The reigning European champion heals his entry into Top 14 with a victory in the Atlantic derby. Find the tops and flops of this shock.
TOPS
Matthieu Jalibert at the appointment
Without its friend Maxime Lucu, the UBB needed a conductor. Matthieu Jalibert perfectly assumed this role this Saturday, during the 23-18 victory on La Rochelle, by mastering the tempo after a slightly rough start to the match like his team. Alongside page-REO, author of a solid performance for his first, number 10 took the reins of the Girondin game. In lack of rhythm since he was operated at the beginning of the summer, he proved that he was already back at a very high level. In the first period, he even unlocks the situation thanks to a very beautiful opening at the foot for Louis Bielle-Biarrey.
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Hastoy, master to play
A high class match for the number 10 Rochelais. Precious throughout the game, whether through his game at the foot, his defense or his field coverage, he has constantly weighed on the match. His shot arrives in the 50th minute: a superb transversal, while he was under pressure, to serve his teammate Jules Favre on the wing, in a key moment in the meeting. At the end of the match, it is still he who offers the point of the defensive bonus. Slightly offset on the right at 25 meters, he passes the decisive penalty.
FLOPS
Concern for Rayasi
This is the big black point of the evening for the UBB, already punished with two yellow cards at the end of the match: the injury outing of Salesi Rayasi. In the 71st minute, while the Garrec was spinning towards the in-goal, the Fijian violently struck his teammate during the plating. Remented on the ground for long minutes, he had to leave the ground on the stretcher. An additional blow added to a list of already long injured, with Retière, Lucu or Moefana. Definitely, the spell is tested on Bordeaux-Bègles at the start of the season.
Unruly
The hooker experienced a difficult first period, chaining the faults that cost his team. From the start, a bad scratch earned him a penalty that Jalibert transforms into three points for Bordeaux. He was then sanctioned again for a missed counter-ult, then for a defect in the alignment in touch, where Alldritt does not hesitate to reprimand him. A first to forget for the French hooker.
