Sale add to Biarritz misery <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSyOoTJPWF7jXawEZstJvGmvkQ9pJCx1dJ6FBraEneZ1rq_55w5F0Uh-iDbQQEOXSToocMDeYPSPyA1xnOYSorfn51yHJIMAlFyU1rItLRg9B2wCstAUUJ6cE44rH1xbEFH2SmxrC-ycg/s1600/Sale+add+to+Biarritz+misery.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSyOoTJPWF7jXawEZstJvGmvkQ9pJCx1dJ6FBraEneZ1rq_55w5F0Uh-iDbQQEOXSToocMDeYPSPyA1xnOYSorfn51yHJIMAlFyU1rItLRg9B2wCstAUUJ6cE44rH1xbEFH2SmxrC-ycg/s400/Sale+add+to+Biarritz+misery.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <b><br /></b> <b>Paris: Sale piled on the misery for misfiring Biarritz with a 33-10 win on the opening night of the European Challenge Cup season on Thursday.<span id="more-288569"></span> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Biarritz, the champions in the continent’s second-tier competition in 2012, conceded two penalty tries to the English side with Russian lock Andrei Ostrikov adding the third try.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> South African prop Eugene van Staden scored the only try for Biarritz who went into the match having lost eight of their nine French Top 14 matches this season.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> Sale, the 2002 and 2005 champions, also saw rookie fly-half Joe Ford, who replaced Danny Cipriani, finish with 16 points from three penalties, two conversions and a drop goal in a perfect kicking display.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Stade Francais, the runners-up to Leinster last season, ran in nine tries in a 61-3 rout of out-classed Portuguese debutants, Lusitano.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Julien Arias (2), Jerome Porical (2), Andrea Cocagi, Nicolas Garrault, Anton van Zyl, Pierre Rabadan and Richard Kingi scored the home side’s tries.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Bayonne ran in four tries to defeat Grenoble 37-6 in an all-French clash.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> They secured a bonus point with a last-minute try from replacement forward Opeti Fonua.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>AFP</b></div> </div> AFP biarritz paris Rugby sale SPORTS Sale add to Biarritz misery Paris: Sale piled on the misery for misfiring Biarritz with a 33-10 win on the opening night of the European Challenge Cup season on T... Read more »