Bordeaux (AFP)

Bordeaux-Bègles won on Saturday on the occasion of the 18th day a capital success in the race for the Top 6 but laborious in terms of the game against Pau (29-23), which fails at one point of a potentially heavy bonus consequences at the end of the season.

For the UBB, the essentials are assured.

She who found almost all of her internationals returned to victory after her misstep Corrézien and retains a comfortable nest egg in 7th place.

The Section, which missed six points at the foot by Antoine Hastoy, very good in addition, leaves empty in Béarn.

Pau remains 12th due to the home defeat of Bayonne, who will try to pass him in a week in their late match against Agen.

In this part played in overcast weather, the Girondins lit the first wicks with a penalty from Matthieu Jalibert and a strength test from Ben Lam after an action of more than two minutes and thirty seconds (10-0, 6th) .

This ambition lasted a quarter of an hour, before a culpable drop in power.

Until then spectator, the Section, in the wake of its master to play Hastoy, hit the mark on its first strong point, with a try of Thibault Daubagna near the posts (20th), thus sowing doubt in the heads of Gironde, who have then sinned at the level of discipline.

Hastoy then succeeded and missed a penalty (10-10, 30th).

It is by setting out again on the fundamentals of the conquest, a maul and a scrum, that Christophe Urios' men took back the controls with two penalties from Jalibert, one day back and rare franchisor of this first act (16-10 ).

The two teams remained very close after half-time, without finding the fault.

The conquest remained Bordeaux but the intentions rather Béarnaise.

After the hour of play (19-16), the Gironde bench believed to make the difference following a ride from Lekso Kaulashvili and a try from Yoram Moefana refused on video for a slight forward.

Still under pressure, the UBB ended up breaking, with a try from Cameron Woki (29-16, 74).

Still incisive, Pau was rewarded for his efforts with a test by Eliott Roudil (78).

A warning ultimately free of charge for the UBB.

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