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Penaud makes the show, Naulago is zero

Damian Penaud makes the show unlike Ratu Naulago at fault PANORAMIC

TOPS/FLOPS – A great Damian Penaud leads the way for Clermont against a Naulago completely lost during this Bristol-Clermont (26-33).

TOPS

Sheepish in XV of France mode

The best try scorer of the Six Nations Tournament – with five goals – has obviously not yet come down from his cloud. Damian Penaud was the great architect of Clermont’s victory on English soil against the Bristol Bears who were unable to contain the French international winger. Author of two tries full of opportunism (28th and 70th) Penaud was determined to take Clermont to the next round. The future Bordeaux-Bègles winger will no doubt want to go as far as possible with his team to finally win a title with the yellow and blue.

Auvergne opportunism

Clermont will have known how to be patient and take advantage of Bristol’s gifts when he had the opportunity. The yellows and blues can thank the English on at least two of the four trials entered. First in the 39th minute on George Moala’s try after a big mistake by the Bears on the reception, then thanks to a Penaud quicker than Naulago on the fourth Clermont try, synonymous with victory.

FLOPS

Ratu Naulago, the big failure

The Fijian winger nearly made a fatal error shortly after the hour mark, hooking Bautista Delguy after a breakout and some clever kicking from Penaud. Mr. Peyper did not take this into account, while the Argentine winger left alone on trial. But a few minutes later (70th) Naulago did not really learn from his moments of absence, when he thought he was letting the leather out in a dead balloon, finally flattened with mischief by Damian Penaud. A test that was expensive, very expensive for the locals who went from 23-25 ​​to 23-30 (in favor of Clermont). A mistake that probably cost Bristol the match.

The English return balloons

The Bears, however very comfortable with referrals, very often found themselves giving free opportunities to the Auvergnats who did not ask for so much. Witness the test of the Clermont center George Moala just before the break which followed an error on the reception of the kick. More generally, Radradra’s teammates (out injured just before half-time after a breakdown on his try in the 38th minute) committed a lot of handling errors. In the game, on high balls and also and above all on return balls.

Fritz Lee is expensive to his family

Despite the victory of the 10th in the Top 14, it must be said that captain Fritz Lee could have tipped the match in favor of Bristol. Guilty of a dangerous tackle half an hour into the game, the third center line of Clermont poorly controlled his gesture hitting the English scrum half close to the head, with the shoulder. A justified sanction which then became heavy with consequences, given that the yellow and blue conceded two tries in four minutes during his absence. Fourteen points that allowed the Bears to pass, before Clermont gradually regained the advantage.

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