At the end of a tough and suffocating match, Montpellier overcame UBB to offer themselves a new Top 14 final after 2011 and 2018. The MHR joined Castres for a remake of the final four years ago. year.
Winning Drops
The Bordelais opened the scoring in the fifth minute thanks to a penalty from Lucu (0-3). In the next minute, Montpellier responded with a magnificent try from Vincent Rattez (6′, 7-3).
Two drops from Garbisi (13′, 10-3) and Bouthier (40′, 16-10) allowed Montpellier to keep control while Jalibert put Christophe Urios’ men back on the right track with a try (16′ , 10-10).
Aprasidze completes UBB
A tasteless second half allowed Montpellier to maintain their lead. Gela Aprasidze passed a monumental penalty from 55 meters to increase the score (70 ‘, 16-10) for the first points of the second period ten minutes from time. The Georgian, from another penalty more than 50 meters away, killed the suspense two minutes from the end (19-10).