Pau vs Clermont | 2023/24 France Top 14 | Full match Rugby

[Music] w against dragons only Hugo aru and his second row partner Mikel Capelli start in the pack who started last weekend Thomas Carroll amongst the backs also starts along with Amasi TOA apart from that everybody else is a new face in the starting lineup well there are only six who started the defeat Away Gloucester in England Who start for Clore this weekend they are tibo Lana in the second row alongside Rob Simmons the Australian who comes in for Thomas lavanini pgas sakula is one of those who stays although he moves from The Blind Side to number eight further back B Batista Del starts on the right wing as he did last week and Alex Nome who had a terrific uh European window even though Claremore actually struggled as a team couldn't back up the win over edin BR with a a away day at gler both teams won one and lost one the difference being that those results mean that Clore are second in their pool but po are in fifth which would not get them into knockout rugby should that be the same after the next round after the new [Music] year [Music] [Music] well you would say the Christmas spirit is inside the stadium but it's always here to be honest with you it's a wonderful place the whole of the Southwest rugby Fanatics each club with their own Traditions their own Heroes unfortunately for po no Sam white loock he was due to make his debut today but unfortunately got concussion in training and so the uh two-time World Cup winner from New Zealand will have to wait a little longer before he can join his brother Luke on the playing field so one more game before the presents are opened at Christmas here in France one more game after that before the new year Luke white loock then will have to play on his own without his legendary older brother with [Applause] [Music] him there are still a few World Cup Heroes who haven't quite managed to join their clubs yet Pierre brus is our referee so Stefan buya mat noo on the touch [Applause] lines first time that he has overseeing these two clubs this season so where we go then po who are almost unbeatable at home against a clam on side who have been struggling away tibo deban is back in at scrum half today with Dad Robson on the [Applause] bench Peter G so tried to take that but the New Zealand international made a bit of a mess of it but Claremont still have it strong hands from [Applause] Christian and a penalty and Advance because of something that was said well it was uh good play but there you see the extra roll from the Moldova International and then the advancement of uh 10 MERS making this a kickable penalty as well in other words he should have let go of the ball when he was on the ground Olan and he didn't Joe Simmons back in the side today the former exitor fly half who has been being magnificent top scorer until yesterday in Top Cats oh and it's hit the post and rebounded and so Claremore get away with one and now they need to clear their lines George MOA out to raka and raka is off aletti raka French International but not for a little while now injuries Fitness form hampering him all that might have gone forward it was knocked on just confirming with his assistant was Pierre brus Mistake by Amasi taba the 28y old fian International Winger been at po now since 2020 started both of the European outings against sharks and against dragons this now his first top cator appearance of the season and just took his eye off the ball a little bit there and it got away from him better conditions today than last night in Bordeaux where it was raining for the entire time as bordo be took Leon to the sword very impressive last night and Damien poo didn't even score a try and yet they had six different scorers very impressive in the rain Marcos Creo seems to have a problem combative back row from [Music] Argentina Anthony Bellow watching on well it'll take more than that to get Kremer off the pitch he's back on again then he had a good World Cup as well with Argentina as they made it to the semi-finals yet again at a World Cup they are becoming regulars to the last four of the world's biggest International competition in the sport f so first test in the scrum it was very very solid last night U Bay against Leon until Roman T was sent off on halftime that was pretty good as well George MOA who beat more men in the two rounds of the European chall C than anybody else and he's doing it again here what a run forward comes sakula oh big hit on Bautista Deli kromer's International teammate with Argentina spread back by the scrum half Sebastian bezzi French International but uh rather been left behind now on the international scene by those that have come after him could say the same thing as well for banam ER Peta with Argentina didn't go to the world cup and a mistake there from the visitors taken well by the Argentine fly har but that wasn't the best ball for r and lay on Dar carer the 19-year-old Center who's switched from number 12 to number 13 today the outside Center position another exciting talent coming through former larell and C man rather hung out to dry there by that ball so then po will reclaim possession as Sebastian picon watches on fabulous start to his career in charge of Po success build on Rock not afraid to change things around as well and he's really believed in this man as well here young tetis why wouldn't you he's been Fearless so far in his young career that's the backing fully of his coach add it comes the backat then fled out by [Applause] duon G who will have the ball taken from him because of a knock on not quite having the same season as last season you see there he uh took the ball but George Moana had already started to make the challenge it was knocked on accidental but it was all done because gon couldn't hold on to the ball to start with coming off the back of a magnificent TRC scoring season last season Amelia gon just the one try though so far this season for a man who scored 14 in Top Cat alls in the 2022 23 campaign and that for a team that was struggling at the wrong end of the table or be it just above the uh the Drop Zone most of the time so then here we go off the bat by sakula good tackling po