Stade Francais vs Bordeaux Begles | Semi Final | 2023/24 France Top 14 | Full match Rugby

[Music] [Music] [Music] his name forever Pierre Bru is our refere this evening he has been in charge of a couple of games for St Fon this season but this is the first time that unon b o have seen him in the [Applause] middle Ro Joy waits for his opposite number Mao Garcia the 21y old fly har for Uno Boro B to get us underway in the second semifinal and it's s who sends it high immediately and finds touch BOS can't keep it in and now we will see how the set piece is feeling for both these sides Karen gazelle in charge this season has done an incredible job with a new staff yanic Brew likewise no okay they've improved through the campaign of on board o and they get their first line out going toita to tafu what a wonderful first season he's had jeffon PUO the veteran loose head prop is pushed backwards they are so good at the breakdown are St BR good good good bu and you can see there exactly just what we're say all way through already wonderful counter Ruck and all of a sudden the pink soldiers are on the attack inside the Uno Boro B half break forward by seu maku the French International who doesn't quite know whether he's a forward or a back and does equally well Leo bar another man who has had a standout season the new French international well that was a low pass but it was well taken St for set and there's a great piece of play by Maxim lamot over the top to Jackle [Applause] that's going to be so important M for this game that do not B defend well like they did against absolutely and what else will be important is discipline and refere already reacted to back chat from the start players and that's probably put this within goal kicking distance from Maxim luu and yes he is going to have a shot from about 53 M but Lam so good over the ball this is where St FR actually won the ball back they were a little bit formulaic bordo and got themselves in a bit of trouble with that ferocious St Fon defense coming through and this is when Lamont got over the ball he's so hard to shift St Fon might have an argument that they thought a Ruck was created so maybe a bit of luck but it doesn't matter it's what the referee sees it's the picture that he sees and Lam gives a very good picture when he's over the ball looks like Carlo Saidi is getting some treatment down there the man in for Ben tamuna who injured his right shoulder when Camy sha landed all of his substantial weight on it in The Barrage here it comes that's starting off right and it's going to stay right and step Fon avoid an early bullet 108 points this season there is Big Ben one of the biggest fan favorites in all senses for unon bord o and they are very disappointed he's not out there throwing his 150 odd kilos around off we go then once more outside the uh 22 that yeah that was uh he took it back into the 22 so they're going to come back to where he kicked it from and a mistake early on from Uno bordo yeah it's bonus position really for St fron that was a huge Dropout from St fron really got to put the pressure on little bit unlucky for BTO there but that's what pressure will do and ston has been one of the best of it maybe not in the last few weeks they went off the ball somewhat but throughout the course of the Season they've been putting so much pressure on oh it's a bit messy have it though and the referee is happy that there was no knock on don't score an awful lot of tries St Fon so they uh would like to get on the board early and then their defense will kick in another penalty this time it's Adam Coleman the Australian second row forward absolutely happy just to get down the end and depart with three points each time fairly good first Contact from Bordeaux just a bit exciting that's probably a little bit of catch up they didn't expect to be down on their 22 just push things a little bit desperate to get the ball back and took it too far but like I say three points will be really welcomed by start Fon which makes the kicks from luku even more more important because St Fon don't have a good history of being able to score lots of points particularly if they get desperate if they get down and have to chase the game so every time luku can keep that scoreboard taking over will be very valuable for Bordeaux and he missed his first one jorus Theon scored 37 points a few seasons ago 240 last season this season not quite so many 142 this time for him but he's still leading his side even though he's not quite having the main kind of season this though should be meat and drink to a man of his quality are the first points on the ball they look like they are the flags are up and it's the visitors if you like even though they're technically the hosts who have gone in front three nothing Karen gazelle watching on from the sidelines former Lana assistant coach line out coach for France as well for three years before arriving the stat for a this campaign it's great catch har K's been in great try scoring K had to play part of the rck there which meant that briat had to effectively play scrum half in a reversal of rols between those two yeah yeah Rory coot has been attracting an awful lot of Praise here but Paul Gabriel was ask in the week whether or not he fancy playing with him or against him and there was a slightly R smile from the captain of Fon oh and BOS has knocked it on oh it's a nervous start for the man in clar was yeah and fairly uncharacteristic of Buras of because he's he's been one of the best he's been one of the stand outs among absolute stars in the backline he's been one of the best this season very unlucky bounce they probably should have taken that on the full Bardo possible they left a little bit too much space there it wasn't a a perfectly struck kick but it was effective and the bounce of the ball just really caught them now again bonus position for St FR so then it will result in our first scrum of the game which will give us another uh good indicator about how these two sides are feeling given the strength of the St fron defense you'd expect a lot of feedback coming immediately on what's happening with the bordo attack for example off that first line out Tatu got a good run forward and there was a lot of space on The Blind Side but they went through their plan which ended up counting against them because they they they ran into that big St defense they got to identify where the SP is because the opportun tonight may be few and far between they're likely to come from turnovers or counter attacks often with the the talent in this back line so hopefully they're get the feedback quickly we're Happ to wait because Sergio abash is receiving treatment down there on the pitch the Georgian International he scored his first ever tough cat all's try this season in the game against Union bordo beg janary there is the view of the St mamut atlanti beautiful Stadium really atmospheric it was good yesterday for the game with to lose against larell the noise level has got even even higher as Moses Alo has had to come on to replace the big [Music] Georgian think that a blood uh substitution he's going to go off and see we saw couple of broken noses recently almost saw one last night for Julia Mar as well didn't we probably W go that incident too in too much detail but it was certainly determinant in terms of the result yeah getting a head from Red ory that ear him one of the two red cards that lell suffered from last night that really imploded their attempts to get back into the final little chip over the top dangerous and the much better from bos almost got each other's way there but the ball back managed to call the mark yeah well covered by BOS probably the kick a little overcooked by cot over coocked and uh but it it did look likely actually had a good chasing line the timing of it was really good from St fron just went too far caught by bar tall elegant penetrating fullback still going trying to get past porro but he's too Wy to let him get past briat manages to recycle KCK had to be very alert there but he usually is luku try to get over the top of the ball and they have done it St FR getting just a little bit too frenetic there and they pay for it with a little lack of control in possession drop one bordo happy to say look we're no slouches on defense either they're up against a vaunted defense but they saw the opportunity there and piled through in numbers and it was luku who got over the ball quickly saw the opportunity and just to get him cleaned out he had to be taken from the side that was a pretty good run from bar as well he stepped through it almost too successful because he wasn't able really to get good support on and when they switch back down The Blind Side the bordo defense was well prepared the bar made his France debut against Wales in the six Nation this season he's been very very impressive still only 21 years old and he can also play at fly half as well so that will certainly help him out when it comes to the big competitions in the future driving ball started by un bordo Bay weaving one way or the other they're edging forward evera jetley moving round to the right hand side release the ball now luku feeds it out to Garcia he chips it over the top and it's a well it's always the same thing that's happened at the other end of the pitch the mark called again this time it's KY Hami back in the side today and playing at right wing rather than fullback where actually he's been spending quite a lot of time this season usually a fallback pretty much a quarter of his uh appearances have been at left wing but he's been there quite often yes he's used to covering and we see there the kick was a little bit shorter than S fron bordo had obviously learned that don't send it too far but they were still able