This second return leg of the Indre derby which took place in front of half a thousand spectators will not go down in history. The rugby players of Issoudun at the end of a more than average match came to win the victory which had been fleeing them for 13 years!
“Issoudun had not won on the Racc lawn since 2009” Joachim Robert, captain of Issoudun
“Congratulations to this great team from Châteauroux who played with their weapons and really put us in difficulty. Afterwards we impose ourselves because we have a much larger squad than them. It was a committed match, sometimes too much, and not very spectacular in the first half but hey we take four points we are not going to spit on it and also Issoudun had not won on the RACC lawn since 2009.”
3 red cards at half-time including two for the RACC!
At the end of the first forty minutes marked by an injured side Issoldunois Touleron evacuated by the firefighters of Châteauroux the two teams return to the locker room with two penalties on each side and especially three red cards including two for the RACC following scuffles, which often happen during of a derby.
Issoudun scored two tries in the second half
Issoudun will finally logically make the difference during the second half thanks to a more extensive bench and also to two tries from Fernandez, transformed by Ducros. Issoudun therefore won 25 to 13 after a small derby. But the players of David Ligot, the Issoldunois coach, thanks to four additional points acquired during this late match, regain control of this group 16. The objective now for Issoudun and to go to the play-offs and why not play the accession in federal 2. But it must be admitted, the road is still long and strewn with pitfalls.