saw that one early krer former F man in his first season with Clore as sakula takes it once [Applause] [Music] [Applause] more [Applause] was a good hit by uh SE to tongen tigh head prop [Applause] been a PO man since 2021 now oh dropped again well a lack of coordination there between Joe Simmons the fly half and his left wing Thomas Carrol who's been playing very well recently this is his fifth start five matches started both the European games fullback in the the loss at sharks but a left wing in the win against dragons versatile Sebastian bezi already blowing [Music] hard f [Applause] [Music] [Applause] forward by OD Peta and he'll find touch just outside the 22 Anthony Bellow has started this game he was supposed to be Alex Newsome but uh he has not come out for the start there must have been an issue for The Versatile Australian in the warm-up so it is the fly half Anthony Bella who's on the pitch and so there are two fly halves on it there's ER Peta one of them sending that ball forward and it will be chance here for Luca Ray to impress with the line out and it's very nicely into the hands of young Hugo [Music] uru tibo de off the back of the Rock krer waiting to charge down however the ball is already gone by the time he even reacts Bellow former tulon man races inside and uh there's a knock on there's been a lot of knock on early on in this opening 10 minutes or so so then scrum that was a good initial run away but uh I don't know did that hit there s White loock going through concussion protocol so unfortunately the man who's reached the last three World Cup finals is uh being made to wait he's just been seen on the big screen all these fans would have been expecting to see him on the pitch today for his debut his brother is there though as he has been for the last few seasons maybe we'll see him against OA next weekend see kisi he made his debut against larell and that will be Po's next home game just to throw it out there they are engaging too early the referee is saying in other words and he wants them to wait for his instructions [Music] flexo dban off the back decides to come to the open side he thought about The Blind Side he pends it out to Joe Simmons instead Dean again there at the base of the ru and feeds it back into the path of Luke white loock Deana that's a SOG now then what can he do well you can see he wants to run he wasn't touched So Gone up and did another little extra piece of running which is fine Simmons gon gon tried to go through but he's well brought down by the hooker Al [Applause] fora po making ground D Simmons here they come once more naton de the 25y old Center however that's gone backwards they'll have to start again that's a little bit of space that's really well done and it's out to TOA support is quick there in getting to the men in green SED Fisher theong International loose head prop they're going backwards again though good defense this from clairon and the crowd can feel it de so the kick comes and that will be seen as a little bit of a victory for Claremont it was hit by uh heard petto and not Attis so according to the referee that's been that's Well Done by Amasi toab oh hello somebody put an electric motor inside the ball and it's vibrating all over the place ER Peta finally manages to get hold of it and he goes straight down the throw to Simmons over 100 points for the Englishman in his first season in France he's been impressing everybody since he arrived early Peta he's been impressing for many seasons mainly for cast but now at Claremore Bellow there's the advantage having two fly halves although that kick has been charged down Amilia picks it up again and he's a strong physical Runner here's the outside Center he's only 20 nicely done again out to tagaru Long passage of Play Endless amounts of phases here for po they're doing really well here to keep the ball alive but at the moment they are not really opening up this clairon defense uh offside though so just so we say that they now have a free hit Simmons long pass out to to IM marber again he's half held by Dar D recycles once more the kick from Simmons again over the top of bellow and the referee realizes there is no advantage in that as banam man ER Peta get some attention on his left shoulder by the looks of it which gives us a good chance to see the list of injures for Claremont big misses there with fiser and Lee in the the B [Music] row fabulous piece of play there by tuim Mara clearly his feet were in little field of play not in touch that's where ER Peta hurt his shoulder falling against the the shin of the PO [Music] player 15 minutes gone no score here at [Applause] uh POS ground the stand Amu can fit around about 13 or so thousand people in it and often does Luca Ray then with the line [Applause] out Petra is still feeling it there might be a little bit more work here for anony Bellow 10 me back being asked to The [Applause] Backs Ray feeds it's nicely done to Luke white loock and Ray picks it up once more de gayon gayong he's burst into the 22 and now a bit of momentum the crowd rid just a little [Applause] bit good progression this being made by poke forcing the defensive line backwards Luca Ray plays scrum half into the number eight Becca gadza the Georgian International forward comes Fisher Hoy the tongen is stopped just outside the 5 meter line and then the ball is ripped away and the referee okay illegal going in off your feet into the you're diving in is the translation of that have to stay on your feet and uh well unsurprisingly po will go for the penalty and this time it should be straightforward right in front of the [Music] post big strong run by amelang gon they're amassing a pretty impressive Squad now and they've already started on next season talks in the reliable French rugby press of tulon fullback IMR Luke joining po next season as will the 24y old Englishman from Leon Joel koku first points here though for Sebastian picone's man and po Le by three points to nil and it's been a very hard piece of work today to get this [Applause] far [Applause] so o Peta gets us underway again with po having finally gone in front Attis so B oh that's lovely that's the sort of courage and conviction he has