Castres 32 - 13 Vannes

Full time

19 Apr 2025

Stage: Regular Season Round 21

Stade Pierre Fabre

Castres Olympique secured a convincing 32-13 victory over RC Vannes at Stade Pierre Fabre. The home side opened the scoring with a try from Vanverberghe, followed by a successful conversion from Fernandez. Despite two penalties from Lafage, Vannes struggled to keep pace as Castres extended their lead with tries from Delaporte and Le Brun. Vannes received a yellow card for Kalamafoni just before halftime, which hampered their performance in the second half. Fernandez continued to shine, adding a penalty before Botitu sealed the match with the fifth try. Vannes managed to score through Beziat, but it was too little, too late. Overall, Castres demonstrated dominance in both attack and defense, avenging their previous defeat to Vannes.

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Weather

Temperature: 13.3°C (Feels like 8.9°C) Condition: HeavyRain Wind: 16.7 km/h, gusting to 72.9 km/h Humidity: 82% Cloud Cover: 97%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
7'

Penalty

Maxime Lafage · Vannes

0 - 3
24'

Try

Florent Vanverberghe · Castres

5 - 3
25'

Conversion

Jeremy Fernandez · Castres

7 - 3
30'

Penalty

Maxime Lafage · Vannes

7 - 6
Halftime 7 - 6
Second Half
44'

Try

Baptiste Delaporte · Castres

12 - 6
44'

Substitution

Leone Nakarawa on for Florent Vanverberghe · Castres
45'

Yellow Card

Sione Kalamafoni · Vannes
45'

Conversion

Jeremy Fernandez · Castres

14 - 6
48'

Substitution

Levan Chilachava on for Nicolas Corato · Castres
48'

Substitution

Quentin Walcker on for Antoine Tichit · Castres
52'

Substitution

Robin Taccola on for Filipo Nakosi · Vannes
52'

Substitution

Matthieu Uhila on for Simon Augry · Vannes
52'

Substitution

Timothe Mezou on for Fabrice Metz · Vannes
52'

Substitution

Phil Kite on for Thomas Moukoro · Vannes
52'

Substitution

Hugo Djehi on for Cyril Blanchard · Vannes
54'

Try

Louis Le Brun · Castres

19 - 6
55'

Yellow Card Complete

Sione Kalamafoni · Vannes
59'

Penalty

Jeremy Fernandez · Castres

22 - 6
60'

Substitution

Nathanael Hulleu on for Christian Ambadiang · Castres
62'

Substitution

Mathieu Babillot on for Baptiste Cope · Castres
63'

Try

Theo Beziat · Vannes

22 - 11
64'

Conversion

Maxime Lafage · Vannes

22 - 13
65'

Try

Vilimoni Botitu · Castres

27 - 13
65'

Substitution

Filipo Nakosi on for Tani Vili · Vannes
66'

Conversion

Jeremy Fernandez · Castres

29 - 13
66'

Substitution

Pierre Colonna on for Gaetan Barlot · Castres
68'

Substitution

Santiago Arata on for Jeremy Fernandez · Castres
68'

Substitution

Julien Dumora on for Remy Baget · Castres
69'

Substitution

Simon Augry on for Sione Kalamafoni · Vannes
69'

Substitution

Thibault Debaes on for Maxime Lafage · Vannes
69'

Substitution

Leon Boulier on for Joe Edwards · Vannes
73'

Substitution

Baptiste Cope on for Abraham Papali'i · Castres
79'

Yellow Card

Stephen Varney · Vannes
80'

Penalty

Louis Le Brun · Castres

32 - 13
Fulltime 32 - 13

Player ratings

Castres

15 Theo Chabouni 5.6
14 Christian Ambadiang 6.6
13 Vilimoni Botitu 8.1
12 Jack Goodhue 7.6
11 Remy Baget 6.5
10 Louis Le Brun 8.0
9 Jeremy Fernandez 6.1
1 Antoine Tichit 6.7
2 Gaetan Barlot 7.4
3 Nicolas Corato 6.5
4 Gauthier Maravat 6.9
5 Florent Vanverberghe 6.9
6 Baptiste Delaporte 7.1
7 Baptiste Cope 6.4
8 Abraham Papali'i 8.4
16 Pierre Colonna 6.0
17 Quentin Walcker 5.8
18 Leone Nakarawa 6.5
19 Mathieu Babillot 6.2
20 Santiago Arata 6.9
21 Julien Dumora 6.3
22 Nathanael Hulleu 5.9
23 Levan Chilachava 6.0

Vannes

15 Paul Surano 5.4
14 Romaric Camou 6.0
13 Pierre Boudehent 5.4
12 Tani Vili 6.4
11 Filipo Nakosi 5.6
10 Maxime Lafage 5.9
9 Stephen Varney 4.3
1 Thomas Moukoro 6.1
2 Cyril Blanchard 6.2
3 Santiago Medrano 6.7
4 Joe Edwards 5.9
5 Fabrice Metz 5.6
6 Simon Augry 6.4
7 Francisco Gorrissen 6.9
8 Sione Kalamafoni 4.8
16 Theo Beziat –
17 Hugo Djehi 5.4
18 Timothe Mezou 5.6
19 Matthieu Uhila 5.9
20 Leon Boulier 6.0
21 Thibault Debaes 5.8
22 Robin Taccola 5.6
23 Phil Kite 5.9