Valence 23 - 27 Provence

Full time

18 Sep 2026

Stage: Regular Season Round 4

Stade Georges-Pompidou

Provence Rugby edged Valence Romans 27-23 in a tense Pro D2 clash. Valence started strong with a penalty from Meret, but Provence quickly responded with penalties from Salles. A try by Finau extended Provence's lead to 13-3 before Valence's Marsan scored to bring them back into contention. The teams went into halftime tied at 13-13 after a late penalty from Rodor. In the second half, Tui's try put Provence ahead again, but Valence's Guillomot leveled the match. Rodor then added another penalty, giving Valence a brief lead. However, Julien’s try and Salles' conversion secured the victory for Provence in a thrilling finish.

Weather

Temperature: 23.2°C (Feels like 20.6°C) Condition: PartlyCloudy Wind: 20.6 km/h, gusting to 38.8 km/h Humidity: 44% Cloud Cover: 48%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
1'

Penalty

Lucas Meret · Valence

3 - 0
5'

Penalty

Thomas Salles · Provence

3 - 3
12'

Penalty

Thomas Salles · Provence

3 - 6
14'

Yellow Card

Leo Drouet · Provence
19'

Substitution

Thomas Lhusero on for Lucas Meret · Valence
23'

Try

Inga Finau · Provence

3 - 11
24'

Conversion

Thomas Salles · Provence

3 - 13
24'

Yellow Card Complete

Leo Drouet · Provence
33'

Try

Paul Marsan · Valence

8 - 13
34'

Conversion

Matteo Rodor · Valence

10 - 13
38'

Penalty

Matteo Rodor · Valence

13 - 13
Halftime 13 - 13
Second Half
42'

Substitution

Lino Julien on for Andrea Pontanier · Provence
42'

Substitution

Romain Latterrade on for Vincent Giudicelli · Provence
42'

Substitution

Aurelien Azar on for Pascal Cotet · Provence
42'

Substitution

Tyler Ardron on for Charly Gambini · Provence
47'

Substitution

Anthony Aleo on for Marco Trauth · Valence
47'

Substitution

Vincent Vial on for Gareth Milasinovich · Valence
47'

Substitution

Sacha Idoumi on for Dorian Marco-Pena · Valence
52'

Substitution

Marco Tauleigne on for Hugo Fabregue · Valence
52'

Substitution

Hugo Descube on for Ilia Spanderashvili · Valence
55'

Try

Sione Tui · Provence

13 - 18
56'

Conversion

Thomas Salles · Provence

13 - 20
58'

Try

Mathieu Guillomot · Valence

20 - 20
58'

Conversion

Matteo Rodor · Valence

15 - 20
60'

Substitution

Thibaut Martel on for Yannick Youyoutte · Provence
62'

Penalty

Matteo Rodor · Valence

23 - 20
64'

Substitution

Matthieu Vachon on for Loan Real · Valence
66'

Try

Lino Julien · Provence

23 - 25
67'

Conversion

Thomas Salles · Provence

23 - 27
67'

Substitution

Thomas Zenon on for Mathieu Guillomot · Valence
69'

Substitution

Baptiste Lenoir on for Setareki Bituniyata · Provence
76'

Substitution

Etonia Waqa on for Izack Rodda · Provence
Fulltime 23 - 27

Player ratings

Valence

15 Thomas Roziere 6.0
14 Paul Marsan 7.7
13 Joris Dupont 6.6
12 Mathieu Guillomot 7.0
11 Calum Randle 6.6
10 Lucas Meret 5.9
9 Matteo Rodor 8.4
1 Marco Trauth 6.2
2 Dorian Marco-Pena 7.4
3 Gareth Milasinovich 6.0
4 Louis Suaud 7.3
5 Hugo Fabregue 6.1
6 Axel Bruchet 7.1
7 Ilia Spanderashvili 6.7
8 Loan Real 6.6
16 Sacha Idoumi 5.8
17 Anthony Aleo 6.6
18 Hugo Descube 5.9
19 Marco Tauleigne 6.5
20 Thomas Lhusero 7.4
21 Thomas Zenon 5.8
22 Matthieu Vachon 6.2
23 Vincent Vial 5.9

Provence

15 Manuel Vareiro 7.1
14 Sione Tui 8.0
13 Setareki Bituniyata 7.9
12 Inga Finau 7.1
11 Leo Drouet 5.4
10 Thomas Salles 7.0
9 Arthur Coville 7.5
1 Andrea Pontanier 7.1
2 Vincent Giudicelli 7.3
3 Pascal Cotet 6.1
4 Andres Zafra 6.9
5 Izack Rodda 6.9
6 Yannick Youyoutte 7.1
7 Charly Gambini 6.4
8 Tornike Jalagonia 8.6
16 Romain Latterrade 7.3
17 Lino Julien 7.5
18 Thibaut Martel 6.6
19 Etonia Waqa –
20 Tyler Ardron 7.1
21 Joris Cazenave –
22 Baptiste Lenoir 6.5
23 Aurelien Azar 5.8