and he set up a beautiful attack here fish Hoy takes it on from the pass Inside by Hugo arido po here really racing look at that from Luca Ray the hooker sending a beautiful kick into the corner well he obviously decided that uh there wasn't an overlap on offer but look at this from mat s fakes the kick goes inside and the offload as well to Aro F there in support that was very impressive and rolt and po have it on the TR line the forwards gather looking to burst over the first one doesn't get there they will recycle Luca Ray over the top of the ball in the scrum half roll once more they're over does he get the ball down referee can't see anything get it short and now it is over two quick scores for Po and it's the loose Head Drop CED fish Hoy who's got their first [Applause] try well a mistake from claro at the line out this was the kick that set up that line out from Luca Ray the hooker for Po and from there they stole the ball and it's the loose head prop from Tonga FY who gets his first try for [Music] po Joe Simmons straightforward and all of a sudden Po in a 10- nothing lead against Kristoff os's [Music] men well yet more evidence here of the way that this postside this season have become much more lethal and ruthless when they they get down into the Red [Music] Zone tagi tagi Valu picks up the ball and uh will recycle ready for the exit tibo de giving himself a long run [Music] up [Applause] [Music] well F fena must be uh nervous now after what just happened [Applause] [Music] [Applause] that's better safely taken by tibo Lana 25-year-old locked forward and this round four with concussion against Leon in a friendly oh that's lose by ER PETA [Music] Comes Peter gas so aulu the kick goes up a to Sobo is there and again didn't look like he was in the right place to get that and he's lost it this time there a little bit OV [Music] [Applause] exuberance well a lot of good things happen because of the way he plays so you don't want that to come out of him but uh just needed to protect the ball a little bit better it's an amazing catch he wasn't in the right place at all for that just plucked it out of the sky I think it was Marcus Kramer who hit him and uh vibrated the ball out of his possession so put in for Claremont then and you can see there that he's still hurting his shoulder ER pet is not ideal and of course they don't have a spare fly half on the bench anymore because he's already had to start the game yeah but you play in you have my war will be maybe he needs to learn some French [Music] [Music] yeah of Thomas Shu and Thomas Domingo antoan niku and Jeffrey elain PTI watching on from the gods they will be happy with what they've seen so far po been imposing themselves as they have done in against everybody so far this season Joe Simmons High underneath it so aulu takes it [Music] well he was impressive against gluster last weekend in a side that uh struggled but there are a lot of good things written about him during the week bezi at a sug B again again safe under the high ball now needs to make sure he keeps hold of it because Marcus Kramer joins him again this time he does get the ball down Simmons another high ball off goes amelan [Applause] gor here was Thomas Carol trying to go there as well here is Carol picking it up Simmons they'll come back the other way at his so space for the youngster to run into he feeds it out instead into the path of taba tackle called made by Bautista Deli forward by ciate toah forward sets up play but not much else Dua has to get that up quickly and high doesn't go very far as a result and he's picked up by Kramer however his good play was rather undone by a loose pass but it has been picked up by fell finga ER Peta ER Peta straightens off and hits it against gor George MOA at to turns away and that is a superb piece of play against a man who can tackle like morala can so evasive and Joe Simmons is back in place to be able to to clear in a very English way oh that's forward he's not right ER Peta that shoulder is not allowing him to play I don't know how much longer he's going to [Applause] last he can't throw the ball go that was the moment when he was hit well he can kick the ball but that's about it at the moment and you can see there a little move saying look I can't come on I can't carry on so he has to come off and Pierre fusac the center will have to come on to replace him and that will move Bell into early flying half [Music] position he's not doing his side any favors if he stays on if he feels that bad little B good high five there with Pilato and Daniel bi bizo disappointment for Kristoff huos the game plan will have to change a little bit already this early on barely half an hour into the game [Applause] sir post starting off in fifth place in this game after being knocked down by bordo bag here comes a two Mar that's gone into touch though and the first piece of play is a good one from the new man on Pierre fusac to him up already wearing the uh the Battle Scars well he did really well earlier to stop the ball going out but that time he could do nothing about it under pressure here fusk on for his seventh appearance scored one try this season in the round two win over P former too man in his first season with clo bezzi sends it up high another former toose [Music] man TOA sets up play well Duan wants the forwards coming into play ands it into leima tagi tag [Music] Valu [Music] kick this time [Music] longer played forward by Deli think he was expecting a runner to go with him backy comes the other [Applause] way he looks disappointed there Tio at S I think he was hoping for a slightly longer kick crowd though seem to like it just the other side of the halfway line b finga gets a little word in the ear from Christian oan finga takes it but he can't do anything with it it was the number eight Becca gadza who was hoping to rob the ball away from him forward comes Tio Lana haven't really got anything going yet Claremont want to be able to really unveil the likes of raaka moala Deli at so though collects it again they see keep testing the youngster and he keeps on passing the test yeah like that one that was better more more depth on the kick this time from the 19-year-old