Luxembourg 50 - Ottignies 0

Weather: 6°. Sunny

Pitch: Average

Kickoff: 13:30

Spectators: 57

Ref: M. Oberst (*****)

Luxembourg:

Last Saturday, Luxembourg Cadets played at home Ottignies for Day 6 of Belgium Division 1. In the first 20 minutes, Luxembourg played the best rugby we have seen them playing this season and was rewarded with 5 tries and a bonus point in the pocket.
Ottignies never had the space or the time to play and these first minutes can be described at the rhythm of the Luxembourg tries:   After only 2 minutes in the game, Luxembourg won an opposition line out, the ball was quickly recycled to the backs and Robert Irons found a gap and scored in the corner. 4 minutes later, from a turn over at the breakdown, Eloy Genest got the ball on the wing, kicked to himself and had the speed to beat the defenders and score. Another 5 minutes and the ball ran all the back line to ending in a 2 vs 1 situation and Robert had only to score. Only 2 minutes passed and the same move had the same result with Robert scoring his hat trick of the afternoon. Finally on the 20^th minute, another fine work in the forwards, guaranteeing a ball that seemed lost, and excellent passes in the backs sent Julian Vercruysse into space to another try. Martin Pacaud converted 3 of the tries.

After this thunderous start, Luxembourg slowed down a bit and started to concede a few penalties. Ottignies finally had some space and time to play and took the game to Luxembourg 22m. It was time to defend and the team did it superbly. Although, obliged to give away some penalties, the team stood firmly near the try line and Ottignies was not able to score. Half time arrived with the score at 31-0.
Second half was less exciting with all the action happening far from the try lines and too many interruptions due to technical mistakes or penalties. Nevertheless, Luxembourg still managed to score 3 more tries. On the 41^st minute, Martin took advantage of an enormous gap in Ottignies defence and scored. 4 minutes later, Gauthier Lachaise managed a nice run and scored under the posts. Both  tries were converted by Martin. Finally, near the end,  Christian Olsen picked up the ball from the back of a 5-m scrum and scored unchallenged, for a final round score of 50-0.

Another good display from the Luxembourg Cadets which places them in a comfortable third position in the table. 

Man of the Match: Robert Irons