Pennod 22 Top 14: Rygbi Ffrainc

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-On today's programme, three games

-reflecting the battle at the top...

-..and also the teams

-at the bottom...

-..who are trying to keep their hopes

-of staying in the league alive.

-Nicky Robinson's Oyonnax, who are

-bottom but one, were away at Brive.

-Bottom-placed Agen

-were away at leaders Clermont...

-..but our first game is in Pau...

-..where Toulon tried to put

-the disappointment...

-..of losing their European crown

-last week behind them.

-Juan Fernandez Lobbe,

-the Argentinian, jumps highest...

-..and feeds it back to the forwards.

-The France captain is controlling

-things at the base - Guirado.

-He starts to move forward.

-He's inches from the try line.

-Taofifenua goes over

-but the referee's seen something.

-Guirado is tackled.

-He has the right

-to stretch for the try line.

-Julien Pierre, Pau's second row...

-..is interfering with play there.

-I didn't think

-he had the right to do that.

-It's the same combination again.

-Lobbe jumps highest.

-The forwards drive on but

-the referee is playing advantage.

-It's a free play for Toulon.

-Eric Escande finds Lobbe.

-It's the Argentinian once more.

-Eric Escande.

-Guirado is held up.

-But Armitage goes over.

-The ball goes loose.

-The referee is in the right spot.

-The ball was knocked on.

-Let's see what the offence was.

-Lobbe rose highest...

-..but Pau's forwards

-didn't allow him to come back down.

-Guirado almost went over.

-Armitage was held up.

-After 15 minutes of play...

-..a chance for Eric Escande

-to score some points.

-He's in for Jonathan Pelissie.

-The left-footer splits the posts.

-The first points of the game

-for the visitors.

-How are Toulon not further in front?

-Duane Vermeulen breaks in midfield.

-They go right.

-They've crossed the try line

-three times so far...

-..but none of them

-have been allowed.

-Taofifenua sets it up.

-They spread it wide.

-Mermoz to O'Connor, the Australian.

-Vatubua, Pau's centre,

-was over the ball.

-I think he's been penalised.

-Well, I think that's harsh.

-It's another opportunity

-for Escande.

-It's 6-0 to the visitors.

-It's a skyscraper from Escande.

-One for James O'Connor to chase.

-Damien Traille.

-It's very untidy from Pau.

-It's the story of the match.

-Gorgodze is over the ball.

-The penalty goes the other way.

-James Coughlan went down bravely...

-..but Gorgodze didn't allow him

-to get back on his feet.

-Damien Traille from almost halfway.

-On the angle.

-He's done it!

-Pau are back in it.

-Pau are starting to build.

-The ball goes wide.

-Mosese Ratuvou

-with the kick and chase.

-Delon Armitage controls it.

-He's looked dangerous today.

-What can he do?

-Ooh. He found space

-but the referee saw something.

-We need to look at the replay.

-Guirado is penalised.

-Damien Traille is 36 years old.

-He played more than 200 games

-for Biarritz...

-..and won 85 caps for France.

-His experience

-has brought more points for Pau.

-SECOND HALF

-52 minutes have been played.

-Damien Traille with the kick.

-Armitage is once again

-in the right place.

-He chases his own kick.

-This is Tuisova.

-He has the legs.

-Does he have the skills?

-He has the strength

-to offload to Delon Armitage.

-The Englishman deserves that try

-for his efforts.

-Armitage read Traille's play

-superbly and beat the first man.

-He played with his head up

-and saw the space.

-Tuisova

-showed his footballing skills...

-..and the strength to offload.

-Fantastic.

-Well, what can Pau do now?

-They're four points behind.

-The kick is disappointing.

-Steffon Armitage has it.

-What was he doing back there?

-He beats his first man

-and passes to Lobbe.

-He passes it backwards.

-Bastareaud is there.

-Eric Escande came in on the angle.

-The little scrum half,

-who's been busy all afternoon...

-..scores under the posts.

-That was a great try.

-But the referee wants another look.

-Was that pass from Armitage

-to Lobbe forward? It might've been.

-It was very close.

-The TMO disallows the try.

-Once again, a try is disallowed.

-Toulon have 15 minutes left

-to score two more tries...

-..if they want to leave the Pyrenees

-with a bonus point.

-This has been a weapon for them

-this afternoon.

-They drive forwards once more.

-They spread it.

-Theo Belan, the substitute centre,

-sets it up.

-It's quick ball.

-Taylor. O'Connor.

-Delon Armitage.

-He splits the defence

-and scores his second try.

-Leigh Halfpenny is apparently

-very close to returning...

-..but this man is on fire

-at the moment.

-It's a great try.

-Maybe the celebration

-needs some work.

-The clock is red.

-Toulon have one final opportunity

-to go for the bonus point.

-The scrum is going forward.

-It's gone down and Charabas,

-the referee, has had enough.

-A third try and a bonus point

-for the visitors.

-The players are all celebrating.

-They've done what they had to.

-Three tries and a bonus point...