I think the crowd are not happy with the touch judge who has bitten off a little bit of that distance that they thought he'd managed to get on it there it is but it did look a little bit further than that when you compare it to the trajectory of the last one so Australian International finga safe delivery again and he joins the back of the driving Mall half an hour gone po 10 clam nil and they haven't looked like scoring anything as yet moala feeds it out into the path of the backs raka raka trying to break his way around very well done by Tom Caroll Bellow gets through one tackle but that he's picked up by Joe Simmons and they trying to set up here the the mall and the claron have realized that have start pushing themselves ball down but the ball will be transferred that's really good play Here by Joe Simmons combination of him and naton [Music] Dak setting up the allall and once they've done that they pushed it over [Music] [Applause] time off because uh F Hoy needs some uh attention the tong good loose head po there number one on your screen had four matches at the Rugby World Cup recently did the tongen against Ireland Scotland South Africa and Romania [Music] man who came into Po from stat fron back in 2019 the former Bay of Plenty streamers front well forward as we take a little look at the impressive AIS so he looks so calm even when things are going wrong doesn't upset his confidence or his ambition at all came through with a a really impressive um class of France under 20 Internationals along with the likes of Hugo aru he plays with here plus the scrum half of Cl batti jono who is injured for this game unfortunately plus the U Bay Duo of Marco Gazo who scored a try last night and Nicola deporte who set him up one [Music] okay not happy B ear Peta upset that he's not able to continue don't think they'll be too upset about it though on the PO back room staff they've already wrapped him up F so scrum time seven minutes to go tibo DEA feeds good scrum from both sides out to Simmons that's a SG Bay that look suspiciously forward there from Tom Caroll and the referee has blown his whistle just a forward pass just slightly but [Music] enough to just going a little bit too quick he was just stood in front of his man you could see there [Applause] [Music] so what can they unzip from the plan here at this scrum it's a defensive scrum for PO with claron put in F lovely sunshine on part of the stadium packed full of enthusiastic local po supporters were on the oh it's been left behind by Peter G so Cara and all of a sudden they're on the attack with number eight Becca gadza Simmons long but straight down the throat of alvaret raka former French International decides to take a to run when he's not injured he's a devastating player Marcus Kramer accompanied by Ian fulgo B now playing it's fly half even though he started at fullback so he's had to move twice now because of injuries to his teammates that's a massive kick from Joe Simmons well he has been impressive since he arrived captain of exitor last season man who's won the European Champions Cup with them when they were rising to meet the force of [Applause] Saron manages to find his man rob Simmons driving MO Binga has it the two Australians linking up well the former Western Force man has got a free kick and off goes Sebastian bezi Bellow MOA feeds it out into the path of Leon D moala playing scrum half good [Music] [Applause] tackle [Music] only seeing the funny side is uh Christoph [Music] oros finally they have a chance to go for some points themselves little tap on the back for uh Anthony Bellow just going a little too early there was liima Takagi talu [Music] little bit unfair to be looking at Benjamin ER petto I'm sure he doesn't not want to be in the spotlight now he would ordinarily have been taking this kick that's [Music] it B was kick [Music] 25 point so far in all [Music] competitions this is a long one he's hit it well straight down the middle as he got the legs he has and Claremont finally put some points on the board to the pleasure of a little smashing of uh supporters who've come down from the massive s trial in the middle of the [Applause] country [Music] so 10 points to three and Claremore finally arrived in the game SM taken by [Music] Simmons f who head prop is met immediately by a wall of [Music] green Bei high it's a decent kick at so B takes it and knew he was going to get hit and held on anyway great play from the teenager Brave when Marcus Kramer is bearing down on you like that you've really got to hold your nerve Luca Ray recycles that's my minute and a half to go until the break TBO de told by our referee Pierre brus to use [Applause] it Bellow very close to the touch line kicks infield at to S again he's only once come unstuck he hasn't dropped any High balls yet did managed to concede possession though with a knock on just afterwards and uh now he's given away a penalty here as well etan falu the man who got into the jackling position that's a s b didn't let go of the ball so another opportunity for Bellow and having been 10 nothing down for the entirety well say the entirety for most of the first half they've got a chance here to pull it back to a four-point margin at half time [Music] christop won't be drawn he's seen it all before variety of different clubs last of which was UN on bordo he was the man who was supposed to take the of the next level which didn't quite happen they're still trying to find that next level Beyond a semi-final now trying to do a similar thing with clamore similar kick here for Bellow as he got the direction this time it's flatter it's gone wide and Hal time just the one try so far four po scored by C feed fish Hoy after 20 minutes at Hal time it's po 10 Clore three talk toen and the interview is saying well that's a pretty close match yeah there were a lot of scums I think we're scr pretty well we need to get into their territory more though and like we did uh in the first try we managed to capitalize on their errors the was it was a hard first half but you're still in it yeah we made too many too many mistakes we're making a lot of Errors however we're still managing to attack them have the ball a bit we need