Toulon (AFP)
For the first of the post Mourad Boudjellal who resigned Tuesday from his post as president, Toulon returned to victory by dominating a team of Brive revamped (34-17), Saturday in Mayol, during the 15th day of the Top 14 .
After his defeat in Lyon before the break, Toulon reacted well by registering four tries thanks to winger Daniel Ikpefan twice, in the second South African line Eben Etzebeth and a penalty try. The three-quarter wing Pierre Tournebize and the Georgian scrum half Vasil Lobzhanidze responded on the brivist side.
Thanks to this success, the Var provisionally take third place in the Top 14 ranking before the clash between Racing 92 and Toulouse on Sunday. For his part, Brive who has still not won outside in the league this season, remain in the soft stomach, in ninth place.
But nothing was easy for the Toulonnais, forced to rely again on the power of their forwards to shake up Corréziens in great difficulty in melee.
After 17 dull minutes, they managed to find Daniel Ikpefan, who reoffended seven minutes later after a magnificent slalom.
But the CAB did not give up. After a touch at forty meters, Pierre Tournebize has perfectly exploited a space in the Var defense to flatten between the poles (29).
On recovery, after four faults in their 22 meters, the Brivistes collected a penalty try and lost for ten minutes their hooker Peniami Narisia.
But even in numerical superiority, the Toulonnais chained the errors, then cashed an essay by Vasil Lobzhanidze on a release by Carbonel against before his in-goal (62).
Fortunately for the Var, the third Argentinian line Facundo Isa put everyone back in the lead and sent the South African world champion Eben Etzebeth to the test in stride (65).
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