Pennod 20 Top 14: Rygbi Ffrainc

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-With the Six Nations over and the

-domestic season coming to a close...

-..things are hotting up

-in the upper reaches of the Top 14.

-The big game from the 19th round

-was between Racing 92 and Toulon.

-There was an important game

-last night...

-..between two teams

-at the other end of the table too.

-The battle to avoid the drop

-between Oyonnax and Pau.

-We start in Lille for the clash

-between Racing 92 and Toulon.

-The capital city team

-are still reeling...

-..after their thrashing

-in Montpellier last week.

-Wales' Luke Charteris

-is straight back into the team.

-Toulon on the other hand

-are full of confidence...

-..after beating Grenoble

-in the previous round.

-This match is being played

-under the roof in Lille...

-..three hours north of Paris.

-These two teams will be back

-in the capital in a fortnight...

-..locking swords

-in the main European competition.

-Toulon have the chance to score

-the first points of the game.

-Racing were slow

-to move from the tackle area.

-Chris Masoe,

-along with Remi Tales...

-..are the only two

-who started against Montpellier...

-..when they were thrashed 60-7

-last week.

-The first points of the game

-for the visitors.

-Freddie Michalak has scored them.

-That's Jacques Delmas,

-Toulon's forwards coach.

-The men in red and black

-are just a shadow...

-..of the team who'll play Racing

-again in two weeks.

-Racing are trying

-to put a move together.

-It's all a bit messy.

-They have a chance

-to score points now, however.

-It's been quite a sedate start.

-That man was off his feet -

-Alexandre Menini.

-Dan Carter is starting

-at inside centre again today.

-The left-footer.

-He can bring the scores level.

-He's an accurate kicker.

-The best fly half in the world.

-Dan Carter makes it all-square.

-Machenaud, the international

-scrum half, out to Carter.

-Good hands by Henry Chavancy.

-Brice Dulin is up from fullback.

-Bernard le Roux

-has a great chance.

-Dulin again, up to the 22.

-It was a great move

-from the Parisian team.

-The referee is in the right spot.

-Racing have somehow

-conceded possession quite cheaply.

-A half-chance perhaps.

-Jean Charles Orioli.

-The hooker

-can't get into the Toulon team.

-Guilhem Guirado,

-the France captain...

-..has made the no.2 shirt his own

-at the Felix Mayol.

-That was an excellent kick

-by Quade Cooper.

-He's playing at fullback.

-Delon Armitage is on the wing.

-That was the best move of the match.

-Ducalcon tries to set the platform.

-Juan Imhoff is in from the wing.

-Vulivuli, who's come on

-in place of Chavancy.

-Brice Dulin is willing

-to look for work from the back.

-The workhorse, Chris Masoe.

-Here's another pit pony - Julien

-Brugnaut, the loose-head prop.

-An interception by Orioli.

-Great hands to Delon Armitage.

-He's going to score.

-Is he? Imhoff with the tackle.

-He won't stop Delon Armitage

-from scoring the game's first try.

-There's speculation

-that he's off to Lyon next season.

-What a great first up tackle

-by Freddie Michalak.

-Good hands by Jean Charles Orioli.

-Delon Armitage had the ball

-under his left arm.

-Over he went.

-It's Racing's strongest line-up

-but it isn't Toulon's best team.

-They have a lot of players missing

-this afternoon.

-Juan Smith, Vermeulen,

-Fernandez Lobbe, Giteau.

-Drew Mitchell too.

-Laurent Travers,

-one of Racing's coaches...

-..isn't happy

-with the current situation.

-It's worsened now as Freddie

-Michalak adds another penalty.

-He's keeping the scoreboard

-ticking over.

-Five minutes to go

-before half-time.

-Toulon have won on the two occasions

-they've travelled to Lille.

-They can't travel further

-in the Top 14.

-They're based

-on the Mediterranean...

-..and are playing on the border

-with Belgium.

-It's rather messy again.

-There are men out wide.

-The tight-head prop,

-Fijian Manasa Saulo.

-Michalak out quickly

-to Tom Taylor.

-The lock to Orioli!

-He's almost at the try line.

-Quick ball is needed.

-Armitage! He's furious.

-Eric Escande hurried the pass.

-"No direction to the pass,"

-says Armitage. "I was there."

-SECOND HALF

-Toulon start the second half

-like they ended the first.

-Vulivuli read the move.

-Racing aren't firing

-this afternoon.

-They've conceded possession and

-wasted the possession they've had.

-There was just one charge from this

-man, Brice Dulin, in the first half.

-He's been caught.

-Watch the man with

-the muscular arms, no.23, Boughanmi.