to be able to break through them a bit more we haven't managed that so it's been a bit hard but we'll continue very impressive po home [Music] [Applause] unit so then 10 points of three and a first touch for Peter gas sakalu former Chiefs and tanaki Bulls man who lost the Super Rugby Pacific final with the former but won the NPC final against Hawks Bay finishing a pretty successful period for him in New Zealand before making the long trip around the other side of the world to join Clore here's taba the Fijian International to tagy tag his fian International teammate Joe Simmons launches High just outside the 22 perfect B by new and another kick this time a bit longer from the English fly half it bounces picked up by raka and he decides he's going to have a little kick and go for the Run himself D takes [Applause] it offside yeah not rako who's actually being penalized here it's the rest of the clam on side who w't back far enough all found themselves offside so then they were thinking about the uh the scrum but in the end they're going to go for the uh the points so you can see they all have to get back they can't be in front of the ball when play starts again it's a shame because it was good play by raka to must have what was he thinking there with the express trainer as alvara raka raining down on him as the ball was coming down for him to catch oh that looks a little bit right and he's put it right and so it stays 10 points to three that's a couple of Misses now from Joe Simmons which has not been like him since he arrived from exitor Chiefs little Shake of the head he's come across to join his brother Sam Simmons who's uh having a much worse time of it way at uh mon peler were right down the bottom of the table although they want both their European encounters just to show what they are capable of doing the 2022 Champions n took that well not the best ball towards him Sebastian Bey finally gets back to take over from raka oan he can't get there and uh Marcus Kramer was falling on the ball Bellow High tuara underneath it brilliantly taken and off to Simmons tuari already back on his feet ready to take the ball du nice little play Ray looking for the offload and finds it D's there he gets hit backwards [Applause] though R formed told get on with it it was a legitimate counter up by Soo but po managing to hold on to possession Simmons needs it back out to Luke white loock do gon gon trying to punch a hole again lays it off fishy the TR scorer nice little side step from the loose head prop that's what you live with these days in rugby front row forwards who've got a side step that looks forward again as well to IM Mara still going to IM [Applause] Mara and the Jacko was there not letting go to marber isolating himself because of the success of that run and it's really good play from the man who came on for bamman ER Peta Pierre fusac there he is following in into the Jackal position squarely over the [Applause] ball sometimes a a burst through the defense can be too successful look at that absolutely flattening anony Bellow there's a slight look of Jonah lomu to him when he does that much lamented New Zealand Legend Who redefined what a backat can do in the game of rugby [Music] [Applause] is falling out of [Applause] play well the conversation all there is about whether or not they were uh letting go of the bind in that mall Michael gor had never scored a try in Top Cats until round eight when po beat St Fon in their last Top Cat game before last followed that up a defeat too long Miss we're really entering into the technicalities there of what you're allowed to do just retreating a little bit before pushing forward in to the the scrum very much a learning process for front rows as they get used to what the latest referee will regard as acceptable what they can get away with what advantages they can take how their movements will be interpreted finga has popped his head [Applause] up Australian International was used in a couple of matches in the warm-up for the World Cup against Tonga and Portugal but there wasn't retained for the the World Cup squad Itself by Eddie Jones Australia of course didn't do that well didn't make it out of the pool stage for the first time of the Rugby World Cup Eddie Jones has subsequently left his [Applause] post Heading by De big Push by both of them and it's po who got the better of it and P has been given to [Applause] PO and the referee clearly blaming clal for the rotation of that [Music] scrum he's blaming the second the second row specifically that's TBO Lana and Rob [Music] Simmons meanwhile Joe Simmons has found the corner here's the reverse angle well good luck to anybody who can sort that one out nicely taken by Ugo ODU the 20-year-old safe as houses and sets up the driving Mall lucar Ray has it and they're gaining some ground here Luke white loock giving the instructions from the front of it that's one off the bat tibo DEA looking for the try line himself white loock trying to go over is naton D oh brilliant from Joe Simmons taking it on the run the Englishman the younger brother of melier number eight Sam Simmons doing the kind of job that the number eight would do often second try four in the game and they reassert themselves on their visitors as Joe Simmons scores his first try in French [Music] rugby Luca Ray there did well and that's a brilliant inake by the former exitor Chiefs fly half [Applause] okay he'll convert it himself and all of a sudden it's a 17 point to3 lead for [Applause] po [Music] starting to get away from them off com so aulu there Bellow gets us underway [Applause] again two converted tries now the lead Newsome well if any man can uh produce something to bring his side back in it's the [Applause] Australian fard has come on change at hookup with ph finga coming off well no thought of K oan has dropped it it's gone forward as well and po have it back again Attis so B feeds it along the line Deon gon now it's toar Caroll he runs into George moala which means he's not going any further Simmons big hit and is taken on by Mikel Capelli scored in one of the European games last week against dragons and then another another roll forward an extra roll me says Ugo