Lyon 30-12 Toulon: Lyon claim Challenge Cup final victory in first major honour since 1933Lyon made history in Marseille as they lifted a first ever European title and first major honour since 1933 Lyon won their first major honour for 89 years and first-ever European title on Friday, as they claimed a thoroughly deserved 30-12 Challenge Cup final victory over French rivals Toulon at Marseille's Stade Velodrome. Playing in their first major final since May 1933, when victory over RC Narbonne in Bordeaux brought them the French Championship, Lyon scored through scrum-half Baptiste Couilloud, centre Pierre-Louis Barassi and a penalty try, with out-half Leo Berdeu adding two conversions and two penalties, and Charlie Ngatai one further penalty.
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Lyon skipper Jordan Taufua and co defended brilliantly throughout Toulon stole the resulting lineout, but while attacking deep within the Lyon 22 they lost the ball forward as a massive opportunity slipped by. Clever spoiling by English second row Joel Kpoku at the maul forced a Toulon knock on as the half drifted to a close, and there remained one final chance for Lyon before the break after a massive Berdeu penalty kick to touch from hand. Toulon were penalised for coming in at the side of the resulting maul, but Berdeu sliced wide with a routine kick to stretch the lead to six points - again with Toulonnais fans hugely vocal. It looked as if that miss would matter not, though, as in the final play of the half, the alert Couilloud took a quick-tap penalty on halfway, jinked his way into the Toulon 22 at pace, and then offloaded for wing Niniashvili to run over.
Toulon, who lost last year's Challenge Cup final as well to Bristol in Aix-en-Provence, were looking to claim Europe's secondary competition for the first time, and add it to their three Champions Cup triumphs (2013, 2014, 2015), but their performance was laden with errors and profligacy. Scrum-half Baptiste Serin and wing Cheslin Kolbe scored their tries, one converted by Louis Carbonel, but in truth the Lyon margin of victory could well have been more, with wing Davit Niniashvili foolishly placing his foot on the dead-ball line while diving to score at the end of the first half.
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On TMO review, however, replays found that 19-year-old Georgian wing Niniashvili had clipped the dead ball line with his foot as he needlessly ran closer to the posts when deep within in-goal. In footballing parlance, it was the worst of open goal misses. Davit Niniashvili's late first half try was ruled out for putting a foot on the dead-ball line It left Lyon up by three, but hugely frustrated having dominated the half.
Lyon scrum-half Baptiste Couilloud scored a try and was named man of the match In the face of a chorus of boos and whistles by the rouge et noir support, Berdeu converted crisply, but a big error followed from the Lyon 10 in the 14th minute as he kicked out on the full from just outside his own 22, handing Toulon a big chance.
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A slow start to the second period exploded into life six minutes in as Lyon attacked with stunning verve and hands down the left through Niniashvili, Barassi, Patrick Sobela and Arnold, with the latter's final inside pass then clearly batted forward by Toulon's last-man Luc, giving referee Pearce the easiest sin-binning and penalty try decision of the season. Up by 10 and facing 14 men for a further 10 minutes Lyon kept coming, and two minutes later Barassi finished off a glorious try, as Tuisova made a half-break on the outside and offloaded to set Berdeu running freely, before the No 10 executed an exquisite chip pass ahead into space for his midfielder to claim and score. Berdeu's conversion gave Lyon a hefty 24-7 lead, with Toulon facing a mountain to climb.
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