Nice succeed at Tournefeuille

Monday, January 18, 2010
By winning in Tournefeuille, 18 to 3, Nice have reacted well following their home deafeat against Béziers (12-18), and have now qualified for the Jean Prat play-offs even though they still have two games to play (in Monteux and next Sunday and St. Etienne at the Stade des Arboras on February 14). Tournefeuille who are 5th with 21 points and Romans 6th with 20 points can no longer catch Rugby Nice Côte d''Azur in the table.
The first goal of the season has already been reached for Nice, all that is left is to consolidate 2nd place behind Beziers. The game against Tournefeuille this weekend confirmed RNCA''s capabilities as the opposition were skilled and playing conditions difficult. Players who came on from the Nice bench made all the difference in the second half scoring two tries. The first by Julien Caminati, who again showed he is a great talent, the second through the young Jeremy Malavard in the dying moments of the match.

Tournefeuille,
TOURNEFEUILLE – NICE : 3-18 (3-3)
Referee: M.Gabaldon (Languedoc)
Nice : 2 tries, Caminati (65th) et J.Malavard (80th) ; 2 penalities (22nd, 42nd) et 1 conversion (80th), Caminati.
Tournefeuille : 1 penality (11th) Caussimont.
Yellow cards : Boukanoucha (Nice) et Garaud (Tournefeuille) à la 62th
Nice team : Caminati – Dramé, Ngawini, Mège (Keil, 48th), Lapierre (A.Malavard, 65th) – (o) MacHugh, (m) Delmonte (Chambon, 53rd) – Sainte-Croix, Herrera (J.Malavard, 62nd), Mezencev – Beattie, Boukanoucha (Derstroff, 72nd) – Traversa (Langlade, 53rd), Feldis (MacKie, 53rd), Guarese (Canizares, 62nd). Entraîneurs : M.Boutet, W.Johnson et N.Szezur.