Squad comes back from South with bonus point and target the next match against Desterro on the third round of Super 10
With six points in two matches, Saracens Bandeirantes occupies the fifth position on Rugby Brazilian Championship. The first four teams that are rated to the semi-finals are: Farrapos, SPAC, Desterro and São José. The next game with Desterro, in Arena Paulista, Saturday (2/8), becomes of extreme importance for de Band-Sarries team in the nationals.
At Bento Gonçalves, the squad of São Paulo Saracens Bandeirantes face it Farrapos for the second round of Super 10. After a bad star and three tries to the opposition team, with the score of 15 x 0, the team of São Paulo gets better in the second half scoring three tries (JP, Rosa e Gordo) and a conversion and a penalt kick, both perpetrated by Japinha. Final score 27 x 20 to Farrapos which are leaders of the championship with.
“With the cold of Montanha Stadium, Band-Sarries fought very hard and bring a defensive bonus point in the defeat. The last time injury of our most important player on the season, the scrumhalf Laurent, forces the coach Ramiro to change the structure of the team, who suffers with losses since the beginning of the Super 10″, put out the CEO of Saracens Bandeirantes, Antonio Martoni.
Even facing problems in the construction of the plays, Band-Sarries try to achieve victory until the last minute. “Farrapos show us their abilities and make his winnings on the game. To Band-Sarries, the goal is always victory, but if we take under consideration the hard trip and problems like injuries and opponent, bring to home a defensive bonus point was important for us to be between the betters teams of the competition”, thinks Martoni.
Final Score: Farrapos 27 x 20 Bandeirantes Saracens
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Original text in Portuguese by Gustavo Batista (ZDL Comunicação): zdl.com.br, translation by Juliana Modaneze.