Beziers 28 - 26 Valence

Full time

21 Feb 2025

Stage: Regular Season Round 21

Stade Raoul-Barriere

Beziers Herault narrowly defeated Valence Romans 28-26 in a thrilling encounter at Stade Raoul-Barriere. Samuel Marques opened the scoring for Beziers with an early penalty, but Valence responded quickly with a try from Owen Lane. Marques then converted a try from Otunuku Pauta, giving Beziers a brief lead. However, Lucas Meret's kicking kept Valence in touch, including a penalty and conversion after a try from Esteban Tercq. The second half saw Beziers extend their lead with a try from Nicolas Plazy, converted by Marques. Valence fought back with penalties from Meret, but were hampered by yellow cards. A late try from Victor Dreuille sealed the victory for Beziers despite a valiant effort from Valence.

Weather

Temperature: 12.0°C (Feels like 7.1°C) Condition: Cloudy Wind: 21.2 km/h, gusting to 35.9 km/h Humidity: 79% Cloud Cover: 98%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
5'

Penalty

Samuel Marques · Beziers

3 - 0
7'

Penalty

Lucas Meret · Valence

3 - 3
8'

Try

Owen Lane · Valence

3 - 8
9'

Conversion

Lucas Meret · Valence

3 - 10
17'

Yellow Card

Mathieu Guillomot · Valence
21'

Try

Otunuku Pauta · Beziers

8 - 10
22'

Conversion

Samuel Marques · Beziers

10 - 10
27'

Penalty

Lucas Meret · Valence

10 - 13
27'

Yellow Card Complete

Mathieu Guillomot · Valence
29'

Substitution

William Van Bost on for Otunuku Pauta · Beziers
36'

Try

Esteban Tercq · Valence

10 - 18
38'

Conversion

Lucas Meret · Valence

10 - 20
Halftime 10 - 20
Second Half
45'

Substitution

Damien Anon on for Tim Nanai-Williams · Beziers
48'

Try

Nicolas Plazy · Beziers

15 - 20
49'

Conversion

Samuel Marques · Beziers

17 - 20
53'

Penalty

Samuel Marques · Beziers

20 - 20
54'

Substitution

Ilia Spanderashvili on for Loan Real · Valence
54'

Substitution

Brice Humbert on for Dorian Marco-Pena · Valence
54'

Substitution

Otar Giorgadze on for Sven Bernat Girlando · Valence
58'

Penalty

Lucas Meret · Valence

20 - 23
58'

Substitution

Yahnis El Maslouhi on for Marco Trauth · Beziers
58'

Substitution

Yvann Lalevee on for Wilmar Arnoldi · Beziers
58'

Substitution

John Henry Fincham on for Yannick Arroyo · Beziers
58'

Substitution

Petero Mailulu on for Shahn Eru · Beziers
58'

Substitution

Enzo Bailly on for Vincent Vial · Valence
58'

Substitution

Nathan Huguen on for Yassine Maamry · Valence
62'

Substitution

Julien Royer on for Esteban Chouteau · Valence
65'

Yellow Card

Lucas Meret · Valence
65'

Substitution

Yassine Maamry on for Eloi Massot · Valence
65'

Substitution

Sven Bernat Girlando on for Otar Giorgadze · Valence
67'

Substitution

Victor Dreuille on for Gabin Lorre · Beziers
68'

Penalty

Samuel Marques · Beziers

23 - 23
71'

Penalty

Matteo Rodor · Valence

23 - 26
75'

Yellow Card

Owen Lane · Valence
75'

Yellow Card Complete

Lucas Meret · Valence
76'

Substitution

Watisoni Votu on for Nicolas Plazy · Beziers
85'

Yellow Card Complete

Owen Lane · Valence
88'

Try

Victor Dreuille · Beziers

28 - 26
Fulltime 28 - 26

Player ratings

Beziers

15 Gabin Lorre 7.6
14 Pierre Courtaud 6.3
13 Paul Recor 6.4
12 Taylor Gontineac 7.1
11 Nicolas Plazy 7.3
10 Tim Nanai-Williams 6.2
9 Samuel Marques 7.0
1 Marco Trauth 7.2
2 Wilmar Arnoldi 8.1
3 Yannick Arroyo 5.9
4 Cam Dodson 7.0
5 Shahn Eru 7.1
6 Baptiste Abescat 7.0
7 Gillian Benoy 8.0
8 Otunuku Pauta 7.4
16 Yvann Lalevee 7.0
17 Yahnis El Maslouhi 6.8
18 Petero Mailulu 5.9
19 William Van Bost 6.3
20 Damien Anon 6.3
21 Victor Dreuille 7.4
22 Watisoni Votu –
23 John Henry Fincham 6.5

Valence

15 George Worth 7.0
14 Owen Lane 5.8
13 Esteban Tercq 7.9
12 Mathieu Guillomot 5.5
11 Thomas Roziere 5.9
10 Lucas Meret 4.6
9 Matteo Rodor 6.2
1 Esteban Chouteau 6.6
2 Dorian Marco-Pena 6.5
3 Vincent Vial 6.7
4 Eloi Massot 6.7
5 Yassine Maamry 6.0
6 Adrien Roux 5.8
7 Loan Real 6.1
8 Sven Bernat Girlando 6.7
16 Brice Humbert 5.6
17 Julien Royer 6.2
18 Nathan Huguen 6.2
19 Otar Giorgadze 6.3
20 Paul Dumas –
21 Francesco Imberti –
22 Ilia Spanderashvili 6.2
23 Enzo Bailly 5.7