Pennod 24 Top 14: Rygbi Ffrainc

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-We have highlights of three games

-on today's programme.

-There's a clash between

-two struggling teams...

-..and two games featuring

-the race for the championship.

-In Paris, if Stade Francais

-beat Oyonnax, they'd be safe.

-If they lost,

-they would start to get nervous.

-Racing faced an uncomfortable trip

-to Brive.

-More on those later.

-We start with Clermont...

-..who hoped to strengthen

-their lead at the top against Pau.

-Daubagna with the kick...

-..Pau's first of the game

-at Stade du Hameau.

-There isn't much riding

-on this game.

-Clermont will want to win away

-from home after losing last week...

-..to remain top of the league.

-Fofana carries.

-Pau have secured their spot

-in the Top 14 for next season.

-It's good interplay

-right at the start of the game.

-Fritz Lee on a perfect angle.

-Nick Abendanon is outside him!

-The first try

-comes after 36, 37, 38 seconds...

-..for Clermont's winger!

-What a start.

-Great interplay.

-Spedding.

-Fritz Lee on the angle at speed.

-He had the skill

-to find Nick Abendanon too.

-A lovely try.

-Kayser with the line-out.

-Parra to Lopez.

-Stanley carries.

-Quick ball is needed

-on a dry day like today.

-Great hands by Fofana.

-Lopez to Spedding.

-Nakaitaci!

-It's the second try of the afternoon

-for Clermont.

-Another lovely try.

-Is this going be

-a long afternoon for Pau?

-Spedding went inside then outside.

-Charly Malie

-was caught on his heels.

-Nakaitaci scored.

-It's 10-0.

-Pau have played a bit of rugby

-in this game.

-Just as I say that,

-it's a lovely break by Malie.

-Who's on his shoulder?

-Oh!

-Ramsay, the second row,

-lost the ball.

-It's a lovely break by Malie,

-the fullback.

-Ramsay did well

-to be on his shoulder.

-But his hands were like feet!

-Malie wasn't impressed.

-Daubagna.

-Slade.

-Pau are still playing rugby.

-Conrad Smith

-brings Vatubua in on the angle.

-But possession is lost once more.

-Nakaitaci back inside.

-Jedrasiak to Fofana.

-This would be a lovely try.

-Fofana is tackled.

-Jedrasiak is there

-to keep possession.

-Nakaitaci looks right.

-They have men out to the left.

-It's a big tackle on Stanley.

-It's a great offload.

-This is great interplay.

-Spedding goes for the line.

-He passes to Lopez and it's a try.

-Oh, no!

-Pascal Gauzere disagrees.

-Was the pass forward?

-There was no advantage

-so back they go.

-It was great play.

-Spedding with the final pass.

-It looks fine to me.

-No-one from Pau were complaining.

-It's 13-3.

-It's 3-0 to Clermont

-in the second half.

-There's been some good play

-in this game.

-Not a lot of tries

-but great play on occasions.

-Fofana. He's popped up on the wing

-many times.

-He's lost possession.

-It's a chance for Pau

-to go the length of the field.

-The substitute feeds Pierre.

-The substitute scrum half

-Teutau has made an impression...

-..since coming on.

-Slade passes inside to the No.8,

-Coughlan.

-Conrad Smith.

-It's a great pass by Smith to Votu.

-Watisoni Votu!

-It's an excellent try

-by the home team.

-Listen to the crowd.

-Everyone's cheering.

-Conrad Smith with the final pass

-to Votu.

-Pau are deservedly

-back in the game.

-Three minutes left.

-It's 16-10 to Clermont.

-Pau have had all the possession

-in the last few minutes.

-It's a big shove

-from the driving maul.

-Pascal Gauzere has a look.

-Once.

-Twice. Can he see the ball?

-Oh! No try!

-You can see the ball in the replay.

-I can't see it being grounded.

-Will this angle show something?

-No try says Gauzere.

-He can't see the ball.

-That's it, the end of the game.

-The final score

-is Clermont 16-10 Pau.

-A win on the road for Clermont.

-Amazingly, Stade Francais

-are down in 12th position.

-Recent results have been awful

-for Gonzalo Quesada's men.

-They've lost

-their last seven league games.

-The capital city team

-needed a home win...

-..at Stade Jean-Bouin

-against Oyonnax.

-It's been a dismal season

-for Stade Francais and Oyonnax.

-The home team

-have made the better start.

-This is Bonfils.

-Dupuy spins it out.

-On the angle came Jono Ross!

-The South African flanker

-popped up like a jack-in-the-box.

-It was a perfect pass by Dupuy...

-..to set up the first try

-for the home side.

-This is a game they have to win.

-Quick hands here.

