Rugby: victory for Chatenoy RC over RC Dijon 30 to 17
Victory at 4 points for the Châtenoyens who let slip the offensive bonus in the 78th minute of a match too choppy by the whistle of the referee.
At the end of a match punctuated by too many penalties against the Châtenoyens visitors, the latter managed to impose their game by scoring 5 tries against 3 for the Railwaymen of Dijon, deprived of the offensive bonus point for the CRC team.
A match that started well for Châtenoy since at the end of the 12th minute the scoreboard indicated 8 points for the visitors: an untransformed try in the 6th minute for Blaise and a penalty in the 12th for Beauviche.
Then the cascade of whistle blows from the referee at the start breaking the game that now impose the Châtenoyens. There is no such thing as a clear match, but too many whistles beg the question of how to design and conduct a match.
Châtenoy however managed to get out, once again, from this mess by scoring a second attempt not transformed in the 32nd by Guidard and thus reach half-time with a score of 5 to 13, knowing that in the 38th minute Châtenoy took a yellow card (Montoro).
Sentenced to play at 14 this start of the second half, the visitors took a try in the 47th (score 10 – 13). Stung and finding himself with 15 players, Châtenoy scored a new try by Guidard in the 52nd (10 – 18). While the game is going on in the 22 of Châtenoy, on a disputed touchdown ball, the ball is recovered by the Campos back who puts the turbo along the line, from his 22, to go crash a test in the in Dijon. We are in the 65th minute, the score is 10 to 23 for the visitors from Châtenoyens.
Châtenoy continues to pound the lines of RC Dijon and seeks to kill the match by going for the offensive bonus, which is done well in the 71st minute by a good try from Holder, transformed by Beauviche, The score is 10 – 30.
The end of the match sees Dijon settle in the Châtenoyens camp who defend like starved to death but despite a flagrant offside at the start and one before passing the locals register a try in the 78th minute private the visitors of the offensive bonus . Final score 17 – 30.
At the end of this third day, the Châtenoy RC is second in its group, with one game less, behind the neighbors of the Givry Cheilly agreement which is won at Saône Seille, the next opponents of the Châtenoy RC on November 7 at Charréconduit.
JC Reynaud