Montpellier (AFP)
Montpellier, thanks to a convincing first period, continued its recovery by chaining a second victory (30-6) in a row at home on Sunday in front of Brive, one of its pet peeves, on the 6th day of the Top 14.
Thanks to this new enhanced success, a week after dominating Agen (42-13), Montpellier is back to 8th place, one point behind Racing 92 and Toulon.
A place more in line with its ambitions and potential.
The MHR is doing better.
He thus removes the specter of the crisis more than a month after the questioning of the sports manager Xavier Garbajosa by the president Mohed Altrad, the day after his initial failures in front of Pau (23-26) and at Racing 92 (41-17 ).
Brive, he did not have the expected reaction after his defeat at home to Toulouse.
The Corréziens slipped to 11th place.
Weakened by a plethora of absentees, and in particular its five French internationals (Bouthier, Rattez, Willemse, Haouas and Vincent), the Garbajosa team showed a good state of mind, in particular to meet the physical challenge of Briviste , and let his attack speak to score four tries.
Disciplined, efficient in the rucks and solid in scrum, Garbajosa's team scored three tries thanks to their three-quarters and under the leadership of their South African scrum-half Cobus Reinach.
The former Bayonnais Julien Tisseron (13th), positioned at the back, the South African center Jan Serfontain (32nd) and the English opener Alex Lozowski (40th), established in the absence of Anthony Bouthier, had already ensured the bonus at the break (23-6).
During a duller and more balanced second period, the MHR reinforced its bonus thanks to a fourth try of its new pillar Enzo Forletta (70th).
To finally launch his season.
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