Bordeaux (AFP)
Bordeaux-Bègles, carried by the fiery legs of Santiago Cordero and Matthieu Jalibert, swept the Welsh Newport (47-8) with the offensive bonus, his goal, Saturday night on the occasion of the 2nd day of the Coupe d ' Europe.
"Victory is essential and the bonus strongly recommended," captain Mamad Diaby said the day before the match.
He was heard by his teammates, a draft time but authors of some flashes of light which were enough to make the difference in the face of the Dragons who came to Gironde diminished because of the Covid-19.
This success allows UBB to come back up to La Rochelle and Llanelli, winners on the green carpet this weekend, while awaiting the return matches in mid-January.
Protagonists of the opportunistic and victorious test last weekend in Northampton, the Pumas winger Cordero again stood out with a hat-trick (33, 41, 60).
In his wake, the opener Jalibert lit up the game with his races, one of which ended in the in-goal (43).
Before these rides, Christophe Urios' men had to whip to undermine the Welsh defense, courageous and catchy, which gave in only once during the first half hour, on a penalty quickly played by Maxime Lucu and concluded in a corner by Diaby (7).
Quite approximate, the Unionist conquest served as a test ramp just before the break.
At the launch of a penal, Maxime Lamothe found himself at the conclusion after a service with small onions from Vadim Cobilas small side (19-3).
On resumption, the Girondins accelerated to first validate the offensive bonus, then improve their capital trials, one of the criteria in the event of a tie at the end of the mixing.
Little used until then, the New Zealander Ben Lam also finished behind the line (72), responding to the test of honor of the Dragons registered three minutes before by Nick Tompkins.
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