Castres Olympique vs USA Perpignan

France - Top 14

Castres Olympique

13-17

Finished

USA Perpignan

Santiago ArataTRY

5 : 0

Pierre PopelinCON

7 : 0

16'

Pierre PopelinPEN

10 : 0

23'

Baptiste DelaporteTyler Ardron

10 : 5

26'

Mathieu AcebesTRY

10 : 7

27'

Tommy AllanCON

34'

Tommy AllanPEN

46'

Antoine TichitWayan De Benedittis

47'

Xavier ChiocciYellow

49'

Posolo TuilagiMathieu Tanguy

49'

Pietro CeccarelliNemo Roelofse

49'

Sacha LotrianLucas Bachelier

51'

Levan ChilachavaWilfrid Hounkpatin

54'

Louis Le BrunPierre Popelin

55'

Vakhtang JintcharadzeSeilala Lam

56'

Leone NakarawaFlorent Vanverberghe

58'

Jeronimo De La FuenteYellow

63'

Geoffrey PalisFilipo Nakosi

63'

Jeremy FernandezSantiago Arata

63'

Pierre PopelinLouis Le Brun

65'

Pierre PopelinPEN

13 : 10

66'

Loris ZarantonelloGaetan Barlot

72'

Xavier ChiocciSacha Lotrian

72'

Seilala LamVakhtang Jintcharadze

77'

Florent VanverbergheAbraham Papali’i

13 : 15

80'

Tavite VeredamuTRY

13 : 17

80'

Tommy AllanCON

Venue Guide
Stadium	Stade Pierre Fabre
City	Rue de Bisseous
Capacity	12500

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