A beating, a volley, a punishment. To sum up, the Stade Français made short work of Biarritz this Saturday followingnoon at the Jean-Bouin stadium. There was not the tail of a suspense in this match of the 18th day of Top 14. Red lantern of the championship, the Biarritz team was eaten, crunched, exceeded, crushed 65 to 19.
The Parisians scored a whopping 10 tries, 4 conversions and a penalty. Arthur Coville showed the way following only 4 minutes of play. Sefanaia Naivalu followed him (19th) before Kylan Hamdaoui (25th), Waisea Nayacalevu Vuidravuwalu (28th), Sefanaia Naivalu (36th) went there in turn. their try before the break.
Sekou Macalou (58th), Ngani Laumape (61st) and Pierre-Henri Azagoh (70th) scored in turn in the second period, a total to which must be added a penalty try in the 51st minute. To spoil the public who saw all the colors, the Basques also scored three tries but far from enough to challenge Parisian supremacy.
With this great success, the Stade Français is relaunching in the race for the final phase. The Parisians, who remained on a snatch success once morest the French champion Toulouse (29-28), are now in 7th place in the standings, two points behind Racing 92, their neighbor and rival who is playing this Sunday and that they will meet three times in April between the European Cup and the championship.
They also have a fifth victory in a row at home once morest an opponent who has not beaten them at Jean-Bouin since May 2009. The Parisians also won their biggest success of the season. Not bad for a team which had started the 2021-2022 financial year with three losses and had never yet scored more than 34 points in the league this season.
Too bad for the soundtrack which is slowly but surely approaching an express return to Pro D2. More than ever last in the Top 14, the Basques are already five lengths from Perpignan (13th) and seven from Toulon (12th).
The girls bow heavily to Bobigny
For Stade Français, however, the evening was not perfect. At the end of the curtain, still at Jean-Bouin, the women’s team in Elite 1 lost heavily in the Ile-de-France derby once morest Bobigny. Les Parisiennes lost 49-3 being dominated from start to finish. In the standings, this great success has made Bobigny’s business more than ever, launched on the heels of the Toulouse leader. Stade Français remains stuck in the middle of the rankings.