Stado Tarbes PR 22- Aubenas 20
(Maurice-Trélut stadium) MT: 13-7.Referee:D. Monget assisted by MM. Maestri and Lasnaveres
For Stado:1 E Mondon (38); 5 P (5, 8, 42, 58, 64) and 1 T Berbizier.
For Aubenas:2 E Jarmouni (40), Clément (53); 2 P (43, 67) and 2 T Chastaing.
Yellow cards: Lhusero (48) at Tarbes; Jarmouni (40), Verot (80) at Aubenas.
Stado Tarbes Pyrenees rugby:Oltmann; Paulet, Mamao, Vakacegu (Stanaway Teao, 65), Duffau (Pees, 40); (o) Berbizier; (m) Lhusero (Dulucq, 59); Ricart (Manu, 74), Manu (Sajous, 55), Real; Maximin, Maninoa (Saint-Guilhem, 65); Aulika (Duny, 23), Mondon (cap.) (Lamothe, 60), Bessonart (Erasmus, 55).
RC Aubenas Vals: Andreu (cap.) (Guenard, 60); Clement, Barnier, Ramette (Verot, 53), Fournier; (o) Chastaing; (m) Benoist (Helmer, 60); Mondoulet, Jarmouni, Guetat (Bonhomme, 21); Son-in-law, Fulachier (Sylvester, 65); Balas Burel (Bladi, 40), Reynaud (Pontet, 48), Guarese (Sauzaret, 48).
For being too clumsy, spoiling a number of good moves like the abortive opening 5 meters from the opposing line on an uncertain pass from Aulika towards the young Duffau, the Stado is stayed within gunshot of a snappy Aubenas team. She was also especially concerned and motivated, Sunday afternoon, in this update, by her survival in National and who came to die two small points from Tarbais, not without having taken the defensive point.
Fortunately for Tarbes, Berbizier played the metronome, punctuating the local highlights with his unstoppable boot for a clear round from the start (3-0, 5th) before improving the domination of his forwards (8th, 6th -0).
Led, Benoist put the Ardéchois back in the right direction but without managing to pierce the local defensive curtain despite several playing times, the latter fell back on a bad choice by Chastaing sent back by Duffau, giving the locals ammunition to take off .
Weary, too messy despite the flashes of Ricart, Real, Maximin and Captain Mondon, Tarbes still failed, recovering, however, from two closed scrums.
Because, by torturing his counterpart and quickly playing the penalty, it was after several playing times that Mondon crossed the Aubenas line to make the break just before the break (13-0, 38th).
But the Albenassians worked on the dismissal and after several playing times with the Tarbes on the back, Jarmouni escaped Aulika's tackle to maintain the suspense (13-7, 40th).
Aubenas maintains his flame, the Stado puts it out
Get back in the saddle, the Aubenassians clung on and if Berbizier gave his men some air (16-7, 42nd), Chastaing answered him in stride (16-10, 43rd).
It was enough to give Aubenas confidence who, in addition to a numerical superiority, brought the game back to the 22 meters Tarbes. Sniffing the right shot, Jarmouni accelerated to serve Clément who scored the second try synonymous with an advantage on the scoreboard (16-17, 53rd). A short-lived advantage because the Tarbais relied on their conquering melee which allowed Berbizier to pass two new penalties (22-17, 64th).
But the urgent need for a victory after a withdrawal of 6 games sent Aubenas to put the Stado at fault for 3 more points in the bag of Chastaing (22-20, 67th).
From then on, everything seemed possible, especially as the Stado suffered and the RCAV multiplied the playing times with the energy of despair. However, nothing more will be registered and by signing a 3rd success in a row at Trélut, the Stado with 49 points has practically confirmed its maintenance even if mathematically nothing is sealed! Even for Aubenas who by taking 1 deserved point (39 points) has not yet put both knees down.
Ximun Bessonart, Stado prop:"The scrum was a force that we didn't know how to use when we were hyper-dominant in this sector. It was tense. At 13 – 0, we harvest 4 try opportunities when we are in their half of the field. By conceding this try just before the break, it becomes more complicated in the head. The second half is a little more messy during which Aubenans imposed his rhythm on us The 4 accounting points that this victory brings us will be able to count at the end of the season".
Johann Paulet, Stado fullback:"We couldn't put our game in place. Aubenas countered us, blocked on the outside and prevented us from touching corridors and caused too many technical fouls . In addition, we did not score enough in the first period. We are in doubt".
Jimi Maximin, 2nd line Satdo: "We make too many technical errors including forwards. We are not good on our basics. Instead of tackling low, we tackle high. If we remember what the "we did here against Chambéry, the recipe for defense is all found. The Albenassiens are strong. There are strong players in all the teams. We must respect all the teams Tarbes obtains a victory while playing a little too much We need a clean game and respect the instructions issued during the week, it would make the match easier for us.
Ousmane Touré, general manager Aubenas:"We are 3 days from the end and we have shown that we know how to play rugby. As proof, we score these two tries each time on the two dangerous situations that we create for ourselves. The rest of the score was played on penalties and there I observe that like other previous matches, the behavior of the referees is against us. Tarbes is a good team which knew how to offer us to defend against their alternating game. All of us will continue to play, no one will put their knees on the ground".