-But look at this man,

-Charles Ollivon, pumping his legs.

-He passes to Theo Belan.

-They're unfamiliar names.

-The scoreboard looks unfamiliar too.

-Racing 92 3-16 Toulon...

-..with the conversion to come.

-Racing were caught

-with their pants down.

-Charles Ollivon, the 22-year-old.

-He's apparently on his way out

-of the Felix Mayol too...

-..as is Theo Belan,

-who looks likely to sign for Lyon.

-A clean catch in the line-out.

-Charteris is there, the no.4.

-Lauret caught it, the no.6.

-This is as close as Racing have come

-in the second half.

-They have to score.

-They're second in the table.

-Last month,

-they were five points clear.

-That hammering at Montpellier...

-..and the home defeat to Castres

-two weeks ago...

-..means they're down to second.

-Can they score a try here?

-Once more, the passing isn't smooth.

-The door was slammed shut on Carter.

-Toulon's players are protesting.

-Great work again

-by Mohamed Boughanmi.

-He's the giant replacement tight

-head who's stabilized the scrum too.

-There he is - six foot four

-and 126 kilograms.

-Racing come again.

-We're nearing the final quarter

-of the game.

-There's no sign

-that they're going to score a try.

-Vulivuli. Machenaud.

-The ball has been lost again

-but they get a penalty.

-Carter indicated

-he was going to go for the posts.

-Marc Andreu

-was all alone on the left.

-He was thinking there was an

-opportunity to catch Toulon napping.

-An easy three points for Dan Carter.

-However, Racing 92

-have more work to do.

-Jacky Lorenzetti

-is the wealthy backer.

-It's been two cheap weekends...

-..in Montpellier and now in Lille

-by the looks of it...

-..unless Machenaud

-can make things happen.

-Castrogiovanni.

-This is better.

-They have to keep hold of the ball.

-Khatchik Vartanov,

-the substitute prop.

-Bernard le Roux.

-If he'd stretched for the line,

-well, who knows?

-Lauret is through!

-There is hope.

-Good work by Machenaud originally.

-Lauret went over...

-..for a crucial try.

-The fitness of Racing's players

-might be telling now.

-Toulon's players aren't match fit.

-An important kick for Carter.

-I think he could kick those

-with his eyes closed.

-Now it's interesting.

-Four minutes left.

-Racing suddenly look stronger.

-That was a high tackle on Vulivuli.

-Laurent Cardona awards a penalty.

-Machenaud has seen a gap

-and an opportunity.

-Marc Andreu is with him.

-Back inside to Dan Carter!

-Carter for the line!

-What drama.

-Dan Carter.

-He's scored all of Racing's points.

-Machenaud's quick thinking.

-Toulon look very tired.

-Racing are going for the double.

-They beat Toulon 27-22 at the Mayol

-at the start of the season.

-They're now in front

-for the first time.

-It's 20-18

-with a couple of minutes remaining.

-Michalak has six European medals.

-Now then!

-Is there more drama?

-Yes, there is!

-Martin Castrogiovanni,

-Toulon's former prop...

-..now playing for Racing.

-He's penalized

-for preventing Jocelino Suta...

-..from getting to the ball.

-He can't look.

-Freddie Michalak.

-This is the final kick of the game.

-It's there!

-A dramatic win for Toulon.

-Laurent Cardona blows the whistle.

-Travers is furious.

-That man has 119 caps.

-But it's what's under the cap

-that counts.

-Castrogiovanni loses his cool

-and Freddie Michalak saves Toulon.

-After a short break,

-our second game of the weekend.

-Pau welcome Oyonnax to the Pyrenees.

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-There was a contest from the other

-end of the Top 14 last night.

-Pau welcomed Oyonnax

-to the Pyrenees.

-Oyonnax took the honours in October

-in the corresponding fixture.

-One of only four victories

-for them this season.

-With eight games left, and

-12 points separating the teams...

-.. the fate of both teams

-was in the balance last night.

-It's scoreless after 10 minutes

-at the Stade du Hameau.

-Both teams are at the bottom

-of the Championnat.

-It's a must win game for Oyonnax...

-..to have any hope

-of staying in the Championnat.

-Any kind of victory for Pau

-will ensure their place.

-The first penalty of the night.

-An opportunity for the Oyonnax

-outside half, Nicky Robinson.

-Oyonnax

-aren't having a good season.

-But Nicky is doing well

-after returning from injury.

-He gets the first points

-of the night for Oyonnax.

-Pau have several old heads

-in the forwards.

-There are several Oyonnax heads

-on the ground.

-A chance for scrum half,

-Samuel Marques to level the scores.

-It was a simple kick.

