The Baby Dracs ride
Faced with a formation from Avignon who had wandered last week against Villeneuve, the Babys Dracs had to pull out all the stops to compete, as they had done a fortnight ago to finally clinch their first victory. of the season. Otherwise, the penalty could be heavy, as it was last weekend in Carcassonne.
From the start of the match, an excellent combination between Zénon, Tison allows Scimone to score the first try of the match. And as on the engagement, Franco takes advantage of a breakthrough to score at the foot of the posts, less than 5 minutes into the game and the locals are already leading 12 to 0. And it’s not over, five minutes later, it’s is Colchero who in power, scores under the posts.
Stunned by this start, the visitors tried to react and it was Arnaud who found the fault in the middle position. And as in the process, Ganz recovers in the in-goal a candle from Bissière, everything is also called into question after twenty minutes of play.
After these twenty intense minutes, the game stabilizes somewhat. The locals then resume the game on their own, and taking advantage of their numerical superiority after the temporary expulsion of Mendy for a dangerous tackle, scored by Marty on a classic attack then shortly after by Castano, all in power (30-12, 40).
As soon as the resumption, the visitors make the forcing to return to the score, but fail by excess of haste and faults of hand.
Unlike the Catalans, who manage to conclude with Parenti, after a solitary run by the local winger over more than 80 meters. And it’s not over. Interspersed in his three quarters, Tanguy finds the fault, then Scimone in power and Rey at the end of the attack spice up the addition. In the last moments, Avignon ended up with a try from Carré, but that did not detract from the merit of the Babys Dracs who won a brilliant victory, acquired with panache, seriously. And as a bonus, a high quality show.
St-Esteve XIII Catalan54
Avignon18
ST-ESTEVE. Half time: 30-12
Referee: Mr. Delarose.
For St-Estève XIII Catalan: 9 tries Scimone (3, 69), Franco (4), Colchero (9), Marty (29), Castano (34), Parenti (54), Zénon (60), Rey (72), 9 Marty transformations.
For Avignon: 3 tries Arnaud (13), Ganz (19), Carré (78), 3 Arnaud transformations.
Yellow card : Mendy (27) for Avignon.
St Esteve XIII Catalan: Zenon – Parenti, Franco, Marty, Rey – (o) Salies, (m) Tison – Castano – Laurent, Bonillo – Colchero, Ben Abdeslem, Scimone, Then: Ribas, Tadjeur, Delbe, Devoyon.
Avignon: Arnaud – Andreu, Avis, Carré, Vaz – (o) Bissière, (m) Ghanem – Ganz – Atba, Pourret – Comtat, Fouque, Hugues. Then: Mendy, Jullien, Vida, Naji.
“We made a perfect start”
Bastien Scimone (St-Esteve XIII Catalan): “We expected a difficult game but we were prepared for it. But we made a perfect start which made things easier for us. Afterwards we made too many mistakes which kept Avignon in the game but after the break, we continued and we accelerated to snatch this victory. But it’s true that we wanted it badly, certainly more than the visitors”.