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Bourgoin stun champions Perpignan


Bourgoin shrugged off their recent financial crisis to stun defending champions defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título

defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre

 Perpignan 17-6 in the French Top 14 on Friday.

Just a week after crashing to a 53-6 defeat at Bayonne, they hit back in style with Samoan scrum-half John Senio John Senio (born 10 September, 1982) is a Samoan rugby union footballer. He currently plays with Scottish club Edinburgh Rugby in the Magners League. Prior to signing with Edingburgh he played for the New Zealand franchise the Blues in the Super 14.  grabbing the only try of the match in the 45th minute to give his side a lead they never relinquished re·lin·quish  
tr.v. re·lin·quished, re·lin·quish·ing, re·lin·quish·es
1. To retire from; give up or abandon.

2. To put aside or desist from (something practiced, professed, or intended).

3.
.

Fijian winger Albert Vuli Vuli put in a great tackle to stop Perpignan centre Jean Philippe Grandclaude which allowed hooker Remy Vigneaux to release Senio to score.

Fly-half Benjamin Boyet Benjamin Boyet (born 8 August, 1979 in Vienne, Isère) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing in the top division of domestic French rugby, for the CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, debuting for them in 1997. His usual position is at and he has played for France.  kicked his team's other points after Perpignan's South African stand-off Gavin Hume had given the champions an early lead with a drop goal.
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