Bayonne beat Bordeaux in Challenge Cup

Bayonne comfortably beat their Amlin Challenge Cup Pool 3 opponents Bordeaux-Begles 20-3 on Thursday evening.

Bayonne opened their Amlin Challenge Cup account with victory over Rovgio last weekend and backed it up with this impressive victory at Stade Jean Dauger.

Fly-half Benjamin Boyet opened his side’s account on three minutes with a penalty, which was then followed up with a second from full-back Sylvain Bouillon.

The hosts were awarded a penalty try on 22 minutes and Bouillon’s conversion gave them a 13 v 0 lead at the break.

Camille Lopez kicked Bordeaux’s only points just after the interval with a penalty of his own, but Bayonne rounded off the scoring with Dwayne Haare touching down.

Final Score Bayonne 20 (13) Bordeaux-Begles 3 (0)

Scorers

Bayonne
Tries: Haare
Penalties: Bouillon 2
Conversions: Bouillon 2

Bordeaux
Penalties: Lopez

Referee: James Jones (Wales)

Teams

Bayonne: S Bouillon; S Gerber, T Lacroix, L Mazars, J Rokocoko; B Boyet, M Phillips; P Lafond, D Roumieu, R Boyoud, R Linde, A Boutaty, D Haare, J Puricelli, M Baget [capt]

Replacements: V Manukula, N Tialata, A Iguiniz, S Lauaki, C Garcia, C Heymans, C Lagain, T Flavell

Bordeaux-Begles: L Ferreres [capt], T Brana, A Mailei, J Rey, B Connor, C Lopez, H Adams, H Forbes, B Bethery, A Neveu, A Chauveau, F Tisseau, C Ternisien, L Madaule, H Chalmers

Replacements: O Avei, J Turini, S Florea, A Jaulhac, M Clarkin, M Saubusse, N Sanchez, M Denetre

With thanks to ERCRugby.