Brive-la-Gaillarde (AFP)

Brive, carried by the hat-trick of his punching winger Joris Jurand, logically took the upper hand on an unrecognizable Lyon team (30-16) and resumed their distances in the relegation zone on Saturday evening, on behalf of the 17th day of Top 14.

Corréziens are well the executioners of the leaders. Already falling with the Bordeaux-Bègles bonus in October (30-9), they crunched his dolphin, and with style.

Forgotten about last week's misstep against Agen (16-30), the men of Jeremy Davidson were very effective, in the wake of goal scorer Thomas Laranjeira (author of 15 points) and their opener Enzo Hervé, decisive on two of the three trials entered in the first period by Joris Jurand, the man of the evening.

This Lyon setback should not be very appealing to manager Pierre Mignoni, who sees Racing 92 getting closer in his retro at seven points and Bordeaux having the opportunity to fly off Sunday receiving Castres.

Aggressive, determined, the Corréziens took this redemption match by the right end. A first penalty from Laranjeira (7) to reverse the entry pressure from the visitors, then Jurand struck for the first time by recovering a pass to Lee's deflected foot and finishing like a bumper in the beginning (18) .

An exchange of penalties between the Laranjeira and Fernandez triggers later, the brivist winger put the second layer (33) at the conclusion of a breakthrough by Hervé and a well felt relay of Laranjeira.

To perfect his work, Jurand was most keen on receiving a new kick to follow, this time from Hervé (38), to punish apathetic and lost Lyonnais (27-6).

At the break, most of it was acquired on the Coujoux side. Upon resumption, the reaction from Lyon was expected, even required by the staff of Rhone. In fact, it took place with an essay by Thibault Regard (48) but did not follow through, the fault of blunders, a conquest not always up to par, especially in touch, and Brivistes do not releasing almost nothing defensively.

To secure the victory and reassure the Stadium, Laranjeira spent a last penalty (30-11, 56) against a LOU who finished better with a new try from Kaabeche (75th) but didn't have enough teeth to hope for better .

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