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La Rochelle take Top 14 lead as hapless Agen suffer record 16th loss
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20/02/2021 - 20:18 3 min
La Rochelle (France) (AFP)
La Rochelle scratched out a 16-11 home victory over Stade Francais on Saturday to move to the head of the Top 14 table.
La Rochelle took the lead with a try after just five minutes.
From a lineout, scrum-half Thomas Berjon burst through the Stade defence and raced 40 metres to score his first La Rochelle try.
Jules Plisson converted and added a penalty after 17 minutes, but the home team were unable to build on their strong start. We could have made it easier for ourselves, said home captain Romain Sazy. It was a pretty bitty match.
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Clermont s Kotaru Matsushima runs to score a try during the team s European Champions Cup game against Bristol on Saturday in Bristol, England. | AFP-JIJI
AFP-Jiji Dec 13, 2020
Paris – Clermont coach Franck Azema praised blossoming Kotaro Matsushima after the Japan fullback scored a hat trick of tries as the Top 14 giant opened their European Champions Cup campaign with a 51-38 bonus-point win at Bristol on Saturday.
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Japan s Kotaro Matsushima scored three times as Clermont opened their European Champions Cup campaign with an impressive 51-38 bonus-point win at Bristol on Saturday.
Matsushima s tries came within the opening 68 minutes as the three-time runners-up dominated the second-tier European Challenge Cup holders with some scintillating expansive play.
Clermont head coack Franck Azema praised Matushima s performance along with wingers Damian Penaud and Alivereti Raka. I m very happy with the work of the lads work today, Azema said. They have worked a lot together, even if they haven t got a lot cohesion, he added.
Fiji s Semi Radradra missed Bristol s first match in Europe s top-tier club competition since 2008 with a leg injury suffered in last weekend s Autumn Nations Cup victory over Georgia.