to cover and the vision of Hami and the habit of looking to cover behind and constantly being aware of that threat was has served him well Maxim Lam delivers again it's safe into the arms of Bastin van talif 27y old French back row forward luku dictating what jeffon Faro to join the back of the Ruck and he goes now for the Up and Under it's a little bit short perhaps Le gets something on but it goes to Maxim the m and he can score tries the home crowd rise but they're attacking the away fans if you like the Stan FR right in front of those post good defense though from Stan FR pushing them backwards met by chorus of booze around the stadium well that's the kicking game from Maxim luku which we spoke about before the game it wasn't perfect but it was in the zone that was good enough it didn't meant that none of his fors were offside they came through and it became a bit of a lottery and the ball bouncing nicely for L and obviously quick Off the Mark to get in support when he senses an opportunity 37 year old Rory cot who's on the ground who was pulverized in the middle of that piece of action but this is Maxim Lamar who's been very impressive this season he's a m brawling he was called in the press this week hooker and he's very very good at finishing off boo that comes from set piece he did well there particularly showing a bit of patience not to give it to straight away sens there was a man right on him trucked it forward a little bit kept his arm free and then rolled the pass two's fast Winger coming in support who crashed forward as well pretty well they did well to maintain that position Bordeaux because there were plenty of St Fon jerseys that had got back so then the first kick at goal missed now he has a second chance does maxing [Music] luku French International Anan deul is always going to be ahead of him Matthew jali watching on above Ben tuna that is injury picked up against o has really really hurt them luku kicks this time it is better and Lun Boro are on the board and it's [Applause] [Music] 33 well even start you know b b looked like they might have now got over that slightly jittery start where they looked a little bit overed by what was going on around them now time to get the exit nailed on the back of those three points Giovani hav ker told he can't go forward as luku bounces it up fi into the grasp of Leo bar stop well that was uh Curious uh little kick P by Garcia he's looking for touch however it's not far enough out of touch however oh they decided to take it quickly anyway buros now bis has a chance to run he's going to kick it though okay well it's turned into that sort of chess match that you see from time to time and uh booted out into Touch by Jo I think bordo will be happy with that result they get throw in slightly inside the St fron half and that kick from Garcia was a really good one found touch used the most of the angle that he had and got it a long way down and St Fon finally kicking the ball out like say bordo able to set their platform here just inside the half good to see abrail back on the pitch again at the loose head position after that little uh treatment for what looked like a bang on the nose luku crowd getting right behind them well that was very close to being Crossing Leo B ber touched by bar his French International teammate the crowd obeying for a penalty referee though carries [Applause] on where's the ball it's been stolen St Fon rescu themselves again on their own 5 meter line well there's more good evidence of how good they've been in rucks robbing the opponents when the ball is tight out by cck not very far though and you can hear from the crowd that they're pretty happy with that he was covered on both sides here's the first touch of the night for puno and he's got some good go forward there as well there was a little bit of the crowd was trying to convince the referee that this was taken out but uh there's no way that bar could have changed he's jumped up in the air he can't move out of the way and absolutely nothing deliberate about that completely accidental but the crowd certainly giving voice yeah they're not going to do anything else are they always try to influence the referee's decisions however the crowd now back with their minds on what's actually happening on the pitch they have a driving mall it's gone down and it's a penalty Advantage being played to bordo Luc is looking for it up the ma another of the French Internationals in this un Boro lineup good punch there by the tongen born Japan International tovita to tapu referees decided there is no Advantage I think bordo infringed at that r on tatfu was a beautiful line from tfu he threaded his way through the defense and if there could have been someone maybe just off his shoulder might have looked likely now bordo have chosen to go for a line out here and the three points yes would be would be great but I think what they're planning to do is try and drag another penalty out of St Fon they've been penalized once trying to defend that moall illegally if they can get one another one then St fron is on the brink of getting warned and quite an early yellow card if they keep infringing well only o now have averaged fewer points than that St this season so that's what they're battling against but unon bord o they can sometimes score will they are trying to score with the forwards at the moment and even the backs are coming in comes joining it ped's going to join as well they come up the try is given they don't need pen they've got Maxim lamot he's done it again what a season it's been for the 25y old hooker it's a six trial for maxim lamot and it puts unon bordo beg in front for the first time in the game you want to try from Bordeaux what control they had up front they've got it to the back there Lam's already got in his arms there so the ball's away from danger everyone talks about the danger of the backs there goes be that's why I started looking where's poo he normally gets in there he's Come From The Far Side of the field there he is just a little bit too late D mean you couldn't get there and lamot wasn't going to give it up anyway [Applause] well just in case the decimal level couldn't go up any further it's just bumped up again I thought you meant me getting excited about a scrum a m forward P try oh I'm sure as a fly half you love a good forward strike oh nothing better than watching others do the hard work oh that's lovely beautifully hit he had his CER and now he's picture perfect and BTO make their first claim to the final which will be the first in their [Music] history 10 points to three then with 18 minutes gone almost halfway through the first half Leo Barry wants to take it quickly but I think he's going to have to accept the fact that the runners have all cut off all of the escape plans for him that's a great clearance from Maxim luku who's under a bit of pressure there he's managed to get the ball high so it makes it difficult for St to take the quick line out and he's got distance on him as well Michael valdi delivers into the path of seu makalo out wide that was very well evaded there by Jeremy Ward who is St for say's top TR scer this season from South Africa another South African although he's now French bory cot kicks it forward and luku his opposite number sends it back where it came from Jor seagon waits for it has a little look around to see what leester ET is doing wants him to chase after this high ball buros is under it it's a little too far oh this hit Paul Alo Emil there who was not 10 m back so that was a bit loose I think uh I think they thought that buros was taking the option to play on and just play immediately from The Mark so just a bit unlucky there and AO get a bonus possession but then again a free kick is worth nothing to them all they can do is put it in the air as they have done however Le runs straight into and is PED well the referee judging that he moved into his path well if he did then I'm happy because this is a really annoying part of the game players changing their line running blocks running obstruction really annoying and it can lead yeah absolutely cot you know he's doing the best for his team but that is pretty cynical he's walk right across in front and that's really dangerous too and what it can lead to is it can lead to you know tempers erupting so I think that's a good penalty and I'd like to see more of those not necessarily against this man but it's pretty low doing that well he's a man who does get in the faces of opposition always has done Yanik Brew already talking unlike the coaches we saw yesterday well actually like Ugo M he likes to be on the touch line from the word go Ronan ogara was upstairs yesterday and that is a good kick that sets up another attacking option and they will surely be looking to Maxim lamot again here they certainly will they may change where they drive in the line out maybe move it to the front a little bit more from the first point of reception Beau be taken their line now's working well tonight however that's a good counter push from St fron going sideways at the moment they manag to get around the corner again though here they come once more over they go success again Maxim Lamont is it again toita Tatu was there too but it's a forwards try whoever touches that down it's the forwards who have scored it as a block really good patience here from Bordeaux they didn't get a lot of momentum early on but they they were biting their time when when they felt they were set they moved the ball slightly off the line around to the right again this is why it's rolling M right from the historical days and it's worked well for them it's two for two the dun Beetle he's going for number two it was indeed Maxim lamot well his fine season just continues to get [Applause] better