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Stade Francais player ratings vs Munster | Investec Champions Cup

Baptiste Pesenti of Stade Francais Paris, right, after receiving a red card during the Champions Cup Round 1 match between Munster and Stade Francais Paris at Thomond Park in Limerick. (Photo By David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Stade Francais player ratings: A depleted Stade Français were outplayed and outclassed at Thomond Park, unable to match Munster’s intensity and cohesion – and that was before they shot themselves in the foot with a double red card for their second-rows.

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The 33-7 scoreline was ultimately a fair reflection of a messy contest and a busy night for referee Luke Pearce, with the Parisians strangely seeming to galvanise once they were down to 13 players.

Here’s how we rated the Stade Francais players.

1. Clement Castets – 7.5
Worked hard in the scrum against John Ryan. Cleverly won a penalty that stopped an early Munster try. Tackled his guts out and there was no arguing with his try though.

2. Lucas Peyresblanques – 6
Dropped by Alex Nankivell 25 minutes in [who was lucky to stay on the field] and went for a HIA. Befuddled by errors in the loose after his return but showed he wasn’t all done to set up Castets for his try on 59 minutes with a clever front-of-lineout set-play.

3. Francisco Gomez Kodela – 6
The Los Pumas prop was decent at scrum time even if he was largely anonymous in open play.

4. Pierre-Henri Azagoh – 3
A steady performance in the lineout and had his moments in contact too, but it was all ruined by his outrageous tackle on O’Mahony. Braindead stuff.

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5. Baptiste Pesenti – 3
Seemed desperate to follow his second-row colleague off the field and his WWE-style lift on wee Craig Casey left Luke Pearce little option.

6. Pierre Huguet – 5
Put in a decent shift but failed to stand out in a game dominated by Munster’s physicality. Like Storm Darragh, he eventually blew himself out after a strong start.

7. Ryan Chapuis – 5.5
Fought like a cornered badger and gave Munster problems at the breakdown. His cheapshot at the end was pretty needless even if it was in the spirit of a bad-tempered game.

8. Yoan Tanga – 6
Plenty of strong carries but ultimately failed to make much of a dent in the red wall.

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9. Thibaut Motassi – 6.5
Never gave up the fight in what were extenuating circumstances. Worked hard throughout and had plenty of tricks up his sleeve to keep Munster honest.

10. Zack Henry – 8
A standout performer who controlled the game well when given the chance. Showed composure under pressure and made the most of limited opportunities. Some of his kicking into the wind was a bit iffy mind, but there were some lovely touches in there too.

11. Samuel Ezeala – 5
Showed glimpses of his pace but couldn’t find much space to exploit. The much-hyped Spaniard failed to deliver much here.

12. Pierre Boudehent – 4
Struggled defensively and failed to link effectively with the backline.

13. Joe Marchant – 5
Failed to make a mark in a Stade backline that never really got going until the game was beyond them. The former England centre lost his temper at times and cut a frustrated-looking figure throughout, although he refused to wilt in defence.

14. Charles Laloi – 6.5
Impressed at times on his season debut, highlighted by an early defender-beating break that caught the eye. He hasn’t played since March but not covering the blindside for Thaakir Abrahams’s try was criminal all the same.

15. Joe Jonas – 4
Struggled in the blustery conditions and let the Munster crowd get to him. A disastrous blunder in which he didn’t listen to or didn’t understand referee Luke Pearce saw him concede a five-metre scrum just before halftime. The proverbial rabbit in the headlights at times.

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16. Luka Petriashvili – 6
Brought some energy in both of his cameos on either side of halftime.

17. Moses Alo-Emile – NA
Wasn’t used.

18. Paul Alo-Emile – NA
As with his brother, wasn’t used due to the red card chaos.

19. Setareki Turagacoke – 7.5
Despite being two men down he very nearly scored with one impressive charge for the line. One of a number of subs that took the game to Munster in the final quarter.

20. Andy Timo – 6
The back-row did his best after being drafted into the second-row.

21. Juan Martin Scelzo – 6
Hard to fault given the chaos he was brought into.

22. Louis Foursans-Bourdette – 5
Had a few touches but couldn’t do much considering the game was in disarray by that stage he came on.

