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Bordeaux Bordeaux 34 - 29 Castres Castres

Full time

17 May 2025

Top 14

Stage: Regular Season Round 24

Stade Chaban-Delmas

Bordeaux vs Castres head to head

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Union Bordeaux-B猫gles secured a thrilling 34-29 victory over Castres Olympique in a closely contested Top 14 match. Castres opened the scoring early with tries from Arata and Babillot, both converted by Le Brun, giving them a 14-0 lead. Bordeaux responded emphatically with four tries in the first half, including a standout performance from Jalibert, who also added a penalty. A try from Zarantonello narrowed the gap for Castres, before Chabouni's late effort kept the pressure on Bordeaux. The home team faced a tense final minutes, especially after Depoortere received a yellow card. Castres fought valiantly but ultimately fell short as Bordeaux's solid defense held firm. This victory further solidified Bordeaux鈥檚 position in the league, continuing their strong form against Castres.

Broadcasters

Where to watch in: France, Ireland, United Kingdom

Weather

Temperature: 22.3°C (Feels like 23.8°C) Condition: Clear Wind: 7.2 km/h, gusting to 17.8 km/h Humidity: 41% Cloud Cover: 3%

Highlights

Events

  • Kickoff
  • 2'

    Try

    Santiago Arata 路 Castres

    0 - 5
  • 2'

    Conversion

    Louis Le Brun 路 Castres

    0 - 7
  • 13'

    Try

    Mathieu Babillot 路 Castres

    0 - 12
  • 13'

    Conversion

    Louis Le Brun 路 Castres

    0 - 14
  • 16'

    Try

    Romain Buros 路 Bordeaux

    5 - 14
  • 17'

    Conversion

    Matthieu Jalibert 路 Bordeaux

    7 - 14
  • 21'

    Try

    Maxime Lucu 路 Bordeaux

    12 - 14
  • 21'

    Conversion

    Matthieu Jalibert 路 Bordeaux

    14 - 14
  • 28'

    Penalty

    Matthieu Jalibert 路 Bordeaux

    17 - 14
  • 29'

    Try

    Louis Bielle-Biarrey 路 Bordeaux

    22 - 14
  • 35'

    Try

    Matthieu Jalibert 路 Bordeaux

    27 - 14
  • 36'

    Conversion

    Matthieu Jalibert 路 Bordeaux

    29 - 14
  • Halftime 29 - 14
  • Second Half
  • 44'

    Try

    Connor Sa 路 Bordeaux

    34 - 14
  • 46'

    Substitution

    Maxime Lamothe on for Connor Sa 路 Bordeaux

  • 46'

    Substitution

    Sipili Falatea on for Ben Tameifuna 路 Bordeaux

  • 46'

    Substitution

    Guido Petti on for Adam Coleman 路 Bordeaux

  • 53'

    Substitution

    Paul Jedrasiak on for Florent Vanverberghe 路 Castres

  • 53'

    Substitution

    Yoram Moefana on for Rohan Janse van Rensburg 路 Bordeaux

  • 53'

    Substitution

    Arthur Retiere on for Maxime Lucu 路 Bordeaux

  • 53'

    Substitution

    Joey Carbery on for Matthieu Jalibert 路 Bordeaux

  • 53'

    Substitution

    Nicolas Corato on for Will Collier 路 Castres

  • 53'

    Substitution

    Pete Samu on for Tevita Tatafu 路 Bordeaux

  • 53'

    Substitution

    Loris Zarantonello on for Gaetan Barlot 路 Castres

  • 53'

    Substitution

    Antoine Tichit on for Quentin Walcker 路 Castres

  • 53'

    Substitution

    Ugo Boniface on for Jefferson Poirot 路 Bordeaux

  • 53'

    Substitution

    Leone Nakarawa on for Tyler Ardron 路 Castres

  • 62'

    Try

    Loris Zarantonello 路 Castres

    34 - 19
  • 63'

    Substitution

    Baptiste Cope on for Baptiste Delaporte 路 Castres

  • 63'

    Substitution

    Julien Dumora on for Geoffrey Palis 路 Castres

  • 63'

    Substitution

    Jeremy Fernandez on for Santiago Arata 路 Castres

  • 63'

    Substitution

    Rohan Janse van Rensburg on for Pablo Uberti 路 Bordeaux

  • 69'

    Try

    Theo Chabouni 路 Castres

    34 - 24
  • 69'

    Conversion

    Louis Le Brun 路 Castres

    34 - 26
  • 69'

    Substitution

    Baptiste Delaporte on for Abraham Papali'i 路 Castres

  • 75'

    Penalty

    Jeremy Fernandez 路 Castres

    34 - 29
  • 81'

    Yellow Card

    Nicolas Depoortere 路 Bordeaux

  • Fulltime 34 - 29

Player ratings

Bordeaux
  • 15 Romain Buros 8.0
  • 14 Pablo Uberti 6.1
  • 13 Nicolas Depoortere 5.8
  • 12 Rohan Janse van Rensburg 6.7
  • 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey 8.0
  • 10 Matthieu Jalibert 7.5
  • 9 Maxime Lucu 7.2
  • 1 Jefferson Poirot 6.5
  • 2 Connor Sa 7.0
  • 3 Ben Tameifuna 6.7
  • 4 Jonny Gray 6.6
  • 5 Adam Coleman 6.3
  • 6 Mahamadou Diaby 6.4
  • 7 Temo Matiu 6.7
  • 8 Tevita Tatafu 7.7
  • 16 Maxime Lamothe 6.6
  • 17 Ugo Boniface 6.0
  • 18 Guido Petti 6.3
  • 19 Pete Samu 6.4
  • 20 Arthur Retiere 6.5
  • 21 Joey Carbery 6.4
  • 22 Yoram Moefana 6.6
  • 23 Sipili Falatea 6.5
Castres
  • 15 Theo Chabouni 7.9
  • 14 Geoffrey Palis 4.9
  • 13 Vilimoni Botitu 5.7
  • 12 Jack Goodhue 6.1
  • 11 Remy Baget 6.3
  • 10 Louis Le Brun 6.9
  • 9 Santiago Arata 7.8
  • 1 Quentin Walcker 5.3
  • 2 Gaetan Barlot 6.7
  • 3 Will Collier 5.2
  • 4 Tyler Ardron 6.4
  • 5 Florent Vanverberghe 5.6
  • 6 Mathieu Babillot 6.5
  • 7 Baptiste Delaporte 6.3
  • 8 Abraham Papali'i 7.5
  • 16 Loris Zarantonello 6.2
  • 17 Antoine Tichit 6.1
  • 18 Leone Nakarawa 6.0
  • 19 Paul Jedrasiak 5.7
  • 20 Baptiste Cope 6.1
  • 21 Jeremy Fernandez 6.1
  • 22 Julien Dumora 6.7
  • 23 Nicolas Corato 5.7