he's been called many things I'm not sure he's ever been called a d Beetle before well he's Relentless in his pursuit of number two that is awful well Luca is after a number two as well with two points for the conversion you do he's wiped the sweat all the tears of laughter out of his eyes what are we doing we are looking to the 2v match official [Music] they're questioning here whether it was the the original mall I think well I think they're always going to assess this when they've got time to just make sure everything was clean Lamont's got to maintain contact with his shoulder because soon as he goes to arms length if he does or as soon as they break away from the original line that's an infringement I think that's going to be all right there I think they're going to say that's so the referee saying it's the the same more than his opinion I'm going to say there's some serious accent going on in the TMO [Applause] today Jo it he falls over the [Applause] line well they're explaining to Paul GFF log why this will be a Tred well I think it looked worse than what it was because Bordeaux successfully rolled that mole around to the side and St fron actually ran out of Defenders so it did look almost like they'd created a second more but I was comfortable with that not that that means anything my opinion really well it's a 12-point lead now could be a 14-point one in a few moments time here comes luku same kick again same result again and it's unon B 17 St Fon 3 and the forwards are running over stat Fon they're Paving over the capital at the [Music] moment so then joris sigon gets us back on the way again and Le bberry picks it up desperate to get that ball AB looks like he's trying to dig a tunnel through the ball stays on the bordo bag side or does it Rory coot getting stroppy although there's nothing unusual about that luu that was flat however it's worked out well Leo Barry is stopped from taking it I think CU he dropped it into touch well he got pretty close to almost looking like he'd taken that out himself um you know it was a a flat hit from luku and it worked really really well he got the angle right and uh yeah that was that was very close to throw Rory being called back to the little talk it's so loud in there I can't hear what he's saying I was going to say he was so smart putting his hand out to shake and look contrite and then he dropped down I thought he was bowing down to the referee taking it one step further just doing his boots up where he could it's frustrating of course when someone in the rucks trying to keep them and they illegally so they're both being spoken to no harm done well he's been a Snappy Jack Russell for a while hasn't he of course he retired once already lured back in by a personal friendship with st saysit and uh well I bet he's glad he did come back because cuz he's becoming more and more important to this stat for side which is a a little bit ironic bearing in mind he fell out of favor in his last season for cast that F have it this as good a position they've had in a while recycles once more out by Ward o Bar's in danger of being caught he's done really well to keep upright and that's allowed the support to come in and help seagon almost didn't take that and got absolutely flattened there by sirel Kazo and St hit the buffers again s was ingested then and very close to being digested he caugh that their attack right from that line out wasn't wasn't seamless really they they were throwing passes almost behind the the player so they didn't get any impetus on the on the first f it was a really good kick um from cot and makoo did very well to knock that back but then after that they just look a little bit too on attack they don't look comfortable they look a lot more comfortable on defense Fon which you'd imagine from the stats they've got you've summed up their season really haven't you there just you know even going to the outside there they're not running realistic lines that hold the defense that that sort of telegraphing their moves throwing the ball behind so they really do you know need to just play to their strengths at the moment probably just keep kicking the ball until they feel they get into some sort of a rhythm that's Jefferson P Who on on the deck at the moment the 31-year-old lced prop former French International until the 20206 Nations played Four matches as well at the World Cup just before that the former Brian who's been an Union Bardo be stall wart since 2012 looks like he's just getting a tire changed their Angus he's come off the Slicks they're in wet conditions there so mechanical team comes out well I think he's got the wrong country that's going on in Barcelona isn't it where the 2016 final took place that rling of course won the last time actually the St BRS didn't host because of Euro 2016 this time of course it's not hosting the final because of the Olympic Games y the takes a good line almost manages to break through to tapu goes again rocking his way past that F Defenders the best to attack almost against the best defense up tonight it's great that the rainers eased and it's allowed the game to really be a bit more open St doing what they do again on those rucks and I think they've managed to steal the ball of once more they've averaged most turnovers one per game this season and they are proving it again here even though they're being dominated in terms of the score line High Mao's after it nicely taken by Bey leing it to buros who slips in a really inopportune moment they recycle it the hit hard my Aber way in fact it was by batties penti enough huge second row forward up again that's a bit short from luku they're all waiting for it to come down it's knocked off sagon hit by lamot manages to get it away though oh that's been knocked on again and the original knock on advantage had ended which means that bord o now have it back over the top by Garcia suono up against his number 10 decides to square it Hami oh he shank that badly well on board o that's got off to a terrible start they seem to have secured themselves a bit and now St Fon are going through a wobble yeah the bounce of the balls going in favor of bordo at the moment that should have been a penalty way back to St fron because bordo were all offside from that kick it was too short from luku players who are in front of luku have an obligation to get 10 m away from where the ball's coming down and none of them did that so anyway you ride your luck when things are going your way they can often just keep doing that and bordo is quite happy with that of course well the only good news about that line out was it wasn't inside the 22 but bordo beg have it once more luku chipped it into the 22 picked up by sagon does well and then it's hit rather late perhaps St managed to get the ball away cleanly it's a huge kick actually that's an incredible clearance it just kept floating and floating initially it looked like it might have stayed in field or in the field of play but it's just wafted across the touch line absolutely perfect for St Fon and they get themselves out of trouble well we've seen L Leo bar do that several times this season he's a real talent coming through he's a huge man as well for a he's more like a second row forward he's got the same sort of physical profile as Blair Kinghorn for example isn't he he looks very very similar out there what a season the Scott is having this season kicking his way in the final of the European Cup or the Champions Cup as it's now known of course helping could have a role in the final now the too are there again looking for 23rd brenis stad FR looking for a third Trophy and of course unon bordo famously still looking for a maiden Crown this is interesting they're going for the line here start fron so obviously back there line out more they need to get it close the I was interested to see what the decision was because you know the natural game would be just to keep taking those three points if they're comfortable of getting down the bordo end regularly and and somewhat easily but uh they they feel like they need to get seven points result here well that was a perfect kick was flirting with being not perfect but it was right right on the uh Corner flag and they have a line out on the 5 meter line and this is the best attacking position the St Fon have had in the [Applause] game Mikel evaldi with the pressure moving to tulon next season but hoping to leave the men in pink with a brenis or even at the moment a place in the final good turning we've seen some good forward play from line outs in this game now it's the turn of St F they have the penalty Advantage as well up directing Affairs he's got his hand on the ball H maoo tries to go forward but he's brought down good tackle by Van talifa another push another push and St for say have their first try of the [Music] game Roman briat the back row forward who does all the Dirty Work comes up for a bit of Glory you start fron Ford pack flexing their muscle as well and it's raining tries for the Ford packs here tonight that'll encourage the purist and it's actually good spectacle as well this next run or the first sorry the run before this one was really important maloo's run up against a well prepared well organized defense he was up against big numbers and he still managed to get some go forward Angus I was expecting that first run that came from the collapse mall to really be stopped in it tracks and so makoo did incredibly well just to get that extra meter meter and a half and get St fron on the front foot and it culminated in that try off the next phase well he scored his last try in the penultimate round of the regular season that's his fourth over the Pate this season and desperately needed for stad Fon this match was disappearing in a hurry