He rugby Buenos Aires experienced its maximum crossing this Saturday, and in its maximum setting, the Cathedral. The 11th date of the Top 14 offered the unmatched ALMOST vs. SICwhich this time ended in a celebration of San Isidro Club. The Zanjero team won by 26 to 23 with a conquest in the last action of the gamea try by Tomás Meyrellesconverted by Agustín Sascaro.
The action rewarded a patient and very well executed search by SIC, who took possession of the ball at 39 minutes and 19 seconds, by throwing it in a scrum caused by a twisted ball in the previous line-out favorable to Atlético, and concluded with Meyrelles supporting it to the 44 minutes and 19 seconds near the left tip of the attack. Thus the third row crowned a succession of countless rucks, interrupted only by a pass with his foot to the in-goal, failed but carried out with a penalty advantage. For exactly five minutes the tricolor team did not lose the ball. Not a knock-on, not a bad pass.
With that conquest, the visitor already took the lead, by one point (24-23), and not many of the visiting players paid attention to Sascaro’s long kick: except for the back, everyone was celebrating one of those successes that go down in history and whose celebrations last for long hours.
Perhaps the happiest is Meyrelles himself, who once again scored a try against the archrival, almost a custom on his part in the superclassics. In particular, this chapter did not come easy for SIC, which was dominated territorially and fell into indiscipline: in the first half there was a expulsion for 20 minutes to Santos Rubio and one reprimand to Manuel Curuchagaand in the second he received the yellow card Benjamín Chiappe. Something to be expected in a close match like this one, in which academics and zanjeros sparked disputes, although without gross overflows.
Compact of ALMOST 23 vs. SIC 26
Of course there were six more games that day. The top two in the tournament table Buenos Aires Rugby Union they won with bonus. Hindu He did so, however, in a compromise in which he did not have much left over: the leader prevailed by 38-29 on the court The Silver. The guard played nearby, Newmanwhich triumphed much more comfortably: it dealt him a 41-11 to The Linden Trees.
Also in foreign fields, Alumni confirmed his recovery in the contest, with a 38-23 in Rosario, where SIC had fallen two days ago, and consolidated itself as the main pursuer of the top four, who a couple of weeks ago were practically together in the positions. It is also picking up Belgranowho again had a generous offensive: he scored 41 so many on the court CUBAwhich marked 36and between them they put together the most prolific match of the date, with 77 points.
In the other matches of the day, Bella Vista Regattas surpassed as a local, for 23-13to Champagnatwhich does not come out of the bottom, and Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby defeated as a visitor The Matreros by 36 to 26.
