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- 15/01/2006 14:39
Perpignan’s rugged 21-3 win over the Cardiff Blues in Wales puts them in the box-seat for a play-off berth.
They finish the Pool Stage at home to Calvisano and it would take a brave man to bet that the French heavyweights don’t get five points from that match.
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- 15/01/2006 14:39
Perpignan secured a bonus-point win at home to Calvisano, but failed to score enough tries to get a home quarter-final in the Heineken Cup.
The French heavyweights needed nine tries at Stade Aime Giral to sneak past Munster in the last-eight rankings, but managed only six against the Italians in front of 11,500 fans. The win was enough for Perpignan to top Pool 2, but the club’s plans to hold a quarter-final in Barcelona’s Olympic Stadium were dashed by Calvisano’s second-half comeback.
Young backs Mathieu Bourret and David Marty bagged tries as Perpignan threw the ball wide from the opening whistle, and flanker Bernard Goutta added a third as Calvisano scrum-half Pablo Canavosio found himself in the sin-bin.
Right winger Christophe Manas secured the bonus point on the half-hour mark and Perpignan took a 31-0 lead into the halftime break.
Replacement fullback Frederic Cermeno kept his side on track with a try early in the second spell, but Calvisano dug deep and kept the home side try-less until Manas scored his second try in the last move of the match.
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