now jorus seagon has a chance to bring them a bit [Applause] closer it's over that's better and it is down to a one try game again no expression at all from bre Matthew Garcia readies himself b o still lead but it's now 10 points to 17 8 minutes to go until the break Roman buros picks it up just outside his 22 and decides to run it himself in the air under underneath it good run has he oh it's brilliant great competition in the air from both players who's got the strongest grip BOS has managed to recycle it lamot brought down by Paul Alo the Samoan International tight head prop kicked into space looking for the bar has he CT in no he has not and Bor o fans RAR again and that is not what St fron needed sometimes you've just got to let it go haven't you well there you saw it as right foot stepped on the line at the same time he was touching it's not this touch it's the next one there it was consecutive or not consecutive sorry concurrent well played by Bordeaux right the way up field the take by buos in the air the little pass on that came from sard onto lot to keep the ball going forward and in the kick of course and here comes the oh the not straight by the looks of it wow what a let off for St fron there that was impressive work not the least of which was like I say that little pass from Sardi when he had so much pressure on him he just tipped it on he didn't track the ball forward flipped it on here's the throw it's gotten a little bit wonky just too much for the referee's likings Fair call yeah first mistake from Maxim Lamar had a stunning game so far let's go let's go let's so then that for with a scrum on their own 5 m [Music] line two front rows engaging 352 kilos on the ston side 377 on The unon Boro side unon have a total weight that is 50 kilos or so more than St fr's that's without Ben tamuna that didn't go the way the referee was hoping no the front rows both went up referee felt I think they both went up at the same time so it was no one's fault it looked to me without being a scrum expert that I was going to say I thought bordo had gone up first but from that angle looked a little bit like standing up the's head popped up first of all well regardless they get another chance now to do it again well this is where the uh the strength of the forwards gets sapped out as the game goes on we saw that perhaps last night which is why one of the red cards [Music] happened being pulled down K being penalized for as you say hangers just pulling down on that right hand side trying to destabilize I guess the uh the scrum through abish willly loose head for St who get now to clear their line a little bit up to the 10 m line the kick from Jor [Applause] look at [Applause] it well just to let you know there there are some St Fon hands around there are certainly in a minority Lovely by Mao fabulous all round rugby player kcko high once more into the bordo Sky be misses it and it's picked up by coot switches back inside to where the support is Captain PA Gabriel plays scrum half out by the other second row forward btis penti back it comes the other way from the South African inside Senter Jeremy Ward again though decent resistance coming from bordo beg Paul Alo C sagon and it comes again chance for war to come forward once more good defensive line at the moment from the men in white sagon beats it back out of bar stepped into the line from fullback he's brought down really well by Adam Coleman sagon again this time he kicks buros gets it though and SS it right back where he came s knew instantly what was going to happen was after it like a whip back it comes again and bord O B will be delighted with the net gain out of that yes they definitely will and St fron will be pretty Crest falling I think all that effort and what that amounted to they just didn't they just don't look cohesive with their attack and in the end bar has no real options outside him and they resorted to go to the the boot and buros of course just thumps it back down there and bordo get one touch of the ball and get to make 50 M 60 M and St have spent all that effort only to lose ground referee happy lamot nicely done they're a long way out this time though for the driving more and St say manag to have broken up or have they some of the players have missed out where the ball is and they're up by the 22 step say smother it well [Music] well so far we have not seen the the backs for bordo really let rip it's being very much a forwards display we saw a few of them arrive too late for that first lineup more try didn't we but yeah we haven't seen perno's only had the ball once the ball hasn't got out wide to him in space and he is a player who does like roaming a little bit and going and looking for work he just hasn't really had the opportunity yet or they'll be happy enough they don't certainly don't feel they've got a uh a big gap here but they'll be happy that they're up at least and they've spent enough time in St Fon half like I say St Fon with the ball in hand phase after phase the more phases they play the less comfortable they look and the less likely they look to to Really break the [Applause] line coach is watching on including Jean ba po there on the left hand side the scrums coach who won't be very happy with the result of that particular one because it's been given a decision to stad Fon Jeremy Ward comes in and congratulates the forwards that's a big victory for them really they've been on the back foot for a lot of this I'm not sure what the signal was there he says that the number three stood back up for bordo so S I think he was also sort of indicating they were driving in it's pretty hard to be sure sometimes s but he knew that bordo was at fault there's not always only one thing going on either again the front pop up quite the referee's happy to go and have a chat while getting to the line don't have a chat with Jefferson p and explain exactly what he was seeing there which is nice halim who to go so this should be the last piece of play of the half unless there's a penalty off the back of it maoo does well off be out sagon they're going to try one more time to break through this bordo bag line coot again bar comes in makoo great line from makoo and they could be in Jeremy Ward feeds it back in again Barry almost there one meter away s looking to finish off the half cot dies doesn't get there so close what a finish this would be to the half of St say if they can get over they've been dominated really for the first 40 minutes but this could change everything again they go there's a penalty Advantage for the men in Pink as well they decide to go wide now Sago he been shot rly at but as we said there was a penalty so they will continue on the man who has been penalized is Bastian van taer and there's a bit of niggle going on over there by the post Damian Peno on the ground what a RIT roaring end to the first half this is absolutely frustration for both teams St FR saw a golden opportunity and realized they blown it a little bit didn't expect to be on goal line after having heard the H what a line by Mako setting that up that brought back and he had two options and finally finally the front option was available they looked over planned and and overc committed sometimes with their front line Runners and thrown up behind to someone who's just been picked up on this occasion they hit the front line on maoo he found his support what a tackle from B though coming back try saving tackle and St say going for the seven points still here's the move as you saw there that bar fed Mao went to the outside to the PACE bar stayed inside there's that tackle from be also what about the move by MAF as well that stopped him going for the corter in the first place he ducked out of that line yeah there was just emotions were high and tensions were high there and I think bordo would have been quite happy to come away conceding three points here but St Fon have said no we want to I guess set our set our marker for the second half and we're going to go for the seven yeah they decided to opt for the scrub in it comes big push from St for Here Comes hble cner he gets up to 2 m from the line big Push by un Boro another penalty though it's yellow card territory so they got well they've conceded two only normally three's the mark for a yellow card but they're right on their line there the warning you heard the word you don't need to speak French to be able to catch that that must be borderline for a yellow card two in a row to save a try and another scrum not surprising that decision they feel like they're beginning to get the uh maybe the RO on them well they didn't help har ker this time with that first scrum because it it wheeled a little bit to the left and it didn't give really them the best opportunity they probably going for another penalty here to be honest St Fon cuz this will result in a yellow card and it'll give them 10 minutes at the start of the second half course with one extra man well you can't help thinking that this is a huge moment in the game because if St fron managed to go in level at half time it will literally change the water completely inside this place if Uno B managed to hold on well then maybe St might lose heart just a bit and it comes from cocko another big push it's collapsed in the middle referee says he can to see the ball play it he tells Rory cot kot has it again oh and War has dropped it and that will be it for the half and it's Uno bordo who get the moral Victory the crowd react as if they've won their place in the final already a huge moment as we say two tries for Maxim lamot in that halim and it's a score of St FR Paris 10 un B over beg 17 on the pitch then see the spider cam woring overhead there is actually a a drone somewhere around but I can't say that I've actually