SARugbymag.co.za looks back at the South African players who featured for their respective clubs in the second round of the 2020-21 French Top 14 season.
– Cobus Reinach scored two tries as Montpellier beat Agen 42-13. Lock Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg started alongside Reinach, while compatriots Paul Willemse and Bismarck du Plessis were on the bench while Jeremy Jordaan played lock for Agen. This was Montpellier’s maiden win of the season.
Cobus Reinach v Agen 📊
8️⃣0️⃣ Minutes ⏰
4️⃣2️⃣ Passes 🖐
0️⃣6️⃣ Kicks 👟
0️⃣8️⃣ Carries 🏃
0️⃣3️⃣ Defenders beaten 🕺
0️⃣3️⃣ Clean breaks 💨
9️⃣1️⃣ Running Metres 🔥
0️⃣1️⃣ Try Assist 🅰️
0️⃣2️⃣ Tries 🏉 #SaffasAbroad | #TOP14 pic.twitter.com/PbO3rtj0PF— Jared Wright (@jaredwright17) October 19, 2020
– La Rochelle ran in seven tries in their 62-3 demolition of Castres. Wing Dillyn Leyds dotted down once to get his name on the scoresheet. Castres had prop Dan Kotze, lock Ryno Pieterse and scrumhalf Rory Kockott in their starting lineup.
– Pau outlasted Bordeaux 29-24 in an ill-disciplined match that produced four yellow cards and a red card. Lourens Adriaanse scrummed down in the front row for Pau, while lock Jandre Marais and hooker Joseph Dweba represented Bordeaux.
– Cheslin Kolbe and Toulouse continued to set the pace at the top of the table, as they registered a commanding 36-16 bonus-point win over Brive. Kolbe also scored yet another try that keeps him top of the try-scoring charts with five so far this season. Brive, featuring flank Retief Marais and lock Peet Marais, could only manage to go over for one try and the loss dropped them down to seventh in the standings.
Cheslin Kolbe scored again for Toulouse this weekend.
He played just 17 minutes after getting injured while scoring. #SaffasAbroad pic.twitter.com/8dlGmyqxiA
— Jared Wright (@jaredwright17) October 19, 2020
– Centre Sean Robinson was part of the Bayonne team that leaked 10 tries on their way to a 62-10 thrashing by Lyon, who jumped five spots from 10th up to fifth on the log.
– Stade Français, with lock Gerbrandt Grobler and scrumhalf James Hall, put up a great fight but ultimately succumbed to a 41-27 defeat by Clermont. Stade are now in 10th position and Clermont rose to fourth.
