Castanet, Cahors and Chalon

Sunday, February 21, 2010
By winning against St. Etienne (30-16) in the last match of the qualifying phase, Rugby Nice Côte d'Azur have confirmed their 2nd place in Pool 3 and are already planning the second half of their season starting next Sunday at Castanet, a suburb of Toulouse.
Pool 2 which contains RNCA will be confirmed by the FFR, but we already know that it is composed of the following teams: Chalon-sur-Saone, Nice, Castanet and Cahors.
To qualify for the finals, Nice will have to finish in the top two after six games.
If Manu Boutet and Will Johnson's men kick off the play-off's with an away win, they will be in a strong position for the second phase. RNCA's performance against Saint-Etienne left a feeling of good things to come. Despite the lack of continuity, after more than a month without games, Nice showed great desire and cohesion with a dominant scrum and three tries.

Nice v Saint-Etienne : 30-16 (13-13)
Nice : 3 tries, Mezencev (21st): penality (46th), Boukanoucha (56th) ; 3 Conversions et 2 Penalities (12th, 33rd) McHugh ; 1 penalty (69th) Caminati.
Yellow card for Nice : Caminati (18th).
White card for Nice : Derrstroff (47th).
Nice : Caminati – Fa’atau, Benstaali, Mège (Kacharava, 52nd), Lapierre (Dramé, 58th) MacHugh (Lapierre, 58th), Chambon (Delmonte, 58th) – Moxham, Sainte-Croix (cap), Mezencev (J.Malavard, 68th) – Boukanoucha, Leduc (Derrstroff, 40th) – G.Hill (Langlade, 52nd), MacKie (Feldis, 52nd), Guarese (Canizares, 50th).
Coaches: M.Boutet, W.Johnson et N.Szezur.

The Jean-Prat Fixtures

28th February : Castanet –Nice
7th March : Cahors –Nice
27/28th mars : Nice-Chalon
10/11th April : Nice-Castanet
17/18th April : Nice-Cahors
2nd May: Chalon - Nice