seen many shots of it he's popped in from time to time Rory Co well it needs him to draw an all of his cunning that he's built up over all those years in Top Cats joronen ball in hand second half underway U Bay leading by 17 points to 10 and Maxim luku gets the kick back up field Leo bar manages to take it this time in field rather than in touch or into touch chasing his own kick knocks it off yes referee took a long time to decide that actually was a knock on but the advantages overall ready Hami sagon sagon is going to send this high and off goes Hami in Chase of it he's overrun it yes however he might get over it here Marchant we haven't seen too much from the Englishman in this game so [Applause] far but all of a sudden St Pon back down the other end where they were former former St president Max gazini up in the stand there he's the guy who gets the credit and rightly sorry for having really thrust St Fon back into the Limelight in in the '90s they went from division division division finally the top 14 Champion he brought the pageantry he brought the entertainment to start Fon and he was very excited on the train down it wasn't he from Paris excited to be a long time Robbie KN that was what he excited about he brought the pink jerseys to St FR so good that he's here tonight as well Lam this time it doesn't go the way that un Boro want and stat say suddenly in Prime position here in the middle of the park well they might want to finish off but they didn't manage to finish off at the end of the first half and get the try that will bring them back level briat who scored the only score for them so far oh and the drop goal off the post Luca is flattened by Ward he's offside I [Applause] think well it wasn't the best back from and it made the drop goal a lot harder than it should have been I tell you what was hard was that hit on uh lugu from behind Jeremy Waters absolutely smoked him and if he was offside you you'd almost wonder why there wasn't a little more action taken interesting that stud Fon thought to go for the three points they turned their nose up at it at the end of that first half here's the drop goal that comes off the post and Ward well in front all those players well in front you think that possibly a more severe penalty might have been dished out particularly given the tackle from behind into maxing [Music] luku so off we go again then UB Bay in [Music] possession enough luku told to play it so he does high ball again they all run after it be be underneath it but it's brilliantly taken by Lester etan not having quite the TR scoring season that he would like but has scored four go four tries he's beginning to find that rout to the try line a little bit better in the latter part of the Season Cott slow ball sagon he looks long tries to split the two Defenders but it's wor well taken by Garcia now in the fly half stays inside the 22 and looks for touch which he does which takes them back up into stad Fon territory see the timing on that kick from J seon is just incredible it absolutely takes off like a shot seems pretty effortless too so it's all from the timing got some really good length there and it put pressure on bordo they cleared not too badly but be a win there for St Fon to come up and get the line out almost right on halfway Val's first test of the second [Applause] half future Ton Man safe with that one now FR trying to build a platform once more sagon again goes to the air however Bros is underneath it this is dangerous now for St for the fullback can run trying to get past margin margin tries to rip the ball away from him however it's safely recycled forward comes Kazo lucu Cycles out by Garcia quick hands from mafana lovely play and for the first time we see what bordo B can do when they let it out wide luku poro bulldozes his way into contact gradually edging their way forward look more there's a half break luku staton's wall at the moment relatively strong although they're being beaten back slightly buros again goes for the kick bar has a look to see what's around as an awkward boun and bar again does brilliantly well Hami dangerous but s picks it up and it's hit and they could be in trouble now the jackers are in referee though happy up feeds it the crowd of furious touch is found how on Earth St for kept hold of that ball I have no idea well there's absolutely no easing into the half is there and this is when they got it out wide bordo there was a head a man in headgear out there was it Lou no it was not it was Maxim Lamont and he went on R there's the second tackle within about 4 seconds from Daman puno he really put a good shot in quo had his hands on the ball there for a second jorus Aon has obviously been hit in the action well he was the one that that wore it from Damian Peno I think he made the first hit basically slid on through got straight to his feet like Anan dupon does bounces up and charged on and made the next hit now Maxi the M's last line out wasn't a straight one so he needs to get this one right better luku Miss pass Garcia MAF far far brought down by a good tackle they feed it out the second row forwards come into the [Applause] Midfield ground gained to tafu the battering round tries to bang a hole through the St Fon defense but it holds firm at the moment garciaa mafana better again from poano out wide again great tackle though from leester it yeah bordo bear keep up the progression though Mako lives that little high from the forward there's a murmur around the ground be Bey he's be wrapped up tackle called have to move away luku around the corner can't quite get the offload he wanted and St for come back in again that was so close to being a try for unono and they're pushing stad Fon back and they've turned the ball over as well the attack is back on Kick to The Far Side T tapu's got it March on though calls the mark and he's probably very pleased that he did that before the arrival of the 6 foot tall 18 Stone number eight yes he would have been expecting that Daman puno was out on on the right wing there he was a little bit further in field just inside tatfu tatu's been battling on really well because he was getting some attention you know about a minute ago and there's this run from luku just sold the dummy on the inside didn't control the ball but they got it back they piled through Bordeaux got it back and there's where you'd expect Pino normally would be he's inside gesticulating and frustrating Guss here and you straight away the kick wasn't right the Personnel weren't right and by that stage Advantage was over so they have missed an opportunity there Bordeaux as they start ringing the changes and the front row two of them at least both sides of the scrum being replaced as kales villy and Bonny F come on well yanic Brew was absolutely incandescent there with that last piece of action it was DTE who was trying to get through onto that attempted offload by scrum half he looked like he got a little bit of an obstruction Lam Mo back it again but briat steals it St Fon are beginning to work out the uay line out the best that ubay can do now is push back the stad Fon Maul it's not going anywhere so cot's going to have to break away and decides he can see a lot of space he's going to have to hit that hard though to get a 5022 and well it's a safe Mark by Lou Bei well that's quite smart play for a nine to get get that wipers kep going but gee be ber put his head down immediately he covered that 40 me rapidly to get back and catch that on the full and take the mark he was on the bench last week with mados Tambo given the start back in the side today though what a Trev Trove of riches they have in terms of backs bordo looking a lot more dangerous in this half as they get quicker ball they're getting better placement so that luku can clear quickly and they're starting to find half gaps so then first line out for the new man on Moses Alo BOS K kufner brought him down and St Fon get the decision delicate little kicking game from St fron more changes for bordeau as guo Petty comes on and also St fron starting to bring a couple more on as as well Adam Coleman looks like he's coming off that was unlucky for BOS second time tonight he's been really unlucky Daman poo thought he was going to get the bounce of the ball so he ran across in front of buros the ball bounced forward low and buros couldn't control it really unlucky scrub in a good position this for St fron well I've stacked this close side here Angus there are four backs on two l come out and defend and make it four versus three but if they can get this efficiently through the hands you've got to think there's a gap somewhere now it depends on Mo and Damiano defending together how much they can force D fron to move the ball without committing themselves to the tackle and then they can just slide across and cover all the options so then we're going to reset everybody in the Stadium St Fon and ubay fans waving their Flags cheering their sides on it's gone down again but the ball is out the back Leo bar feeds it out to leester ET bam he's really had a chance to really run at his opposite number has been dropped backwards says the referee so no knock on back inside by Joe arant yet to score a try for St Fon the English [Applause] International good defense St F going nowhere at the moment s gon though they feed it back out wide once more again the the line held strong there and they wound up not knowing what to do stad Fon so they kept it tight rather than throwing it out wide KCK sees it realizes that sagon has gone off the brind side and a knock on advantage over it's a great kick sagon you saw there knew what he done immediately it was off back to cover but another wasted opportunity well almost a half Gap there for St but check out this kick here from Garcia