For their second consecutive home match, Stade Niçois pocketed a second consecutive offensive bonus, thanks to a 64 to 5 victory against Monteux.
After a mixed start, despite clearly displayed playing intentions, the Niçois quickly took the lead against Monteux yesterday afternoon. The red and black, unstoppable in front of their home crowd, scored 10 tries in this match, for a final victory with a score of… 64 to 5!
A second consecutive bonus victory that allows the team to position itself in 3rd place in the pool, 4 points behind Beaurepaire and Grasse who both narrowly won, with the first defeating CARF (24-19) and the latter securing an offensive bonus against Châteaurenard (33-16). A neighboring team, Grasse, currently appears as the favorite at the top of Pool 3, sharing the leader’s seat with Beaurepaire.
After the international break, the top three will be on the move: The Niçois to CARF (8th – 7 points), Beaurepaire to Châteaurenard (7th – 13 points), and Grasse, who will have the most challenging away game at Vienne, 4th with 16 points.
Match sheet: Starting XV: Girard; Parcheminer, Benstaali, Mège, Fatauli; (o) Cazanave, (m) Echabe; Mgeladze, Cottet, Roth; Potin, Herjean (c); Akkaoui, Jaber, Boussetta. Substitutes: Soler, Martin, Dahbi, Busutil, Catoni, Loncle, Malavard.
10 tries: Mgeladze (3), Parcheminer (2), Echabé, Dahbi, Fatauli, Benstaali, Malavard 7 conversions: Echabé (2/5), Fatauli (1/1), Malavard (4/4)
