The UBB took the best on the Rochelais stadium this Saturday, in Bordeaux, during the shock of the first day of Top 14.
Bordeaux-Bègles, initially jostled by a hard-hitting La Rochelle team but lacking in realism, managed to win for its first shock of the season (23-18), Saturday for its beginnings at the Chaban-Delmas stadium. At the end of a black week in the infirmary level, the UBB did not know what to expect before finding its yellow and black rival, which benefited from four weeks of preparation more than the European champions.
A indecision level, this Atlantic derby kept its promises. Faced with her bordery borde, 2 victories, 10 defeats since 2020), also marked by a slew of absent, the UBB has suffered, taken from a highly rewarded maritime pressure, Dillyn Leyds being notably refused a test for an obstruction of Jules Favre. When the Bordeaux managed to get their heads out of the water, they were rather clinical (6-3, two penalties of Matthieu Jalibert), their advance at half an hour did not seem in agreement with the scenario that seemed to be emerging.
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After having finished this first act better, without succeeding in digging the gap, the UBB found the opening six minutes after the return of the locker room on a pass of the left foot from Jalibert to Louis Bielle-Biarrey, weaned with ammunition so far, which concluded the movement (13-3). What inspire Hastoy on the Rochelais side four minutes later with this time Favre at the reception (13-8).
Everything had to be done again for the Girondins, who took the ascendant little by little, taking advantage in particular of the visiting visitors. After a penalty from Jalibert, a touch very quickly played by Damian Penaud for Martin Page-Ro, substitute for the local icon Maxime Lucu, allowed him to deposit Favre to spin behind the line (23-8). The players of Ronan O’Gara managed to recover a defensive bonus in extremis thanks to a test by Thomas Berjon (79) and a final penalty from Hastoy (80+2) against Bordeaux then reduced to two yellow cards.