he's got no angle there and he's put that just inside the St front a half excellent clear kick Jeff tubis sitting there in the middle of your picture former player and Coach he's lucky enough to play alongside him but russing with an educated left boot that he had managed to get get the ball too often with pressure on him I just shoveled it on to him but good to see a lot of French players coming through and and and into the coaching ranks as well so many professional teams that you get the opportunity 30 professional teams in their top two divisions he an educated left that certain that ball forward as well from Mato Garcia stad Fon they have it back inside their own half at the moment Rory decides to kick again is in an awful lot of kicking it's been hardly any real back play so far from either of these two sides sagon he kicks in it's a real kicking battle in this second half even more so than in the first that's gone out and we're pretty much back where we were a moment ago a look reasonably innocuous that last kick [Music] from Garcia hit that last one yeah but he's managed to get good distance I mean the difference between having a line out on the half line a line out on the 10 m line is actually significant here so just that extra those extra few meters just changes what St Fon can do here you saw seu Mako not on the pitch anymore so they'll need a new Target man stad Fon they've done well it's into the hands of the Captain Paul gabag M set up not going anywhere though good play from unon Boro B they decide to break off and the kickb once more B Barry sagon catches it and he spreads it in to Leo bar and he'll inevitably kick it looking for the 50 22 won't find it though buros has it oh but uh well yeah off the outside of the boot trying to catch the bounce but it went out on the full and they'll come all the way [Music] back he did well initially there moros but then he got in two mins I think he he thought he might carry it back up he thought he might look for a support actually three mons and finally he's gone for a little banana kick which hasn't quite gone right but he did have to cover a lot of ground to avoid that 5022 we saw him do something like that a few weeks ago as he ran onto a try to score afterwards but that wasn't quite the same thing and it comes from Perez Blanc bit messy oh and luku has to turn away because all of a sudden Ugo Bonny pass was in the way cocko runs back in and loses the ball knocked on as well U now with a chance to run it you're a ma better lovely play be Bei look at him turn the burners on runs into a brick wall though Rory cck has only just got up as luku is opposite number kicks It Forward great pick up though by sagon he locks it down though it's all over the place inside the 22 the crowd are going crazy U Bay are going forward almost up to the 5 meter line the first really big moment of the second half unleashing itself here at the mammed atan out wide it comes mafana out to penno penno comes back inside surely well if that's not a forward pass that is a superb try and finally the union bord bag that we know so well appears on the pitch [Applause] tonight well that is exhilarating rugby from the home team as they surged 70 80 M after an enormous hit on Rory cot they won the line out first and then they got themselves into all sorts of trouble there luku was blocked trying to clear it here comes kot and he does get buckled finally it gets turned over muana was instrumental in creating the space here the support play BL really puts his ear pins his ears back and when they finally came across I'm not sure if they knew that kot was in trouble but finally puno one of the best attackers here he goes off the right foot keeps his balance somehow and shovels that ball out to bosong they will be having a look at that pass for sure there was just a hint looks like they're comfortable with it the refereeing team and it's luku for the extra two as the Border find their voice here at the stadium so then the first points go to bord O after a chance at the end of the first half and another at the beginning of the second for stat Fon neither of which they were able to take advantage of luku hits it beautiful camera shot of it going over but unfortunately it's gone round rather than through however Pierre butcheron scored his first ever try as a pro in the win over tulo back in March he's now scored but his second and what a time to do it he's done well to control that ball as well with the one hand it was great skill from P still it's a lot to ask of a big forward who's been putting so much effort in in the scrums and he then gets down the far end he's had to gallop a long way and eventually a pass goes out in front kot was really hurt in that tackle which was part made by luku but with the Bardo forwards alongside sagon gets us back underway again then and all of a sudden it's a 12-point lead 10- 22 unon b o lead by Barry infield sagon looks for the corner again but all he's found is buros and that was a real waste well Stan F again playing into bordo's hands which is something they were doing for a large part of the first half [Applause] big kick s takes it quickly though bar will send it back where he came from so all of that Advantage disappears BOS decides not to call the mar this time they'll run it again Garcia change of attack flat kick as far as sagon so gon runs it out of the 22 and sends it back where B is waiting sensible perhaps use that legs first inside the 22 can look for touch this time but doesn't find him beautifully judged by sagon and you can hear for the first time tonight the crowd getting a bit impatient with this kicking game and seagon has hit overhit it not quite totally overhit though otherwise they'd be doing a scrum back in their own half but he's still not happy as you can imagine B at the moment don't have to chase the game so they're happy for every little break that's why they're taking marks in the 22 clock has been stopped now while they make some changes and Brad Weber's coming on for Rory here Brad Weber two time rugby championship winner from New Zealand a couple of weeks before England start a tour in New Zealand for the first time in a long time [Music] so then the goal line Dropout sent out by Mato Garcia Giani hav kufner trying to Ram his way through however managed to get a penalty which will do I think three points though they look like they're pointing to the line certainly the line out fors are pointing towards the line would be really tempted to take three here just to settle things down for ston I don't think they're going to no there's no rush and sagon is going to go for the line on for the corner which he does and it sets up another opportunity they've had a few opportunities in this position but they have not taken advantage of them and there in lies their problem indeed for most of the season their attack has just not really been up to the defense yeah their real chances tonight as we see Maxim Lamont coming off as well so that's been a full front row change for wo also St Fon in the front row mikids is coming on there's Roman lad the loose head prop man who scored some tries and scored in both games in the regular season against St fron BOS has gone off and has replaced by Uberti as St tried to launch a big push towards was the U Bay line a lot of bodies involved in this mall from the men from the [Music] capital still going nicely done here big push the fours have been on top in both sides but here comes the counter push from unon Bo o St for though only a meter [Applause] away oh they there over the line Pier Bru looking along that line to see whether they've got it there's a penalty Advantage here to St fron so they have a couple of goes at this oh so close and the referee in the end he loses patience no advantage to start fron who are about to be penalized for diving in and protecting the ball off that next phase so it's gone back to the original infringement and I've gone for the line again gee I think still 20 minutes to go three points here would be pretty valuable for Fon and then just work hard on getting back down the end the longer bordo hold out here the more encouragement they'll take that ball got agonizingly close like they did at the end of the first half the encouragement they took from withstanding The Siege Lucas Perez Blanc good throw Roman briat takes it and again the mall is set up and they get some momentum traction from Stan FR up to the line and this time they burst [Applause] through at last it's taken them a while but they have finally got across the line yes emphatically telling the old goal kicker sitting up in commentary to be quiet and leave it with the big boys I wanted three points for St fron they took five they did it well I was worried after that last line out more that perhaps they would lose control when the moall broke up but they kept the control this time Delight for start fright Lucas Perez Blanc with the the touchdown his sixth try of the season and the first he scored since the middle of May when he scored against too in what was ultimately a losing [Music] game oh they refused to go away stat say and this is a really important kick now for jorus sigon The Gap is seven points if he can hit this then a converted try will be enough to bring them [Applause] back oh he's at the post [Applause] again oh all on the margins well Sparks have been flying on both sides but jorus sigon who you would think would be absolutely nailed on in positions like this has hit the post and it remains a seven-point game it could have been a five-point game hble kufner safe hands sets up the [Music] [Applause] exit oh both coaches know what's at stake here both in their first Seasons with their respective clubs both getting to the playoffs at the first