Oru well the crowd appreciate the effort anyway even though it didn't ultimately work out we are 10 minutes into the second half and po beginning to assert themselves lovely off the cuff play that's a s b thought about throwing it you first of all it was past ret but not half Tom Carol who is a versatile fullback stroke left wing in the last of his three seasons with po having come in from lell the former ring 92 Manan T who is been asked to leave the field the 21-year-old Blind Side [Music] flanker on comes Luca Des 24y old back row forward scored exactly one try in each of the last three seasons very strong tackler is the 24y old they need a bit of flare coming forward though to clar up Sebastian bezi has the opportunity here from the scrub foror sound to Pierre brues he said okay let's do it again he [Applause] Z big Push by po again however that's well countered by the men in yellow and blue and clamore on the attack with fusac he's gone into touch little bit frustrating for kristofh oros and fedi chaffier there the The Backs coach alongside him Julian L forwards in defense just couldn't stop himself it was the last tackle coming in from l tagi tagi Valu as the tri scorer SED fishy comes off to be replaced by Remy Sena on the loose head side of the scrum Luca Ray meanwhile with the line out straight good po ball Deon token down by MOA d a little kick over the top here for Simmons offside tagy tagi Valu the number six is the man called out by the referee and Bellow can send the ball back into the [Applause] [Music] [Applause] PO [Music] first test then for fukat passes it they're being pushed over they realized fukar comes back the other way Moana has to leave it because it's a low pass and Ian G on kicks it Thomas Carol can't collect the bouncing ball though but well is there anything that to so can't do he is to send it back into the field of play again clar will no have it [Applause] scrambling Marcus Kema fell down and was hit by tagi tagi Valu but the referee saying it was the reason it was a high tackle was that the player was falling down into it Sebastian bezzi finds Attis H as raber slimani looks set to come back on as well there's going to be a change on each side of the hooker with the loose head prop Daniel BBY bizuu about to come on as well look at this then for a volley half volley from Young Tao Attis good kick by gon not so good from Carol but sent back into play suddenly rugby turns into football often you see three touch of the ball consecutive be all with the feet from three different players [Music] please Yuri dual has come on as well he takes his first line out after replacing lucat Ray the ball's gone back the other way pilat with his first touch as Dan Robson has come on as po scrum half for tibo de off to the other side [Music] first touch mua raka raka well brought down by Simmons turnover ball clar have lost it again picked up by Yuri duel here is Robson two Englishman on the pitch then now four sex on [Applause] Pals the England International's first kick is a little short it's going to bounce back though nobody really knows where to go with it nearly taken by Lenard however Robson has it gurum papizza the replacement tight head prop who's come on for ciate Talahi Capelli still on in the second row Marcus Kramer trying to crawl his way out from the tackle Robson again looking to see what's there and he's drawn tibo Lano offside Bellow was supposed to be wearing the number 21 shirt today but ended up wearing the number 15 Attis s b he'll send it back where it came he thinks he can see some space but into Alex new's got a lot of green grass ahead of him he decides to kick as well though and chase after it himself but it's going to be caught by Simmons and he decides to call it a day and calls the [Applause] mark lot of running there in that little game of Kick tennis I [Applause] Jo Pon on the left hand side already injured and fellow fly half B PTO was injured today no no Anthony Bell is the fit and healthy fly half on the [Music] [Music] pitch oh it's nice Nome feeds it out into rack and Nome takes it again and they're that close to the first try for them in the game fed by bezi are they over they are and finally the visitors have their first five pointer and it's the ex Australian International Rob [Applause] Simmons his first try since the opening day against o finally a bit of direct running a bit of pace quick ball at the ru makes all the difference lovely pass of play good quick passing racka finds Nome Nome nearly made it himself Great Piece of Defense to keep him out but the numbers were there quick enough ball again and the stretch across one Australian couldn't finish it [Applause] off actually looks like etan fuk I think who's actually got the touchdown with Rob Simmons coming over the top of [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] him well B's missed [Applause] it so it's 178 rather than 1710 which makes a big [Applause] [Music] difference sounds as that change at scrum half Sebastian bezi comes off and on comes btis Jano one match out so he's had a few problems today with his ankles twisted his ankle against pero in round two and then had a longer timeout after recurrence of it against melier in round six they hopefully the ankle is fine now talented young scrum half coming through in the French game it's well taken by Becca [Applause] gag yeah you can come across but you can't tackle a player through the [Music] r so po able to go di right the way into the 22 as we hit the hour mark here and the stand am po 17 clamore 8 clamore have scored a try but the miscon conversion means that they still need two scores again however relas is now down to a converted try and a penalty or a drop goal Clore haveit and they also have a penalty for being the jumper being dragged down from the air Hugo orodu the youngster the man found culpable Anthony bow can kick them away from danger Clore that is so difficult to resist that to be honest with you French TV having a word with kristofh [Applause] uos in fard has it at the back the tric scorer big push from po as well stopping it they're surely going to have to recycle this another way Jano Kremer Kremer decides to run straight at uh