ASBH: mishandled and reduced to fourteen, the Biterrois took lightning in Dax

Taken in all sectors, the ASBH returns to Hérault, suitcases full. MAXPPP – Isabelle Louvier

Outclassed in Dax (57-20), ASBH missed the opportunity to take the lead in the championship alone, after the setback at Vannes.

A slap. Seven days before the end of the regular season, in its quest for the Top 2 of Pro D2, and a distant duel with Provence Rugby and Vannes, the ASBH foundered in Dax.

Lourde défaite des 🔵🔴 sur le terrain de Dax

Il faudra se reprendre dans 3 semaines lors de la réception de Biarritz à Raoul-Barrière ! pic.twitter.com/OVCMI9UnXg

— ASBH Officiel (@ASBHOfficiel) March 8, 2024

Tenth in the standings, the promoted from Landes, relied, already before the meeting, on great solidity at home, where only the Bretons and the Provençaux came to win this season. It was then necessary for the Biterrois to come out and win at the Maurice-Boyau stadium.

Also read: Pro D2: Béziers never existed in its meeting against Dax and returns to Hérault full of problems

Far from the reshuffled team which had taken a lesson, logically, after having lasted an hour, on the lawn of Vannes (45-17) a fortnight ago, the formation aligned by Pierre Caillet was not far from being the best possible.
However, after a balanced start (3-3), the Dacquois crossed the line for the first time, through Jean-Baptiste Barrère. The captain of Dax came to punish a club in which he spent the last eight seasons.

A red that stains

In the process, Duprat took advantage of a rebound to surprise Gabin Lorre and increase the score (17-6, 28th). The Béziers misfortunes added up and Sias Koen, too generous in the impact of a clearing, hit Barrère's head and left his team at fourteen until the end of the match (32nd) .

The technical sheet

DAX 57
BEZIERS 20
Maurice-Boyau Stadium. Half time: 27-6.
Referee: Rémy Charleroy.
For Dax: 8 tries J.Barrère (14th), Duprat (29th), Wasley (31st), L.Barrère (37th) ), Leatigaga (48th), Naseara (55th, 78th), Gatelier (63rd); 7 Cherry transformations (14th, 29th, 37th, 48th), Seguy (55th, 63rd, 78th); 1 penalty Cherry tree (8th).
For Béziers: 2 tries Nanai-Williams (66th), Lorre (75th); 2 Dreuille transformations (66th, 75th); 2 penalties Marques (10th, 18th).
Red card à Béziers: Koen (32nd).

The powerful third row local center Sam Wasley had a solo try from almost forty meters before the hooker Louis Barrère also went there with his dive into the en- goal for a one-sided half-time (27-6).

In the euphoric second act, US Dax played “La La Landes” in the Hérault defense and Leatigaga was unstoppable five meters from the promised land. In difficulty in the scrum, seven against eight, Béziers struggled to develop his offensive game, which was usually more polished.

The undressing

Raffaele Storti, Samuel Marques and Taleta Tupuola, strong men of the Béziers season, were stammering in their rugby and with yet another mistake, Naseara took the opportunity to add to the score after a 50-meter race ( 43-6), before a restart from the goal, concluded by Gatelier (50-6).

The few dozen courageous Béziers supporters who made the more than 4-hour drive to the southwest had two or three bursts from their protégés to temporarily make them smile again in the last quarter of an hour.

Also read: Pro D2: Fernandes, Marques, Malié, Tupuola… these old hands who are pushing Béziers forward

Tim Nanai-Williams saved the honor then Gabin Lorre intercepted a ball and went off to score his twelfth try of the season, his shorts pulled down and his buttocks exposed, just like ;an ASBH caught in all sectors, which even ended up conceding an eighth and final try thanks to the untenable Fijian winger Naseara (57-20).

An empty trip for the Héraultais, who were unable to take advantage of the setbacks of Provence Rugby in Nevers (27-22) and Vannes against Grenoble (7-17), to take it alone the reins of the Pro D2.
A missed act, which it will be important to rectify, in three weeks, with the reception in Biarritz.

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