attempt but only one side can go on to the final at the moment that ticket is about to be punched for Uno bordo but stad fron trying to rip it away from them over thrown picked up by stad fron chance for them to come forward once more Weber told to play it [Music] tango t of an he come on and a really strong piece of Defense there by Uno but just about enough control on the ston side to keep possession Weber again raking that ball backwards nine tries for him in his first season in France brilliant C by Damian Peno then let it go have they still got it LC has lost it and St for they have it again that wonderful ability to be able to win possession back on the ground from stad Pon and now the ball is up in the air and it's a mark that's [Applause] called I'm not sure St Fon won that ball back by legal means as they've taken a quick tab bordo and on the charge sagon and again we go up in the air that's going to come down just outside is it no it goes just inside and of course the Mark is gold and again that kicking has been a little bit imprecise they don't need to rush it now bordo I don't know why they took a quick one just before like I say St fron came through poo took a great take in the air tried to play the ball The Ruck formed over him and St fron hands all over that to rip it back but anyway you ride your luck and they couldn't quite make the most of it some good scrambling defense to get back and take those kicks from uh from Bordeaux another substitution onc comes at Yan Les gorg the experienced scrum half but he's not coming on for maxim luku he's coming on for the fry half Mato Garcia yes Luke who's moved out to fly half and theyve also got Uberti who's normally a center he's over on that left wing so B ber has moved off the wing and into fullback so shuffling around a little bit in the backline from Bordeaux one by Bordeaux being drop though forward [Applause] it's actually gone backwards excuse me there was U Bay hand that pushed it luku then still on as scrum Hof kicks long kicks very long he's got it the 5022 what a wonderful piece of play and even Matthew shalar is on his feet for that absolutely extraordinary kick for a half back to kick from the base of a rck and get a 5022 is just amazing so he's already outside there so that's why the 5022 was given atan having stepped already into touch lad ball in hand line out comes one by unon b o they set up the mall resistance initially here from stad fron rrey gives a warning told to play it no movement at all there given by stat F's defense MAF tries to break through the paper bag but the paper bag holds Les gor first touch he feeds it out not much movement at the moment no give here in the defense being offered up back by Ugo bonifas the replacement loose head prop U Bay building up the pressure Les go well taken by luku and by oh brilliant Here Comes Uberti flashing hands there from Louis vber and Damian Peno but unfortunately not from s cazo looking very dangerous Bordeaux first time I think we've seen Deport with the ball it was a lovely touch he certainly hasn't had much opportunity in space beautiful hands there it was there just flicked it onto b u bet he was on the inside and going oh so close the desperation fantastic tackle from har kufner and just a low pass going on out absolutely nothing the big boys can do about that that's not their fault on comes Julia delu who was the only man who came into the side who wasn't involved on the last day of the regular season lexo KES has also come on on the tight head side for un bordo Manu is off to PO for next season did wonder if the option of a drop goal was going through Maxim lcu's head 22-1 that's 12 points at three pointer makes 15 of course there we go it's not tough MTH would be very greedy wouldn't it half moves to fly half and starts taking on a drop goal well he's just hit one of the best 50 22s we'll ever see who would put it past him and it would take them to that well he's that two converted try margin he's got a lot to live up to with antoan dupor doing just as good a job at fly half this season the man who seems to be able to just about turn his hand to anything that B that scrum has collapsed I think the referees decided that both sides were at Vault so they will reset [Music] 11 minutes to go in the second semifinal here at the stadium mm more substitutions coming up for stad Fon in a moment where you put this now if you start fron Jong has got a huge boot he's got all his backs lined across spread out across the width of the field as if they're going to attack I don't think they will from this deep it may be an option they may try one phase to see how well they go but more likely they're just going to try and find grass with the kick big hit by St fron and that works wow you saw the aggression there come from the defensive team and it's won them the penalty and exactly what the Ford pack would have been doing forget what the backs are doing they just want to get in and mo that penalty and get an easy exit which is what they've done well [Music] applied right [Music] well un b o have been leading for most of this game but that is not in the bag yet we are going all the way to the end here in Bordeaux there's a nervous I keep calling them a home crowd I mean it's technically neutral territory but this is a ground that they have used plenty of times as their home bar Marchant trying to Go Round The Edge doesn't quite find it Weber the former Chief of course the Chiefs lost the Super Rugby Pacific final earlier today against the blues now hisid of trying to stay eaten top cats big high kick not a bad one Lester etan did he play The Man Without the ball there first St for say have it referee happy sagon long bar now it's St F's time to play it on the backs Marchant does well to stay infield great awareness of where the line is they've lost the ball though and Peno kicks Peno goes again it's a slippery bar of slope in the shower at the moment they can't pick it up stad finally get it [Applause] [Music] Weber looks around and kicks high it's a decent one luku is underneath it and takes it safely he's on the ground so it needs the an GG other scrum half on the field to pick it up luku back on his feet and the caterpillar building out the back of the rock Les gorg is going to kick two bit flat not long this brings offside into play but it's been picked up by marttin again good strength to get away from the tackle attempted by Nicola de Weber out to sagon bar again he kicks trying to get over the top of be beer but he's too quick and he calls the Mark again well that whole passenger play sums up St F's attack when they're trying to move the ball and manipulate space they muddle around and don't get any ground the only time they've got ground tonight is through kicking or through punching it straight mostly with the forwards and it's just chewing up the time they are inefficient they need to throw this quickly than they do again they didn't get it far enough away need to get it over over that fence to stop that quick one happening Mao's back on the field runs into contact doesn't get any change though and all he can do is send the ball backwards again Weber half fora slow yards at the moment SS decides to Pace it up again but it's too long once more be beer sends it back where it came from leester ETA well he was twisting there he was always going to be in trouble didn't really know where the ball is they've taken it quickly but unfortunately they've knocked the ball on unon bordo it's all a bit frantic and B bordo don't really need it to be this frantic poor old Lester there I think he lost track of where the line is yeah he feels like he's got to keep it just in he had a lot of space slippery ball just got a touch on it the early the the quick throw taken by bordo and I think we was probably lucky that that wasn't a play on because I think he would have got done for an early tackle there little talk between Roman lad and Ugo bonifas as to what tactic they're going to employ off comes butcher Pete Samu is also on for Bordeaux and he's the perfect player in this situation in a playoff match to laran delivers safely BTO be take it the crowd start to get interested once more but they're still outside the 22 at the moment and St are holding firm trying to get the ball as well Les corg big tackle in the middle there coming from matoya the back row forward who has come on EX France under 20 in barar but never a full International kishy again nowhere to go at the moment there Samu Les gorg again they're not really going anywhere at the moment good defense this from stad Pon and again they try to rip that ball away get their bodies over it luku oh yes massive hit huge hit there from Jeremy Ward absolutely perfect technique whole stadium went quiet there for a second luku though has it trying to Liv them up again he's locked it Forward Marchin has it ETA they're playing the knock on Advantage at the moment out by Weber if they kick it it'll be over impressive one the pass is good says the referee look to little bit forward but uh the referee's word is l so it doesn't really matter Moses Alo haval kufner again he's Al so good at beating the first man powerful and athletic and now they're over halfway sagon oh maoo drops it and all of the St for players look up at the sky and lurel leit does pretty much the same thing well it's such a shame so much work so much effort so much courage on defense they show they finally got the the turnover when luku spilled it they work their way up field H kufner who has been fantastic tonight here's the tackle from Jeremy Ward absolutely Immaculate and they got their way out of their own territory but then they let themselves down St fron with just an inipit movement they just better not to try any subtlety at all