-..but they have lots of work to do

-if they want to regain the title.

-A very good effort by Pau.

-That result will not have silenced

-Toulon's critics.

-The aim of Laporte's men is to

-hang on to the leaders' coat-tails.

-Brive have had

-an inconsistent season.

-They've lost half their games...

-..and scored the least number

-of tries in the league.

-But at least their place

-in the Top 14 is safe.

-As they travelled to

-the Amedee-Domenech in the rain...

-..Oyonnax knew

-they were facing life in the Pro D2.

-An attacking line-out for Brive.

-They've had all the play

-in the rain.

-Asieshvili piling into his own man.

-The try will be allowed.

-Well, maybe he didn't.

-He grounds the ball

-for the first try.

-Quentin Etienne's penalty

-has kept Oyonnax in the game.

-The weather is awful.

-This has been a game

-for the forwards so far.

-I don't see that changing

-in the second half.

-Work has been done on the pitch

-to ensure the game would go ahead.

-This will be a penalty to Oyonnax,

-if not more.

-Ex-Scarlets second row Johan Snymans

-is on the floor.

-I think he'll be sitting

-in the bin for the next ten minutes.

-There it is.

-You can have a little rest, Johan.

-After the tackle on Ma'afu,

-he made no effort to roll away.

-Ninety seconds remain

-in the first half.

-This is Quentin Etienne.

-He's missed one

-but he succeeds this time.

-At the interval, it's 7-6 to Brive.

-SECOND HALF

-It's been scrum after scrum.

-Both teams

-have had periods of dominance.

-Oyonnax did well there.

-Sebastien Minery, the referee,

-doesn't agree with me.

-It's a penalty against Oyonnax.

-The weather is so bad.

-Gaetan Germain attempts

-to stretch the home side's lead.

-The kick is successful

-and it's 10-6 to Brive.

-Tonga'uiha is on as a substitute.

-He can't do anything.

-This is Koyamaibole.

-A lovely offload to Luafutu.

-He crosses the line

-and takes the post with him.

-Monsieur Minery

-wants to take another look at that.

-I don't blame him.

-In this weather, that was a lovely

-offload by the big man Koyamaibole.

-Luafutu slid in against the post.

-It's hard to tell from that angle...

-..but the whistle signifies the try.

-There's only one team in it now.

-They'll keep it with the forwards.

-The push is coming in this maul.

-Who has the ball?

-I think it was Lucas Pointud.

-He's celebrating

-at the bottom of the pile.

-He's the one with the bald head.

-I think I can see him in the middle

-with the ball. He's the number 17.

-No problem grounding the ball

-in the lake.

-It's 24-6 with just

-over 8 minutes on the clock.

-Brive already have the bonus point.

-They've been dominant in the scrum.

-Koyamaibole passed

-between his legs to Iribaren.

-The advantage is coming.

-Koyamaibole has carried well

-throughout the game.

-The ref is still playing advantage.

-Brive look for their fourth try.

-There's a kick through

-by Laranjeira...

-..and sliding in after it

-was Tuatara.

-The try is given. That was brave.

-That was Florian Denos

-coming across.

-That was more like football.

-He came in with both feet.

-Everyone's fine

-and the try is awarded.

-Will Oyonnax have the last word

-in this game?

-This powerful maul is brought down.

-There's no doubt

-in the mind of Sebastien Minery.

-It's a penalty try to the visitors.

-You can see the number 23

-Kevin Buys bringing down the maul.

-The conversion was good.

-With the score at 31-13,

-the hooter blows.

-This is the last play of the game.

-Pune tries to find Taufa

-but the ball is on the ground.

-That's how it's been

-in tonight's game...

-..in the rain and the mud at Brive.

-Brive win by 31 points to 13.

-The end of Oyonnax's season

-will be a very painful one indeed.

-After the break,

-it's first versus last...

-..as Clermont welcome Agen

-to Stade Marcel Michelin.

-Join us in two minutes.

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-Welcome back.

-We're off to Clermont next

-and to a game the fans of Agen...

-..would have been worried about

-for a while.

-The team at the bottom

-have lost their last seven games.

-And now it's a game

-against the leaders.

-Stade Marcel Michelin hasn't been

-a fortress for Jon Davies' team.

-They've lost three fixtures here.

-The Clermont forwards

-try to bore their way through.

-Radosavljevic

-had men to spare there.

-It's quick ball.

-James floats the pass to the winger.

-Alivereti Raka has the first try

-of the game for the home side.

-Brock James had the vision

-to throw the miss pass.

-Rougerie finds his centre partner,

-Penaud, in for Jon Davies...

-..who pulled out this morning.

-That was Domingo

-and the other prop is Clement Ric.

-They are five metres from the line.

-Radosavljevic sets it and

-they have men to spare out wide.

-Abendanon has it and he feeds Raka.

-He cuts back inside and scores.

-He shoved the flanker

-Sione Tau out of the way.

-Power from the winger this time

-after Abendanon fed him.

-A second try for the Fijian.

