In inferiority after five minutes of play, Vannes won an essential victory but a little narrow against the Stade Français which leaves with the defensive bonus (33-28), Saturday, for the 17th day of the Top 14.
For this match already almost the last chance, Vannes, a red lantern, would have needed an improved victory against his immediate predecessor in the ranking.
But the locals quickly complicated the task by seeing their center Francis Saili being expelled for a very dangerous load on the Parisian rear Léo Barré, forced to go out definitively from the 5th minute.
Unfortunately for them, the roses, with a rather efficient melee in the first period, never knew how to capitalize on this digital advantage.
The fault comes back to their very great indiscipline which also earned them two yellow cards, then a direct red at the end of the match for a new dangerous plating.
In a duel as intense as tight, a drop and a Lafage penalty responded to two penalties of Zack Henry (6-6, 25th), before a test by Sekou Macalou quickly (13-13, 32nd) annihile The advantage given to the Bretons by that of Michael Ruru (28th).
At the very end of the first period, the first Parisian yellow card, against Macalou, allowed the RCV to make a significant first gap by turning in mind (23-13).
But, symptomatic of his inability to kill the matches, Vannes can once again bite their fingers of the tests collected while their opponents also evolved at 14, by Giacomo Nicotera (23-18, 44th) and Lucas Peyresblanques (30-25 , 58th).
Without being able to mark a fourth test, Vannes still had a penalty in the middle of the field at the last minute to deprive at least his rival of the defensive bonus.
But the usually so reliable kick of Maxime Lafage has passed by the right right, without spoiling the relief of the Rabine public, whose team, still three lengths from the French stadium, is still alive in this season .
(tagstotranslate) Depeches