Nevers 21 - 19 Oyonnax

Full time

21 Feb 2025

Stage: Regular Season Round 21

Stade du Pre Fleuri

USON Nevers secured a narrow 21-19 victory against Oyonnax in a tightly contested match at Stade du Pre Fleuri. Chris William Smith opened the scoring for the visitors with three penalties, demonstrating his kicking prowess. Nevers responded emphatically with tries from Efi Ma'afu and Alivereti Loaloa, both converted by Shaun Reynolds, establishing a 14-9 lead. A penalty try awarded to Oyonnax brought them back into the game just before halftime, leaving the score at 14-16. In the second half, Nevers regained control with a try from Hugo Bouyssou and another conversion from Reynolds. The match remained intense as Oyonnax fought back, but they fell just short despite a late penalty from Smith. Nevers' disciplined play and effective kicking ultimately secured their hard-fought victory.

Weather

Temperature: 13.4°C (Feels like 10.0°C) Condition: MostlyCloudy Wind: 15.1 km/h, gusting to 33.8 km/h Humidity: 66% Cloud Cover: 86%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
3'

Substitution

Alivereti Loaloa on for Noa Pommelet · Nevers
4'

Penalty

Chris William Smith · Oyonnax

0 - 3
10'

Penalty

Chris William Smith · Oyonnax

0 - 6
20'

Try

Efi Ma'afu · Nevers

5 - 6
21'

Conversion

Shaun Reynolds · Nevers

7 - 6
23'

Try

Alivereti Loaloa · Nevers

12 - 6
25'

Conversion

Shaun Reynolds · Nevers

14 - 6
30'

Penalty

Chris William Smith · Oyonnax

14 - 9
34'

Yellow Card

Jason-Colin Fraser · Nevers
34'

Penalty Try

No Player · Oyonnax

14 - 16
40'

Substitution

Lasha Pkhakadze on for Cleopas Kundiona · Nevers
40'

Substitution

Teddy Durand on for Benjamin Geledan · Oyonnax
Halftime 14 - 16
Second Half
44'

Yellow Card Complete

Jason-Colin Fraser · Nevers
47'

Substitution

Thibault Berthaud on for Paulo Tafili · Oyonnax
47'

Substitution

Oli Kebble on for Adrien Bordenave · Oyonnax
47'

Substitution

Victor Lebas on for Manuel Leindekar · Oyonnax
50'

Substitution

Louis Chanet on for Aitor Kitutu-Mbombo · Nevers
54'

Substitution

Kevin Kornath on for Loic Godener · Oyonnax
59'

Substitution

Maxime Salles on for Karim Qadiri · Oyonnax
61'

Substitution

Julien Kazubek on for Steven David · Nevers
62'

Try

Hugo Bouyssou · Nevers

19 - 16
63'

Conversion

Shaun Reynolds · Nevers

21 - 16
64'

Substitution

Vasil Lobzhanidze on for Jonathan Ruru · Oyonnax
66'

Substitution

Jean-Maxence Jules Rosette on for Efi Ma'afu · Nevers
67'

Substitution

Justin Bouraux on for Kevin Lebreton · Oyonnax
68'

Substitution

Loic Godener on for Wandrille Picault · Oyonnax
73'

Substitution

Wesley Lindor on for Chris Gabriel · Nevers
73'

Substitution

Yohan Le Bourhis on for Perry Mayo · Nevers
75'

Penalty

Chris William Smith · Oyonnax

21 - 19
79'

Substitution

Perry Mayo on for Shaun Reynolds · Nevers
Fulltime 21 - 19

Player ratings

Nevers

15 Perry Mayo 7.3
14 Johan Georg Wasserman 6.6
13 Rudy Derrieux 6.5
12 Noa Pommelet –
11 Arthur Mathiron 8.7
10 Shaun Reynolds 6.1
9 Hugo Bouyssou 7.4
1 Aitor Kitutu-Mbombo 6.0
2 Efi Ma'afu 7.8
3 Cleopas Kundiona 6.2
4 Ugo Vignolles 6.5
5 Chris Gabriel 7.4
6 Luka Plataret 7.3
7 Steven David 6.6
8 Jason-Colin Fraser 5.3
16 Jean-Maxence Jules Rosette 6.5
17 Louis Chanet 6.7
18 Wesley Lindor –
19 Julien Kazubek 6.0
20 Simon Tarel –
21 Yohan Le Bourhis –
22 Alivereti Loaloa 8.4
23 Lasha Pkhakadze 6.3

Oyonnax

15 Darren Sweetnam 5.8
14 Gavin Stark 6.8
13 Kevin Lebreton 5.7
12 Lucas Mensa 5.9
11 Karim Qadiri 5.9
10 Chris William Smith 6.4
9 Jonathan Ruru 7.1
1 Adrien Bordenave 5.4
2 Benjamin Geledan 5.9
3 Paulo Tafili 6.4
4 Manuel Leindekar 5.9
5 Hugo Fabregue 5.6
6 Wandrille Picault 6.6
7 Hugo Hermet 6.9
8 Loic Godener 7.4
16 Teddy Durand 6.4
17 Oli Kebble 6.1
18 Victor Lebas 6.2
19 Kevin Kornath 5.5
20 Vasil Lobzhanidze 5.7
21 Justin Bouraux 5.8
22 Maxime Salles 5.9
23 Thibault Berthaud 5.8