-Danty will cross in the corner.

-The referee will make sure.

-Good handling, straight running

-and Danty crossing.

-The home side

-have started at a sprint.

-Dupuy and Danty

-are very much involved.

-Danty offloads to Plisson.

-A third try within thirty minutes

-for Stade Francais.

-Danty had just scored a try and

-here he is, strong and offloading.

-A lovely try for the home team.

-Where has this Stade Francais been

-all season?

-Plisson makes the break.

-There to score is the talisman

-and captain, Sergio Parisse.

-It's a fourth try.

-The home team are unstoppable

-right now.

-Plisson feeding Parisse.

-The home team are on fire.

-Their handling skills are sublime

-as Doumayrou feeds the final pass.

-The winger, Nayacalevu, scores.

-A fifth try before half-time.

-The last man is drawn.

-The Oyonnax defence

-seems to have stayed at home today.

-SECOND HALF

-What can Oyonnax offer

-in the second half?

-Blanc makes the first mistake.

-Bonfils feeds Nayacalevu

-for the foot race.

-No-one will catch the Fijian.

-The winger celebrates

-with a splash down.

-It's been a game

-littered with Oyonnax errors.

-Nayacalevu starts the second half

-how he finished the first.

-Stade want more points.

-Parisse passes to Danty...

-..who floats the long ball out.

-The Aussie lock, Hugh Pyle, scores.

-Danty adds vision and technique to

-the power we saw in the first half.

-A perfect pass to the lock.

-Bonneval spotted the space...

-..but he won't benefit.

-The try will be scored

-by Julien Tomas.

-The two substitutes combine

-for another try for the home team.

-Oyonnax are bound for the

-second tier after this result today.

-Is this a try for Tawalo?

-The Fijian has scored.

-It's scant consolation for the fans

-who have travelled to Paris.

-We've had a feast

-from the home team today.

-There's another little

-flash of skill from Plisson.

-Another try for the Aussie,

-Hugh William Pyle.

-Plisson with the little bit of magic

-to put his lock into space.

-A lovely blind pass.

-Oyonnax might as well

-have stayed at home.

-They haven't contributed at all

-to this game.

-This could be a chance for Bonneval

-who created a try earlier.

-He's going to score

-Stade Francais' tenth try.

-There it is.

-The coaches are very happy.

-They finish in style

-but where have they been all season?

-They were last year's champions.

-They've won 69-8 today.

-The fans will be so frustrated

-with the rest of the season.

-A huge win for Stade Francais.

-That's settled the butterflies.

-After the break, the other

-capital city team, Racing 92...

-..try to sustain their run after

-last week's win against Clermont.

-See you soon.

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-Brive haven't lost a home game

-since Christmas.

-When they played Racing

-earlier in the season...

-..they only lost by three points.

-Having rested players with one eye

-on the Champions Cup final...

-..Racing's line-up

-was an unfamiliar one.

-This wasn't going to be easy

-for them.

-Mike Phillips is one familiar face

-in a team of youngsters.

-The experienced players

-have been rested...

-..ahead of the Champions Cup final

-in Lyon next Saturday.

-Racing come again as Phillips

-sweeps the ball out to Vulivuli.

-He was swallowed up in midfield

-by Benjamin Petre.

-It's there again with the captain,

-Luc Barba.

-He's also unable

-to reach the try line.

-Phillips protests

-that he was impeded.

-Maybe this time for Juandre Kruger.

-It's Camille Chat who crashes over.

-The young, lively hooker has been

-given a chance this afternoon.

-Camille Chat

-was in the perfect position.

-Brive are within five metres.

-Another solid scrum

-shows their superiority.

-It's out quickly to the left

-and to Guillaume Namy.

-The referee has one look

-at the video screen...

-..but there's no problem

-with that try.

-Dambielle left himself

-far too much to do.

-Not one player

-who started for Racing today...

-..started the Champions Cup

-semi-final against Leicester.

-That's the huge task

-facing the men from Paris...

-..against this strong Brive side.

-It's always tough to win points

-at Stade Amedee Domenech.

-Ross Filipo charges forwards.

-Marc Andreu weaves, flies and lands!

-A superb try for the Racing winger.

-He is quite a talent.

-What about the run from Ross Filipo.

-He opened the door...

-..and then came Andreu, like

-a laser, to score an excellent try.

-Racing only have

-a one-point advantage.

-Phillips sweeps the ball

-out to Tales.

-This is Gomes Sa, the tight head.

-He's well thought of in Paris.

-The crowd is incensed.

-They'll be even more furious now.

-Marc Andreu

-has crossed for his second try.

-Listen to the crowd's

-dissatisfaction...

-..with this play

-from the tackle area.