23. Louis Carbonel – NA
Came on too late to make a significant difference.

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JW 1 hour ago
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It really all depends of how much overseas players would be paid (by NZR) to play for the All Blacks. I’ve not heard a peep on this front from any author suggesting it’s a good idea.


If it’s nothing (a player gets his weekly paycheck from the club and thats it (which we know is definitely not the case in Ireland and France, or SA even I think?), then maybe it would retain more SR level players given that they’ll be getting the “AB” component (which is about where things stand, Burke for instance would have had to had his Sader contract upgraded to an AB one (think above Pero levels) to be on similar money.


I’d having to imagine if a player is getting paid to do nothing over the international windows though, they are going to want to get paid extra for appear for the ABs, so in this situation, it’s hard to see many players being retained, yes.


I’m pretty sure they flew to Japan and met in person.


I’ve heard/had these discussions numerous times. I don’t think theres anyway to judge the interest that would be retain in SR. For one, it might be a more entertaining league as a result, as the JRLO is compared to Europe, despite it obviously being a lesser standard.


If SRP is of a lesser standard and now able to use Japanese and American players to bolster teams, perhaps those markets more than make up for the downturn in NZ and Aus? Perhaps it gives NZR flexibility to create a more fit for purpose interdomestic competition, and interest actually increases? All you might need is a proper pathway from school to pro?


Razor asked NZR to keep an open mind. Did NZR answer any of these questions to themself?

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JW 2 hours ago
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Yeah of course it can be, it manages a good commerical outcome when 100 million people are following it. I’m saying rugby is no where near even remotely close to getting the payoff you’re talking about, never mind the distinct lack of anyway to implement it.


So you’re going for the dirty approach. I’m not surprised, it’s the only way to easily implement it right now. I wouldn’t see the benefit to doing that myself. A draft, if purely feasible in it’s own right, doesn’t need to provide commercial benefit at all (if it works, that’s all it needs to do, as it no doubt did back in america’s heyday). But without the advantageous backing of sponsors and interest levels, if you pick the wrong method to implement it, like a dirty approach, you do potential harm to it’s acceptance.


The aspect’s of the approach you chose that I don’t like, is that the franchises are the ones spending the money of the U20’s only for there opposition to get first dibs. Personally, I would much prefer an investment into a proper pathway (which I can’t really see SR U20s being at all in anycase). I’m not exactly sure how the draft works in america, but I’m pretty sure it’s something like ‘anyone whishing to be pro has to sign for the draft’, and results in maybe 10 or 20% of those being drafted. The rest (that accumulative 80/90% year on year) do go back into club, pronvincial, or whatever they have there, and remain scouted and options to bring in on immediate notice for cover etc. You yes, you draw on everybody, but what is generating your interest in the drafties in the first plaec?


This is your missing peace. If some come through school and into the acadamies, which would be most, you’ve currently got three years of not seeing those players after they leave school. Those that miss and come in through club, maybe the second year theyre in the draft or whatever, aged 20/21, you’re going to have no clue how they’ve been playing. NPC is a high level, so any that are good enough to play that would already be drafted, but some late bloomers you might see come in NPC but then Sky’s not going to broadcast that anymore. So what’s generating this massive interest you’re talking about, and most importantly, how does it tie in with the other 7 clubs that will be drafting (and providing) players outside of NZ?


Is the next step to pump tens of millions into SRP U20s? That would be a good start for investment in the youth (to get onto international levels of pathway development) in the first place but are fans going to be interested to the same level as what happens in america? Baseball, as mentioned, has the minor leagues, if we use that model it hasn’t to be broad over the whole pacific, because you’re not having one draft right, they all have to play against each other. So here they get drafted young and sent out into a lower level thats more expansive that SR, is there interest in that? There would be for large parts, but how financially viable would it be. Twiggy tried to get a league started and NPC clubs joined. BOP and Taranaki want SR representation, do we have a mix of the biggest clubs and provinces/states make a couple of divisions? I think that is far more likely to fan interest and commerical capabilities than an U20 of the SR teams. Or ofc Uni fits a lot of options. I’ve not really read anything that has tried to nut out the feasability of a draft, it can certainly work if this spitballing is anything to go by, but I think first theres got to be a need for it far above just being a drafting level.

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