Thanks to this improved success, LOU Rugby moved up to seventh place in Pool A, with eight points, just behind their evening opponent.
The Lyon club can still hope to finish in the top eight and thus play in the knockout stages of the Champions Cup, provided that Racing and Gloucester do not win on Saturday, respectively at Leinster and Bordeaux.
Otherwise, he will finish ninth or tenth and play in the round of 16 of the Challenge Cup, regardless of the result of his direct opponents.
Contrary to their bad habits for long weeks, the Lyonnais have finally taken a match by the right end.
The hooker, Guillaume Marchand, scored the first strong try, after a penalty (7-0, 4th), before the break penalty scored by the opener, Léo Berdeu (10-0, 10th).
On the basis of a finally clean touch and a conquering scrum, Lyon was not endangered in the first period and scored two new tries by his scrum half, Jean-Marc Doussain (17-0, 37th ) and Guillaume Marchand, for the double (24-0, 40th).
After a difficult first quarter of an hour after returning from the locker room during which the back Kurt-Lee Arendse reduced the mark for the only converted try of the Bulls (24-7, 43rd), the opener, Léo Berdeu, attacked the line and drilled to flatten in turn and get the offensive bonus (31-7, 57th).
© 2023 AFP