Top 14, Tolosa e Montpellier all’atto finale

Domani a Parigi si gioca la finalissima del campionato transalpino. In campo Tolosa e Montpellier, con i primi superfavoriti.

TOLOSA – MONTPELLIER 

Sabato 4 giugno, ore 20:45 – Stade de France, St. Denis (Paris)

Stade Toulousain:15 Cédric Heymans, 14 Rupeni Caucaunibuca, 13 Yannick Jauzion, 12 Clément Poitrenaud, 11 Maxime Medard, 10 David Skrela, 9 Jean-Marc Doussain, 8 Louis Picamoles , 7 Thierry Dusautoir, 6 Jean Bouilhou, 5 Patricio Albacete, 4 Romain Millo-Chlusky, 3 Census Johnston, 2 William Servat, 1 Daan Human.
A disposizione: 16 Virgile Lacombe, 17 Jean-Baptiste Poux, 18 Yoann Maestri, 19 Yannick Nyanga, 20 Nicolas Bezy, 21 Florian Fritz, 22 Shaun Sowerby, 23 Johnson Falefa.

Montpellier HR: 15 Benjamin Thiery, 14 Timoci Nagusa, 13 Sylvain Mirande, 12 Santiago Fernandez, 11 Martin Bustos Moyano, 10 François Trinh-Duc, 9 JulienTomas, 8 Masinivanua Matadigo, 7 Mamuka Gorgodze, 6 Fulgence Ouedraogo (c), 5 Alikisio Fakate, 4 Hendrickus Hancke, 3 Giorge Jgenti, 2 Fabien Rofes, 1 Juan Guillermo Figallo.
A disposizione: 16 Joan Caudullo, 17 Namaa Leleimalefaga, 18 Mickael De Marco, 19 Vassili Bost, 20 Benoit Paillaugue, 21 Pierre Berard, 22 Grant Rees, 23 Dannie Thiart.

Arbitro: Patrick Pechambert

Super Rugby: gli Stormers tritano i Rebels (3-40), i Bulls battono i Waratahs (23-17) e mandano i Reds ai play-off

Final Score Rebels 3 Stormers 40

Scorers

Rebels 
Tries –
Pen – J Huxley
Con –
Drop –
Cards –

Stormers
Tries – B Habana, K Coleman, J Fourie, N Koster, J de Villiers
Pen – K Coleman 3
Con – K Coleman 2, E Rose
Drop –
Cards –

Match Officials 
Referee: Chris Pollock
Assistant referees: Stuart Dickinson, Angus Gardner
Television match official: George Ayoub

Teams

Rebels : 1 Nic Henderson, 2 Ged Robinson, 3 Laurie Weeks, 4 Alister Campbell ,5 Hugh Pyle ,6 Jarrod Saffy, 7 Michael Lipman, 8 Gareth Delve (vc),9 Nick Phipps ,10 Julian Huxley ,11 Cooper Vuna ,12 Stirling Mortlock (c), 13 Mark Gerrard ,14 Lachlan Mitchell ,15 Richard Kingi

Replacements : 16 Adam Freier, 17 Greg Somerville, 18 Kevin O’Neill ,19 Tim Davidson, 20 Sam Cordingley ,21 Peter Betham, 22 Afusipa Taumoepeau

Stormers : 15. Conrad Jantjes,14. Gio Aplon ,13. Jaque Fourie,12. Jean de Villiers,11. Bryan Habana ,10. Kurt Coleman,9. Ricky Januarie ,8. Duane Vermeulen ,7. Francois Louw,6. Schalk Burger (C),5. Anton van Zyl,4. Rynhardt Elstadt ,3. Brok Harris,2. Tiaan Liebenberg,1. Wicus Blaauw

Reserves: 16. Deon Fourie,17. Frans Malherbe,18. Andries Bekker,19. Nick Koster,20. Louis Schreuder ,21. Earl Rose ,22. Juan de Jongh

 

Final Score Bulls 23 Waratahs 17

Scorers

Bulls 
Tries – W Olivier, B Basson
Pen – M Steyn 3
Con – M Steyn 2
Drop –
Cards –

Waratahs
Tries – A. Pakalani
Pen – K Beale 4
Con –
Drop –
Cards – P O’Connor (67th min) Red card.

