Top 14 – Veredamu forced the decision, Gailleton in difficulty … The barometer of Pau-Lyon
TOP 14 – Lyon winger Tavite Veredamu, who came on at the start of the second half, was the man of the match in the victory on the lawn of Pau, first saving his team from a knockout before scoring the try offensive bonus. Émilien Gailleton had a difficult evening.
Tops
The Lyon winger did not have a lot of ammunition but he knew how to create danger on each of his interventions. He logically recorded the first try of the meeting by being effective in the end. He nearly netted a brace just before the break after a nice break through and a little kick to follow. He broke six tackles in this game!
Came into play at the start of the second period, the former septist was decisive. While Matthias Colombet succeeded in having managed a decisive interception to allow the Section to take a definitive advantage in the score, Tavite Veredamu managed to catch up with him. He was then in all the right offensive shots, eventually scoring the offensive bonus try.
While Lyon seemed poorly placed in the game, being 12 to 7 when attacking the last quarter of an hour, the Lyon scrum half swapped his manager’s cap to let his vista speak. He found the advance ball in hand, behind an imperial Jordan Taufua, to allow Lou to pick up the thread of the match.
Flops
Author of a good start to the match, the third line wing of the Paloise Section then had waste in his game. He was penalized twice and he received a yellow card in the 74e minute of play, accused his teammates in numerical inferiority at the worst time, while the Section expected only two points behind.
The young three-quarter center of the Section had a lot of defensive work to do. He notably managed eleven tackles but he also missed four, carried away in particular by the power of Tuisova on Lyon’s first try. He was served very little offensively and he was penalized twice.
The Australian rear did not give his usual preference, experiencing a little waste under Lou’s many high balloons. He especially had rough footwork, especially at the end of the first where he offered a trial opportunity to the Lyonnais just before the siren. He also missed two tackles.