-Tales with the teasing little kick.

-Marc Andreu

-didn't need a second invitation.

-Three tries for Racing.

-Brive are keeping it tight.

-It's on its way.

-There are men out wide.

-But they decide

-to charge down the middle.

-Jean-Baptiste Pejoine

-is the scrum half...

-..as the referee waits

-for an advantage that didn't come.

-He is Monsieur Trainini.

-Off they go again

-through Arnaud Mela.

-The crowd cheers

-every time he gets the ball.

-Not the best pass

-but can Snyman get there?

-Yes, he can!

-Johan Snyman,

-who was formerly with the Scarlets.

-There is a suspicion

-that he lost control of the ball.

-But the referee was right there.

-It looks fine here.

-But from this angle,

-there is a bit of doubt.

-As they tell me,

-just read the headlines tomorrow.

-Brive are back to within a point.

-Three tries against two.

-Racing attack once again.

-One more chance before the break.

-What a tackle.

-Johan Snyman is proving his worth

-at Stade Amedee Domenech.

-We didn't see much of that on Parc

-y Scarlets, it has to be said.

-Mathieu Voisin is the flanker.

-Well, then, this isn't a surprise.

-It's the tenth time that Racing have

-been penalized in the first half.

-Gomes Sa is the one

-to be shown a yellow card.

-Monsieur Trainini

-has finally run out of patience.

-He came in from the side.

-It was inevitable that the card was

-shown for the team's infringements.

-Gaetan Germain

-has a kick of about fifty yards.

-He's made it look easy.

-Gaetan Germain

-is Brive's top scorer this season.

-He also wants to make an impression

-on Guy Noves, the France coach.

-We are ten minutes

-into the second half.

-It's been a quiet period of play.

-Brive show their superiority

-in the scrum.

-Racing have suffered.

-The centre, Arnaud Mignardi,

-charged down the middle.

-Pejoine looks for support.

-Nicolas Bezy to the try scorer,

-Guillaume Namy.

-Five metres out as they come again

-through the hooker, Guillaume Ribes.

-They are queuing up to score on

-the outside but this won't go wide.

-Racing defend the line

-with their lives.

-It's the giant, Sisa Koyamaibole.

-The Fijian,

-quite a favourite in Brive...

-..scores a crucial try.

-The Fijian international,

-playing at No.8...

-..used his strength

-to reach the line.

-No surprise to see Brive opt for

-the scrum despite being a man down.

-There we are,

-the scrum collapses once again.

-Julien Brugnaut,

-the Racing loose head, protests.

-Didier Casadei, on this side,

-isn't complaining.

-Gaetan Germain.

-He now has eighteen points

-in this game.

-He increases Brive's advantage.

-Racing still have ten minutes

-to get back into this game.

-They were joint third in the table

-with Toulon this morning.

-Racing's replacements

-are having the same problems...

-..under huge pressure

-from Brive's scrum.

-That has been their most potent

-weapon throughout this afternoon.

-Benjamin Dambielle has missed

-two kicks in the past five minutes.

-They were from similar positions but

-he's brought Racing within reach.

-Can they take it forwards from here?

-The clock is red

-at the end of the game.

-This has been the story for Racing

-this afternoon.

-Brive once again

-show their superiority.

-If they can just get the ball,

-but they have the advantage.

-Monsieur Trainini has his arm up.

-Brive have done it on home soil.

-That follows the defeat

-to bottom-placed Agen last week.

-Now for a round-up of the games

-that have been played this weekend.

-Bordeaux-Begles

-got the better of Grenoble...

-..in the only game played

-on Friday night.

-La Rochelle hit back

-after losing to Oyonnax last week...

-..winning 36-10

-against Montpellier.

-Clermont won a close battle in Pau

-16-10.

-Stade Francais recorded

-their first league win in seven...

-..scoring 69 points against Oyonnax.

-Here's how

-the top half of the table looks.

-The leaders Clermont

-put a shift in...

-..and their win

-keeps daylight between them...

-..and Montpellier in second.

-Racing lost the chance

-to close the gap...

-..after their disappointing result

-against Brive.

-Bordeaux-Begles have gone above

-Toulouse and Castres...

-..who, along with Toulon,

-are yet to play.

-Not much has changed

-in the bottom seven.

-After Stade's thumping win

-over Oyonnax...

-..it looks like

-Nicky Robinson's team and Agen...

-..will be the two relegated clubs.

-Though La Rochelle and Brive

-recorded impressive victories...

-..they stay eighth and ninth

-respectively.

-They'll both be eyeing a place

-in the top half...

-..before the end of the season.

-On Tuesday night, we'll have

-highlights of Toulon v Castres.

-Until then, goodbye.

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