On a negative dynamic for three months, the CAB can breathe.
He showed character, relying on his ancestral fighting qualities to take over a fragile soundtrack like his position in the standings and quickly helpless as soon as the opposing pressure mounts.
However, the tense scenario of this meeting, with five warnings and an expulsion, could have smiled on the red lantern, certainly dominated in the score at the end of the first period (19-0), but which found itself after its test of the hope, signed by the former of the Corrèze house Da Ros, in numerical superiority.
But Jeremy Davidson's men, surprisingly uncomfortable against the poles, tightened the game to glean five precious points in the fight for maintenance.
It only took a quarter of an hour for the Coujoux to get the better of the score.
A winning penalty struck by hooker Matu'u (20), followed by a try from Zafra after an 80-meter comeback and a breakthrough from Bituniyata (23) paid a heavy price for Jalagonia's ten-minute penance ( 19), before Fa'aso'o drives the point home (19-3, 34').
The expulsion of Paulos (40 + 3) for a header on the test of Da Ros did not change the course of this game controlled by the locals, who made their lead grow with two penalties from Hervé, who came at the relay of Laranjeira, before taking advantage of the yellow card of Olmstead (75) to register the test of the delivery and the offensive bonus by Acquier.
With a gap of 23 points in the end, CAB cannot make up for their defeat in the first leg to Aguilera (37-9) on the particular goal average, but must be satisfied with the seven-point lead they now have. on the promoted Basque.
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