a kick towards Buros resumed by a spoon 5 meters from the line, and at the conclusion in the next ruck (2).

What maintain a confidence that has not left the Girondins for two months and that has not even frayed during the quarter of an hour of rowing which pushed them to defend at 14 after the yellow card of Dubié (13) , for in the end only one penalty to put in the teeth for visitors, registered by the newcomer Lafage (22).

Back to numerical equilibrium, the Unionists then accelerated and, irresistibly, scored by Douglas after a penalty quickly played by Lesgourgues and a jump from Buros (25).

Before the break, Lamerat, after a good shelling of his forwards, put the third layer, synonymous with offensive bonus (19-3).

We thought that the Bordelais were going to run after the break as Lyon did last weekend against this same opponent. But this time, the Basques did not sink, hung on as if their maintenance depended on it, and took advantage of the impatience of the locals to shelter their bonus because of bad choices which polluted their offensives.

A second act backwards to quickly forget.

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