-SECOND HALF

-Clean ball at the line-out

-and the drive for the line.

-There's a penalty

-against an Agen player here.

-The referee

-is reaching for a yellow card.

-William Demotte, the lock, is

-off to the sin bin for ten minutes.

-They are down to fourteen men.

-It'll be quite a task

-to withstand this drive.

-The flanker, Cancoriet, has it.

-The steam train is chugging away...

-..and they are over the line.

-The try is scored and the flanker

-is at the bottom of that pile.

-Judicael Cancoriet was at the back

-and he hung on to score.

-A third try for Clermont

-at the start of the second half.

-The gap is sixteen points.

-We haven't seen much of Agen

-in attack yet.

-The scrum collapses.

-There was a bit of a bust-up

-in the middle of it.

-What will Tual Trainini do here?

-Yellow cards

-for Thomas Domingo and Dave Ryan.

-There's no love lost.

-They're being kept apart.

-Agen will be down to thirteen men

-for a few minutes.

-The forwards

-will be going for the try line.

-The No.8 is Gerondeau.

-He's been isolated so

-they will have to set it up again.

-Radosavljevic looks for his options.

-The front row take it on again.

-Two of the back row are standing

-off, Gerondeau and Lapandry.

-Gerondeau has it again, and with

-a bit of help he's over the line.

-Camille Gerondeau

-scores Clermont's fourth try.

-He was carried over

-by his mates in the pack.

-Lapandry and Raphael Chaume

-were the helpful pillars.

-Just over ten minutes to play.

-Clermont are comfortably ahead.

-There was no gap for Rougerie.

-Rougerie is the man at the base now.

-The ball goes to the right.

-Radosavljevic sends the ball wide.

-Cancoriet, the flanker

-and scorer of the third try...

-..is out on the right wing.

-A loose pass into the centre

-but Abendanon manages to tidy up.

-No way through for the fullback.

-Out to the left it comes.

-Radosavljevic changes direction

-and they go right.

-Strettle runs out of space.

-Abendanon bridges over the ball.

-A thunderous tackle in the centre

-but Clermont still have it.

-Radosavljevic to the replacement,

-Lopez. Rougerie.

-It reaches the replacement,

-Iturria...

-..out to Nakaitaci.

-Another try to Clermont,

-this time by the replacement.

-Noa Nakaitaci

-cut back inside on the angle.

-Good work from Rougerie

-in the centre.

-Then a basketball pass

-from Arthur Iturria.

-Clean possession for Agen.

-I wonder if they can grab

-a consolation try at the death.

-Good work from the Georgian centre,

-Mchedlidze.

-It's taken on by the replacement,

-Antoine Miquel.

-The forwards are five metres away.

-Can they find a gap

-on the blind side?

-There's no room on the far side,

-so they'll have to change direction.

-Miquel is back on his feet.

-He picks up, drives to the line,

-and is there!

-The consolation try has come.

-A huge smile on the face

-of the replacement, Antoine Miquel.

-He picked up, found the gap,

-and just about got there.

-No wonder he's smiling!

-Camille Lopez with the drop kick

-to restart the game.

-Not much time remains.

-The gap is 23 points.

-An interception for Clermont.

-Enzo Sanga

-is the replacement scrum half.

-Nakaitaci charges forwards.

-He is very strong.

-Sanga is back on his feet.

-Clermont have an advantage.

-They have so many players free

-in the centre.

-Rougerie on the crash ball.

-It goes right.

-Slick passing from Abendanon

-and Penaud. Strettle!

-The game's best try is scored

-at the very end of the match.

-The ball was sent out wide

-to the right.

-Slick passing creates a try

-for the Englishman in the corner.

-Superb.

-The hooter has been sounded.

-All they have to do is catch

-the ball and clear into touch.

-Sanga gets the last word.

-Monsieur Trainini

-blows the final whistle.

-An easy win for the leaders.

-Now for a round-up

-of all the scores.

-On Friday night...

-..Castres won away at Grenoble

-in the weekend's closest contest.

-Although Pau battled hard

-in the first half...

-..Toulon were too strong in the end

-and the Galacticos won 25-9.

-As expected, Brive won

-their home fixture against Oyonnax.

-Also as expected, front runners

-Clermont won 38-10 against Agen.

-In the late kick-off on Saturday...

-..La Rochelle beat Bordeaux Begles

-in another close game.

-Here is the current table.

-Clermont are building up

-a gap at the top.

-They have an eight-point advantage

-over Toulon in second.

-Montpellier and Racing can close

-that gap in their games today.

-Castres have climbed into fifth

-following their win over Grenoble.

-Not much has changed

-in the bottom half of the table.

-Oyonnax and Agen keep each other

-company at the bottom.

-Above them, Stade are marooned

-in twelfth place.

-Following their victories...

-..Brive and La Rochelle have climbed

-above Grenoble into eight and ninth.

-But it's still close between them.

-We're back on Tuesday night with

-the latest from the Top Quatorze.

-Until then, goodbye.

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