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Brave Brive down Parisians

Friday 16th May 2008

Brive's status as a Top 14 team is all but assured after they ground out an uninspiring 11-3 win over Stade Francais on Friday.

In a match littered with handling errors, Brive full-back Alexis Palisson was the lone scorer of the first half, finding an easy run-in angle from two long passes off the back of a 5m scrum.

Palisson's kicking was less impressive - he missed a sitter early in the second half to extend his team's lead, and when Lionel Beauxis slotted one shortly after to bring the scores back to 5-3, it seemed the Parisians might fight back.

But Fabrice stebanez's drop goal restored Brive's five-point advantage on the hour mark, and Maxime Petitjean stepped up at the death to deny the visitors the luxury of even a bonus point with a penalty.

The scorers:

For Brive:
Try: Palisson
Pen: Petitjean
Drop goal: Estebanez

For Stade Francais:
Pen: Beauxis

Brive: 15 Alexis Palisson, 14 Norman Ligairi, 13 Ronnie Cooke, 12 Ben Johnston, 11 Ben Cohen, 10 Fabrice Estebanez, 9 Jean Baptiste Péjoine, 8 Antonie Claassen, 7 Alexandre Manta, 6 Simon Azoulai, 5 Johan van Zyl, 4 Fabien Domingo, 3 Pierre Capdevielle, 2 Jawad Djoudi, 1 Petrisor Toderasc
Replacements: 16 Kevin Buys, 17 Jean-Phillipe Bonrepaux, 18 Christian Short, 19 Vincent Forgues, 20 Damien Neveu, 21 Maxime Petitjean, 22 Suka Hufanga

Stade Français: 15 Christophe Dominci, 14 Julien Arias, 13 Geoffroy Messina, 12 Brian Liebenberg, 11 Djibril Camara, 10 Lionel Beauxis, 9 Alexandre Albouy, 8 Pierre Rabadan, 7 Loic Charlon, 6 Romain Dibel, 5 Cliffie Milton, 4 Pascal Papé, 3 Damien Weber, 2 Mathieu Blin, 1 Franck Montanella.
Replacements: 16 Rabah Slimani, 17 Laurent Simutoga, 18 Lua Lokotui, 19 Said Hireche, 20 Guillaume Bousses, 21 Mathieu Bastareaud, 22 Mirco Bergamasco