Simmons who does bring him down good defending from the slightly built fly half more than once in this game tool Lana no way through juano comes back and kicks and has gone out on the fall well every time that claron got any kind of momentum they've managed to undo it they've only managed to follow through once and that's when they scored the try but other than that it's been a series of mistakes both in defense and in attack back that has really hindered their ability to be able to counterpose advances georan International G and pza coming across for a word with Yuri damel well then what will that translate into the tactics here oh not very good Rob Simmons there up and takes it for Clore yato Jano refeeds out to Bellow Newsome Jano again Kramer Bellow yat same men all involved again Jano once more not a good pass out but it's taken by Bell he's tackled by Robson and Luke white loock claremon trying to come [Music] forward [Music] eventually po get rid of the danger again through t s b haven't really seen much from him in terms of attack today but there've been plenty from him in terms of Defense especially under the high ball looks like he's just hurt himself a little bit what's he done has he turned his ankle well they are down a man at the moment effectively our po as pcil races tough to bring him down okay by fusac good run by Simmons the Australian almost managed to break a hole clean [Applause] [Music] through referee is going to come back there's no Advantage for Clore twice the referee saying the tackler from po did not roll away afterwards Doran pitza realizes that he's been signaled out so they're going to get rid of the the part where they need a penalty Rob Simmons brought down by Pita then you'll see that he doesn't disengage he just stays there rolls over a pretty easy penalty to [Music] [Applause] give well the PO supporters trying to encourage their team with the club Anthem meanwhile Anthony Bellow has reduced the deficit 17 points to [Music] 11 [Music] so then a converted try will now win it for Claremore off comes Capelli tag tagi valo also getting a sit down as well after a long hard shift Joe Simmons underway once more six points in it now two penalties or a converted try for Claremore still not enough for a defensive bonus Point yet they need another score to take at least that so then fan bre Mets is the man who's come on for Capelli for his 11th appearance of the season and he's closing in on 220 appearances in top cator's rugby he's 32y old [Music] [Music] lock that was not a good piece of play immediately from Mets dragging down Rob Simmons y not clever not surprising that Rob Simmons felt that impact as he hit the [Music] ground well we might see Sam white Lop next week concussion protocol denying us his debut in front of a home crowd [Music] [Applause] [Applause] fuk card Simmons catch well the training card routine works there fukar trying to Roar them forward the two second rows TBO and lanan and Rob Simmons trying to drive them forward but they've come down and they've had to recycle George moala Bellow long pass out to Alex Nome Newsome looks for the little kick through and po have it is that high from fusac referee says no [Music] Robson is [Music] [Applause] there that's well stabilized by po defense [Music] [Applause] again robson's decides to kick and get some length on it as well caught by Nome who decides he's not going to bother trying to play that one quickly Nath on Deon not happy with some attention that he [Music] got that drive the referee's going to let play carry on it's a line out ball to Clore with just over 10 minutes to go fard again trying to get this driving all working for Clore po trying to plug the gaps fard bur through Jano wer wer is well taken down by De Bellow raka raka straightens goes past gon Ball's gone backwards says the referee fak gon is there and pushes in into touch and a frustrated expression on the faces of The claron Players Once [Music] [Applause] More well it was good to start with nice play racka straightened it up got through g [Music] off fat though decided to go wide and we said before Emilian gor is a big strong Center however they've lost the ball once more rabis slimani the former French International tigh head prop comes forward and then holds on to the ball and he goes down more mistakes from Clore surprising as well from a man of 34 years old with such experience French International for 8 years until 2018 then retired from International Rugby has been carrying on for his Club ever since former Stan for man moved to Claremore just before those last International harras for France see that brilliant piece of jackling by the number eight Becca Gat was immediately in position taken short this time the pizza who gets it no way through for Tim Mara Joe Simmons launches long and off goes at his SG bit Sim new him though just as safe as how is as the youngster is underneath the half the high ball and has been doing it for a few more years Simmons the clar on Simmons that is without the D that's is sby underneath it once more gets no wasn't safe he's dropped it Tom Caroll helps out his teammate however there's a knock [Applause] on well he went up for it saw raka and he went straight through his arms just as I've been building him up to moving so safe under the high ball he suddenly saw that aletti raka was just a couple of moments away from him and suddenly that was enough to take his eyes off the [Music] ball tagy tagi Valu is going to come back on again for Oru players are allowed to come off and come back on again as long as they haven't been injured and as long as they don't go straight back into the same place that they started the game [Applause] which is why you get second row forwards coming on as third row forwards and vice versa and also why so many second row and third row forwards are interchangeable now yeah Claremont engaging too early and conceding a free kick well it's Fu C's responsibility it's the hooker who puts the break on until they want to go forward you see the break foot forward stopping the uh men behind him pushing [Music] Nome back by Joe Simmons big hit but he'll probably be played fast than is wasn't deep enough into