Lyon - FCG: 28-0
FCG and Lyon met in Valence for their second preparation match. Both teams, who will have different goals this season, had won their first friendly game.
Under the drômois sun of the beginning of the game, the FCG is dominant, taking advantage of its superiority in scrum and the clumsiness of Lyon in line-out. But the "Rouge & Bleu" struggle to cross the defensive curtain opponent. After 25 minutes of play, and after the first foray of the LOU into the 22 Grenoblois, Lyon took advantage to score first (7-0, 28'). The Rhôdanians will add a second try, after a drive ball (14-0, 40')
The face of the second half is quite different. Lyon holds the ball and Grenoble defends. The Isèrois take a third try (21-0, 51'). Then they will defend their line, but will show themselves clumsy on the few opportunities in the opposite camp (two line-outs in the 22, the breakthroughs of Pablo Uberti and Loïc Godener). The Rhôdanians will register a final try shortly before the end of the game (28-0, 78')
This defeat against last season's semi-finalists will be a good basis for the players and staff of Grenoble to work on: they will try to show their progress next Friday in Lesdiguières against the Zebre.
Starting XV: Janse Van Rensburg, Fourcade, Kubriashvili - Capelli, Fifita - Martel, Ancely, Baradel - Valençot, Latorre - Jacquelain, Tupuola, Dussartre, Guillemin - Gelin
Came into play: Aulika, Casey, Tadjer, Lazar, Gigashvili, Jacquot, Uys, Godener, Tuinukuafe, Saseras, Pourteau, Dupont, Taufa, Uberti, Rhule, Visinia
Auteur : FCG Rugby