[Music] welcome to a brand new season in proder fans from every corner of France turning out in color and noise full of fresh hope although those feelings were tempered by immense sadness after the tragic loss of medy Nasi aren's rising star who lost his life tragically when representing France's under 18s on their tour to South Africa it was a powerful show of love and respect around the grounds on this opening day including at the stads amid Domin where promotion hopefuls breath entertained last year top 14 basement Club ox and it was a French league debut for former England Captain Courtney laws at lock for his new side but it was ox's engine room that exerted its dominance in those early [Music] moments scrum coach vanon debati looking on as his charges put the squeeze on Brie loose head prop antoan Abraham getting the edge over Marcel vaner murver with Zack Holmes breaking the deadlock the set piece was very influential in this one but Brie flipped the script and responded in [Music] kind and after a scrum penalty their fly half Kerwin Bosch leveled things up and added a second a couple of minutes later by now the scrummaging pitch was taking shape and after more sustained pressure from the men in whites it was oa's loose head Abraham who was given a yellow card for repeated infringements Bree sense blood in the water and double down on their power game Ming their way to the line with Lucas to Silva going over for the score that was a statement set piece from aside many expect to be in the mix come the business end Five Points down at the break and Ox responded breath with the go forward at the scrum but achieved through illegal means according to the referee Ox winning the scrum penalty once again and once again Zack Holmes closing the Gap this time to Five Points which would become twoo soon afterwards a tight tense encounter that busted open decisively though on 62 minutes when it was an intelligent nudge through from 20-year-old Winger matis Fetti they gave Leo carbonel the chance to beat his man to the ball and to pounce to score the try setting up an unassailable lead ceiling breathes Victory and Courtney laws and his new teammate with an important win to start the season ox's next opponents will be NZ who began their season at home to Grano a side which came so close to promotion just two months ago and it was gbl's namibian Wing gerswin muton who broke through and after some slick hands let in inside Center Julian to score the opening try of the game on 8 minutes Nez clawed their way back through the boots and took the lead after their attacking prowess was showcased with another diminutive 20-year-old Winger this time Gavin Rocher crossing the whitewash with 30 minutes played grobler made it a one-point game at the break hooker Rossi breaking clear and Wilfred hello going over just before halftime time a much cier second half grobler extending their lead through the boot of Welsh International Sam Davis nine points from penalties before a drop goal made it 26 points to 13 such that a ma try from NZ turned out to be little more than consolation an eight point Gap maintained by grobler who saw out a solid [Applause] [Music] win George North could only watch on from the stands as X and provance welcomed aen to the St Maurice David [Music] it was a peach of a tried which opened the score in X moving wide early on ball eventually reaching etu Balu who fended off the defender and offloaded to Leo Ru who took first blood for the many black brace of penalties kept aren in contention before X scored their second of the night a beautiful nudge off the outside of Jean melan Ban's right boot sitting up perfectly for Adrienne leeg cracking try aen were getting bettered out wide so they hit back through the Middle with first John [Music] Madigan and then fellow lock Evan Olstead turning the game on his head with half an hour to [Music] [Applause] play but with time running out it was veteran 41-year-old Jimmy goer who wriggled his way over the line and it was his conversion that was to be the final score in a tense tussle [Applause] Mond Maran and colia meanwhile were two of the mid-table finishes in last season's competition and would prove hard to separate in this season opener [Music] colia power game allowed hooker Thomas lario to score the team's first try of the [Music] season but far from keep the pressure on it was a questionable goal line Dropout which coughed up [Music] possession and from the resulting penalty allowed M Maran to initially try and hit narrow and then eventually go wide in pinballing fashion the ball somehow and rather fortuitously finding space and finding the way to the line the lead for mondar Sam was extended by fly half villy [Music] dupy colier 11 points down put scrum pressure on and gave themselves the opportunity for three points wackin Dava doing the honors and went after a quick tap penalty the fullback was able to get possession of the ball just inside his own half and broke a dummy and finish and Dela with the conversion put his team within a point a t 10 minutes in the rain but the comeback from colier was complete through a crucial scrum penalty DEA scored the points that put them in the lead and they held on for an encouraging victory that will give Colombia hope of pushing towards the playoffs this [Music] year a disappointing finish at home for M Mara [Music] Santage no no [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] vol [Music] [Applause] [Music] no no [Applause] no bless [Applause] maximum degree from the me [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] conditions were good in orak a late summers's evening the backdrop for a seven TR ding-dong against soyu Ang galm and it was the visitors with the first try courtesy of well courtesy of a dummy a step a break support and ultimately the speed and finish of 19-year-old scrum half Lucas Samora an electric opening score soang Galen play with a freedom a willingness to take chances and to get the ball into the wide channels and it was another attack from inside their own half with the ball going wide they saw them break and ultimately score through right winger matis gratier who was on the spot to do down this actually served to wake orak up and propel them back into the lead solid scrum as Foundation a narrow attack initially opening up the space out wide simple hands and a stroll in for the fullback soang galm attempted to go for the mall but with penalty Advantage once more took advantage of the space on The Blind Side and right winger Mattis gratian got his second try of the game or rea strength really was their power game and with the lead Changing Hands again and again the home crowd ecstatic to see this driving allall go [Applause] over but fortune favors the brave and soyu Ang galm with their intent to get the ball through the hands and a brilliant line into space saw matis grang score his hatch trick try 24 points a piece and with time running out and after a dink over the top it was a barnstorming break from Young back row Samuel Nole and from that break Adrienne ba was able to roll his way through the tackle to score the points and win the game for angem 31 points to 24 the final score [Applause] and Johnny may just like his former fellow England veteran courtly law starts his new season in a new league for his new club with a win and the full Five Points as well bezier snuck through against newly promoted stad in one of four away victories in the opening weekend and the average margin of Victory across the eight games just five and a half points suggesting this year's competition could be as exciting maybe more so than ever [Music] thank you very much for watching this is fiuk rugby your home of French rugby in the UK and around the world so give that video a thumbs up to help spread the word hit subscribe and see you on the next one