the off field area Attis s b he decides he's going to kick it's not really a run knew some again that is s once more not under pressure this time and he's managed to S step Bellow that looked a little bit high and there is an advantage being played now for po Marcus krer stops any further progression and the referee seen enough and there's a bit of trouble and it's Marcus Kremer as usually is always involved he's been dragged Away by by tagi tagy Valu but it's still continuing Fu card on this near side with who looks like fabis [Applause] met Su Mara getting involved in peacemaking with krer as well well he's been bleeding like that for pretty much most of the game there's the Fijian International right [Applause] wing back from the broken arm that he uh s his season ended with last campaign in [Music] May quite sure exactly what spark that referee though he's decided just to get on with it so then the high tackle is peniz and Joe Simmons sends the ball up field and we are into almost the last seven minutes of the [Music] game I think got Bas coming off well he's hugely popular already around these parts Sebastian picon a little Word with H his young burgeoning star and he is replaced by Axel despair another 19yearold [Applause] Carol wrapped out by [Applause] slman po at the moment just looking for the victory they need a couple more tries if they want an attacking bonus point to go with [Music] it we've got to worry about turkey first they can put the bread sauce on afterwards oh and dropped by Bellow forward picked up by Luke white loock I think there are two what has happened there was that not knock forward by Bell no well the answer was immediately answered by the referee says no it went backwards well that's the forward pass from tagy tagy [Applause] Val all very exciting but we get back to another scrum the game seems to have been a long succession of scrums that has rather slowed down a game that has threatened to break out a few times knock on forward passes just stopped it becoming a [Applause] classic full penalty now for uh and they can clear their lines up to [Applause] [Music] [Applause] halfway nicely taken by white loock big rumage forward by fabri Mets holding on once more Dan Robson trying to pretend that he didn't realize that the decision had gone the other [Music] way credible to think that Claremore still have a chance winning this game it has not been a complete performance at all from Kristoff orio's men and yet there is a possibility here that they could just could get a second away win of the season and this will be a much more impressive [Music] one stolen huge roll as if they scored a [Applause] try there's a few nervous people around these am at the [Applause] moment po have won their last eight matches at home in Top Cats their longest such run in the league only too and cast on a longer such run at the moment but Claremore here very much in a position to be able to do something about [Music] [Applause] [Music] it off the foot says the [Applause] referee [Applause] well the home Crown feel that PO needs support and they are fully behind them then Dan Robson kicks It Forward again with just over two minutes to go Nome raka raka decides to kick and rather scuffs it but it might work out well that's really well collected by Carol Carol back the other way beats one man Raa collects him though really big hit Robson though has it G all tuim marba comes back inside Tui Mara is away and he could win it what a try amoni to aara streaks away to give them the Victory and po will spend at least the next week inside the playoff places what a Christmas present from the blooded fian International is too much for some they've had to fight it might not be the bonus Point win they want but the victory is now [Applause] assured with their best move of the match what a comeback this is Against the Grain zigzagging his way to the TR [Applause] line and that has lit up the St ammo the Night Before Christmas [Applause] Eve Joe Simmons has not had his best kicking night but it doesn't matter in the end because it will still feel good to everybody who is a supporter of [Applause] green 2211 11 points now the difference between them he'll need something of a miracle a Christmas miracle for Claremont now as we T to the 80 me to minutes the referee blows for the end of the match and poke Come Away with the victory that they wanted it hasn't finished yet actually we have one more scrub Sam white loock on his feet like everybody else ready to celebrate this [Applause] Victory the referees given a penalty to Claremont the crowd are cheering home Sam white loock [Applause] knows well if claron can get seven points they can get back to Four Points which would mean a defensive bonus point so that is important as uh nothing decron now what happened there is decron was tackled he did not let go of the ball before getting back back up and running on so anony Bellow looks for the corner and finds it and Claremont will have one more chance here to rescue themselves a defensive bonus point it won't make any difference to where the four points are going they are going to PO but it's whether or not Clon can take anything home with them [Applause] themselves [Applause] referee's happy with the PO man coming through trying to steal the ball away it's Mets trying to rob it that's one stop most of the PO men are facing the wrong way now MOA off the bat Mo he can finish and he's into touch and that will be it and it breaks some kicks off again at full time oh this is a shame that the game finishes this way with a general melee the referee let one of these go earlier but will he let it go this [Applause] time the atmosphere is fabulous inside the ground n on Deon could be in trouble here 12 green is what I heard the referee say Goran pitza being asked if he's feeling all right by Rob Simmons why keep it going [Applause] L asking if it's finished has it finished or [Applause] not full time called by the referee I think and in the end it's a victory for po that takes them up into second place provisionally the tries came in the end Wonder War One finished off at the End by tuim Mara as it's finished here in this wonderful game po22 Clore 11