Watch Damian Penaud embarrass sloppy France team-mate Gregory Alldritt with opportunistic strive

Damian Penaud embarrassed his France teammate Gregory Alldritt with a strive her scored for membership Bordeaux on Saturday.

Bordeaux turned over the ball of their half of the pitch and gained a penalty. They determined to faucet it and kick upfield with Penaud charging after the ball. It landed within the in-goal space and La Rochelle’s Alldritt made it to the ball earlier than Penaud. Nevertheless, he didn’t kick it out of play or decide it up.

Learn extra: La Rochelle play-off hopes unsure

Penaud didn’t cease his run and he dove to the touch the ball down to attain.

The strive was harking back to Rob Howley’s strive within the 2004 Cup closing the place Wasps gained the trophy. Howley kicked a grubber by means of and Toulouse’s Clement Poitrenaud took too lengthy to take care of the ball and Howley dotted down.

La Rochelle’s head coach Ronan O’Gara appeared to reference Alldritt’s incident in his post-match press convention.

“Had been have been punished by sure gamers who’ve essential obligations on this crew, I cannot give names,” he stated.

Bordeaux gained the sport 34-14 and it has seen La Rochelle’s prospects of creating the High 14 play-off spots. They’re at present in sixth however face two onerous opponents of their closing common season video games in Toulouse and Racing 92.

La Rochelle are at present on 56 factors however a attainable six golf equipment may supplant them within the play-off spot.

Within the French league golf equipment have to complete within the prime six to make the play-offs. The groups from third to 6 then play each other with the winners taking over the groups who completed first and second. The victors in that sport then go head-to-head within the closing.

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