and just Hammer the ball Hammer the ball straight as soon as they try and do something a little bit cute or a little bit skillful they find themselves in trouble this is an attacking platform now though three and a half minutes to go stad Fon are running out of time and they're at the wrong end of the pitch magnificent take by Pete Samu at the back of the line out superb play from the Australian B Road forward first season with bordo B however St Fon have won it and it's kicked forward by Del buuy and he finds touch and relieves the pressure but really it's not really the pressure they need to relieve they need to put some on themselves Roman Bria is doing his best here to run over for that line out but he's limping well I can't see why bordeau they were looking to switch it back down the short side I can't see why when they're on the 22 they might not have the the three points the drop goal in their head a couple more phases towards the post they would have been right under the post 15 20 M out and at least just having a shot at the three the the the best result is you're out past the two try margin the worst result is you get a drop a Dropout kick back to you well Roman briat is not going to be able to get over that limp so he's going to have to come on which brings a Paul gabri log back on again and it's overthrown again and bord O have it however sagon chased after by yur mafana he's managed to secure it BR Weber will leave it to the men in front at the moment forward comes tangoa halua tongen International sets up the next phase of play Brad Weber looks for the next recipient and decides he going to kick it instead luku oh L's hit but gets the kick away oh it was so close to another 5022 just overcooked it that time really close and yeah obviously my M was a little bit off before i' forgotten about that start fron say try but it's seven points the the the the principle is the same get the drop goal the three points and then you're out to 10 a converted try here of course takes us two extra time so I just can't understand why it didn't come come into bordo's thinking start fron potentially in in the position of salvaging what was looking very very likely just 2 minutes [Applause] ago the Uno board obeying crowd getting right behind their team as we enter the last two minutes of normal time and that's there that fairly smallish pocket of pink supporters over there Angus directly behind the goal post that St Fon are attacking and their flags are waving as fiercely as they can but they're absolutely outnumbered in this [Applause] [Music] Stadium what a game tension palpable the as the French would say right up there everything on the line this second half has given us all that was really missing from last night's game when lelle rather [Music] imploded oh out the back St for little Ambush into AR teritory b o just about woke up in time Weber feeds it out Mao just dropped it he's dropped it however they managed to get it back again St they just when it looked like turnover ball had happened [Music] plotting again stad fron their season on the line a third final on the line but for unon bordo beg you would say the state's perhaps even greater three semifinals in a row and they've lost them all in the fourth they're ahead with a minute and 20 seconds to go and it's a penalty is it to a scrum to St fronte they've gone back to the advantage Angus just when we thought it was all over they still had the advantage this is the sneak attack and what a tackle from luku against the front row forward as well at full Bel he absolutely flew across there there's the first loss where Bonas dived on the ball and then bordo somehow in explicably coughed it up again the the Hooter is gone and we're back where we were at the end of the first half seven points in it and stford say pounding the U Bay scrum line or at least at the moment the 5 me well the drama is absolutely gripping and St fron have not looked threatening very often in this match at all but who would put it past them to suddenly turn it on with a big scrum and maybe send maoo catapulting off to that right hand side he's got lucu in front of him as the first Defender if St say not that he's a bad defender or anything but mako's plenty athletic if ston they can get that right side of the scrum up they are a good chance here big push referee's blown though they've turned the scrum more than 90° yeah bordo knows the danger they know they need to get that left side up a little they don't want to give too much on either side to be honest but that left side for them is more dangerous the tension written on the faces of the two sides Yanick Brew there who didn't really know what to do with himself and then G on the walkietalkie and Sergio abash the fonte loose head prop trying to exort his team to one last attempt of course if they succeed there'll be a few more attempts coming in extra time Bordeaux so close to getting this semi-final monkey off the back Angus like it's it's there within [Music] reach but they need to find a good scrum and it's a penalty advantages it two oh it's noted on and again referee's on the deck he has seen What's happen though it's not over yet they almost celebrated well theyve got to scrum again St FR say Bonny penalized there and they've got to put more heat on this is their only chance really Joe Mar on this near side has got his head on his hands well they're going to line out they've made a mockery of me tonight I'm clearly not this the tactician for St fron am it worked well the first time I called for three they got five here I called for a scrum they've gone for lineup well these are the decisions that Define a season an [Applause] era St for they have been to the final before but not with these [Applause] players back on comes out Sadi the South African tigh head [Applause] prop can he hold out his former side lexo CES heads for a shake of the hands with Yanik breu as it comes in and it's taken by the St for Captain Paul gabag they try to build again the driving Mall the irresistible Force against the immovable object at the moment but the irresistible force is beginning to Edge forward inch by inch down it goes that's a penalty Advantage being played but stat Fon up to one meter to go all the cards it seems now for the men in pink on the line penalty advantage and the referee sees no advantage and we'll come back for the penalty once more and on we go 3 and 1/2 minutes into time added on and a yellow card Angus too many penalties conceded by Bordeaux near Their Own Line St fron used up their advantage by infringing at the next R diving in again so they went back and seral cazo the big lock judged to be at fault there and it looks like s is pretty Keen for that scrum I think he was just getting confirmation from the sideline knowing that bordo at least one player down or not at least one player possibly only a half if the back gets put into the scrum for Bordeaux this is their [Applause] opportunity scrum rather than a line out called by St Fon a slightly depowered bordo strum although they do have sad back on with hopefully fresher legs than he went off with well it's nit one p one at the moment isn't it they going from scrum to line out back to scrum trying to find a way to just eat that little bit of space out they need well they've changed the call well it's interesting they had definitely called for the strum fron they've now changed their mind [Applause] and so back on comes the uh number five Adam Coleman he's replacing a back he's replacing deporter isn't he just to get an eight-man compliment up front and leave six in the backs rather than seven seven well you have a 62 on the subs and now you can have something even more than that on the pitch itself here we go here we go straight throw needed part one done safely in the hands of Paul gabag and they charge forward St FR up to the line they're over try given try given St fron they do at the end of the second half what they failed to do at the end of the first and Lucas peris Blanc scores again but this is not the end of it they have to convert and it is not the easiest kick but they've given themselves the chance wonderful play without an abolute boil over here I thought it was a little bit messy but St fron managed to keep enough control and charge over the line I thought bordo might have at least forced them a little bit wider thankfully for bordo they haven't come too far in and who would want to be jarus now well any kid who's ever dreamed of a fairy tale finish kicking a goal to win the match that's who wants to be there he has struck the ball well tonight and saying that down the sand he has hit the upright twice once with a drop goal and once with a place kick and even more pressure on this kick for a kicker when you've got all your teammates standing within your field division just over here on his left jorus sigon is hit the post twice but this to keep stad Fon season alive it's all on this will it go through it doesn't and Boro B qualify for the top cat's final for the first time in their history after three semifinal defeats in Top Cats in the last three years plus disappointment in the last four in the Champions Cup they have finally finally knock the semifinal wall [Applause] over history [Applause] made it was the toughest of kicks it was so close but joris zon hits the post again he's distraught Crest Fallen what a finish to the second semifinal as it ends stad fron 20 union Bordeaux beg 22 and it's Bordeaux against too in the top cats final next week in Mar [Applause] wow what a finish I've never heard a crowd Cher so loudly for a Mis kick you get plenty of that around the world home crowds cheering against opposition goal kickers but never this kind of a moment to see their team get through that semi-final