After 2 years without the traditional Challenge Belletante, the FCG association was able to organize this tournament again!
The A group, composed of FCG, VRDR and RC Vallon de la Tour, and the second group (of the same group) composed of Villefranche/ARCOL, US Montmelian and UA Cotoise/Beaurepaire played on the annex field all morning while the B group (XV métro men, Sud Grésivaudan Rugby, US Annecy/ Annecy le Vieux, XV métro women and La BIBS/Fure et Morge) played on the main field.
At the end of the morning, the results placed the FCG, Villefranche/ARCOL and UA Côtoise/Beaurepaire in the high group (to play the places from 1 to 3).
While US Montmelian, RC Vallon de la Tour, VRDR, US Annecy/Annecy le vieux and Sud Grésivaudan Rugby were in the intermediate pool (to play for places 4 to 8).
And finally the men's XV métro, BIBS/Fure et Morge, and the women's XV métro played in the low pool (places 9 to 11)
Result:
FCG finished 1st in the high pool (A) and therefore winner of the Belletante challenge.
After a tough first afternoon match against UA Côtoise/Beaurepaire, they won 17-8.
Their second and last match against Villefranche/ARCOL was a final for the two unbeaten teams of the day. The match was also very close, ARCOL opened the score but FCG made the difference at the end of the match to take the score (Final score: 10-5)
In the intermediate pool (B), US Montmelian finished ahead and placed 4th in the tournament.
And in the low group (C), the men's metro XV finished 9th ahead of BIBS and the women's metro XV.
Note that :
A 100% girls' team participated in the tournament. Composed of girls from the Grenoble, Grésivaudan and Trieves areas but also of some players from Savoie, Haute Savoie.
This initiative was born out of the "Lundis au Féminin" organised by Benjamin Perrier and Gaëtan Bouzac (Club Technical Advisor) with the aim of participating in the development of women's rugby and facilitating the transition of young players from mixed to 100% women's rugby, which is a key stage for the players.
The women's team finished bottom of the tournament but delivered a great performance, very committed on the field and managed to tie the men's metropolitan XV and win the BIBS (10-5).
A great day to close a beautiful weekend of the ascension under the sun, in the good atmosphere and the good mood.
Final standings:
1 - FCG
2 - ARCOL/ Villefranche
3 - UA Côtoise/ US Beaurepaire
4 - US Montmélian
5 - RC Vallon de la Tour
6 - Sud Grésivaudan Rugby
7 - US Annecy Rugby/ RC Annecy-le-Vieux
8 - VRDR
9 - XV Métropolitain Masculin
10 - BIBS / Fure et Morge
11 - Metropolitan Women's team
FCG results for the day :
Victory 12-5 against RCVT
Victory 24-0 against VRDR
Win 17-8 against USB
Victory 10-5 against ARCOL
Auteur : FCG Rugby