Attendance : 23 706

Match Officials 
Referee: Craig Joubert
Assistant referees: Pro Legoete Stefan, Breytenbach
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman

Teams

Bulls :Zane Kirchner , Gerhard van den Heever , Jaco Pretorius , Wynand Olivier , Bjorn Basson, Morne Steyn , Francois Hougaard, Pierre Spies , Danie Rossouw, Deon Stegmann, Victor Matfield (c), Bakkies Botha , Werner Kruger, Gary Botha, Dean Greyling.

Replacements: Chiliboy Ralepelle , Rossouw de Klerk, Flip van der Merwe , Dewald Potgieter, Dustin Jinka, Francois Brummer , Stephan Dippenaar.
Waratahs :15. Kurtley Beale , 14. Lachie Turner , 13. Tom Carter , 12. Berrick Barnes , 11. Sosene Anesi , 10. Daniel Halangahu , 9. Luke Burgess , 8. Ben Mowen , 7. Chris Alcock , 6. Dean Mumm [c] , 5. Kane Douglas , 4. Sitaleki Timani , 3. Al Baxter , 2. Tatafu Polota-Nau , 1. Benn Robinson

Reserves , 16. John Ulugia , 17. Paddy Ryan , 18. Pat O’Connor , 19. Dave Dennis , 20. Hugh Perrett , 21. Brendan McKibbin , 22. Atieli Pakalani

Una leggenda springbok al Museo del Rugby

Chester Williams, simbolo del rugby sudafricano, primo uomo di colore a vestire la maglia degli Springboks nel dopo apartheid, evento raccontato anche da Clint Eastwood nel suo “Invictus”, visiterà domenica prossima, 5 giugno, il Museo del Rugby di Colleferro.

Giunto nella Capitale mercoledì scorso, invitato dagli organizzatori del “Roma Seven” in qualità di testimonial, Chester ha promesso di essere a Colleferro nella mattinata di domenica prima di ripartire per la sua Cape Town.

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Highlanders ko nell’ultima partita al Carisbrook: 14-21 per i Force e play-off ormai lontani

Final Score Highlanders 14 Western Force 21

Scorers

Highlanders
Tries – B Smith
Pen – L. Sopoaga 3
Con –
Drop –
Cards –

Western Force
Tries – D Smith 2
Pen – J Stannard 3
Con – J Stannard
Drop –
Cards – J Stannard (25th min) Yellow

Match Officals
Referee: Jonathon White
Assistant referees: Vinny Munro, Kane McBride
Television match official: Mike Fraser

Teams

Highlanders : 1, Jamie Mackintosh (C), 2, Mo Schwalger, 3, Chris King, 4, Jarrad Hoeata, 5, Josh Bekhuis , 6, Adam Thomson, 7, John Hardie, 8, Nasi Manu , 9, Jimmy Cowan (VC), 10, Lima Sopoaga, 11, Siale Piutau, 12, Shaun Treeby, 13, Kendrick Lynn, 14, Kade Poki, 15, Ben Smith

Replacements: 16., Jason Rutledge, 17., Bronson Murray, 18., Tom Donnelly, 19., Nick Crosswell , 20., Aaron Smith, 21., Robbie Robinson, 22., Alando Soakai

Force:1. Kieran Longbottom,2. Nathan Charles,3. Tim Fairbrother,4. Sam Wykes,5. Nathan Sharpe (Captain),6. Matt Hodgson,7. David Pocock,8. Ben McCalman,9. Mark Swanepoel,10. James Stannard,11. David Smith,12. Rory Sidey,13. Mitch Inman,14. Alfie Mafi,15. Patrick Dellit

Reserves:16. Ben Whittaker,17. Matt Dunning,18. Tom Hockings,19. Richard Brown,20. Chris Cottee,21.Tetera Faulkner ,22. Nick Cummins