-It's 3-3.

-Tian gathers

-and sends a long kick down field.

-Damien Traille,

-a very familiar name.

-He gathers his own kick.

-He does well.

-A little bit of rugby

-is being played here.

-The penalty is given.

-Sobela held on to the ball

-on the ground.

-Marques, after 20 minutes,

-has a chance to Pau in front.

-Straight down the middle.

-It's 6-3 to the home team.

-A lot of rugby is being played

-in the middle of the pitch.

-Not many gaps are appearing

-in either defence.

-Traille loses the ball.

-He lost it from

-scrum half, Fabian Cibray's kick.

-It's another penalty for Oyonnax.

-An opportunity for Nicky Robinson.

-A good kick

-by the Welsh outside half.

-It's 6-6.

-What we want in this game are tries!

-Marques feeds the scrum.

-Coughlan picks up.

-Conrad Smith comes back on an angle.

-Some rugby is being played

-for the first time.

-Boutaty carries. Marques.

-Is there a try coming in the game?

-We haven't come close so far.

-Will they go wide?

-There might be offside.

-No, Ramsay carries.

-He keeps it tight. Marques.

-Slade does well. To Traille.

-Conrad Smith.

-That should have gone sooner.

-Sireli Bobo is tackled

-but he offloads to Fumat.

-The try is given.

-I thought that Conrad Smith

-had made a mess of that.

-Lovely hands from Slade and Traille.

-Smith.

-That ball should have gone there.

-Bobo is 40 years old.

-He couldn't reach but that was

-a lovely offload to Fumat.

-It's 11-6.

-Butler caught that

-at the back of the line-out.

-The drive comes from the forwards.

-Coughlan has his hands on the ball.

-Bianchin, the hooker.

-The maul collapses.

-Vatubua back on the angle.

-Marques finds a gap.

-The Oyonnax defensive line

-parted like the Red Sea.

-Marques, the lively scrum half,

-found a little gap.

-Jenneker was slow.

-SECOND HALF

-Traille

-sends up the high kick again.

-He gathers his kick.

-Pierre to Slade.

-The substitute, Votu

-breaks the tackle.

-Conrad Smith plays scrum half.

-Pau are looking to play

-a bit more rugby.

-Slade lost the ball.

-The momentum created was lost.

-Slade isn't very happy.

-Nicky Robinson

-leaves the field after 48 minutes.

-He hasn't put a foot wrong.

-I don't think that Quentin Etienne

-can have any effect on this game.

-Oyonnax are very lateral.

-They can't find any gaps

-in the Pau defence.

-Fa'asavalu carries.

-Cibray.

-I said there weren't any gaps

-but one has appeared.

-Sobela gallops through.

-Fabbri is on his shoulder.

-There might be a chance here

-but Fumat intervenes.

-The winger used his strength

-to get over the ball.

-He played like a wing forward.

-Oyonnax are playing the game

-in the centre of the pitch.

-They've done that all night.

-Now they try to go wide.

-The ball reaches Dug Codjo.

-The kick is a long one.

-Traille finds touch, but there

-might be work for the TMO here.

-What happens here in the middle?

-Substitute, Euan Murray is penalised

-for a late shoulder charge.

-He'll spend 10 minutes

-in the sin bin.

-Euan Murray is back on the field.

-This is a third scrum for Pau.

-A chance for a penalty try and

-a bonus point for the home side.

-Another shove from the forwards.

-That's it, Adrien Descottes

-runs beneath the posts.

-Coach, Simon Mannix is happy.

-A bonus point for the home side.

-Who's taking the conversion?

-No-one other than Daubagna.

-The final score is

-25-6 to the home team.

-That's secured their place

-in the league for another year.

-It was a busy day

-in France yesterday.

-There were three more games.

-After a convincing victory

-over Racing 92 last week...

-..Montpellier doubled-down with

-another good win at Agen yesterday.

-It was much closer

-between Brive and Castres.

-The home side

-eventually prevailed...

-..thanks to a late

-converted try by Arnaud Mignardi.

-Grenoble also ran in a late try...

-..to clinch a bonus point

-against La Rochelle.

-By last night, only two points

-separated the top four.

-Clermont lead the way with

-a game in hand to be played today.

-Racing 92 drop to fourth

-after a second straight defeat.

-Toulon and Montpellier

-have risen above them.

-Only a miracle can save Oyonnax

-and Agen from relegation now.

-Neither team has managed to

-compete in the league this year.

-They are destined for

-the second division next season.

-Don't forget about our updated

-highlights show on Tuesday night.

-That programme will feature the

-Bordeaux Begles vs Clermont match.

-Until then, goodnight.

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