
The match at Stade du Hameau was a slow burn to begin, but once the scoring started there was a flurry of points with Section Paloise securing a late 24-21 win over Dragons RFC.
Dragons RFC fly-half Cai Evans kicked a brace of penalties in four first-half minutes, but they were swiftly cancelled out by hooker Romain Ruffenach's 27th-minute try, converted by Axel Desperes.
Another hooker crossed the line one minute later - this time James Benjamin putting Dragons RFC in front again.
Section Paloise went in 14-11 ahead at the break, though, with No. 8 Thibaut Hamonou scoring a try in the last seconds, again converted by Desperes.
Evans and Desperes both added penalties in the opening 15 minutes of the second half to maintain the gap before flanker George Young thought he had sealed it for Dragons with a try on 70 minutes, converted by Evans.
But once again Section Paloise kept working until the end, and Attissogbe was rewarded with an 80th-minute try, Desperes maintaining his perfect record by adding the extras and wrapping up the win.
Scorers:
Section Paloise: Tries: Romain Ruffenach, Thibaut Hamonou, Theo Attissogbe. Conversions: Axel Desperes (3). Penalty: Axel Desperes.
Dragons RFC: Tries: James Benjamin, George Young. Conversion: Cai Evans. Penalties: Cai Evans (3).
Section Paloise: 15 Axel Desperes, 14 Aminiasi Tuimaba, 13 Nathan Decron, 12 Jale Vatubua, 11 Thomas Carol, 10 Thibault Debaes, 9 Dan Robson, 8 Thibaut Hamonou, 7 Martin Puech, 6 Mehdi Tlili, 5 Brent Liufau, 4 Hugo Auradou, 3 Nicolas Corato, 2 Romain Ruffenach, 1 Facundo Gigena. Replacements: 16 Lucas Rey, 17 Paul Tailhades, 18 Siate Tokolahi, 19 Mickael Capelli, 20 Josselin Bouhier, 21 Thomas Souverbie, 22 Emilien Gailleton, 23 Theo Attissogbe.
Dragons RFC: 15 Jordan Williams, 14 Jared Rosser, 13 Steff Hughes (captain), 12 Aneurin Owen, 11 Ashton Hewitt, 10 Cai Evans, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Taine Basham, 7 Harri Keddie, 6 Ryan Woodman, 5 Matthew Screech, 4 Joe Davies, 3 Chris Coleman, 2 Bradley Roberts, 1 Aki Seiuli. Replacements: 16 James Benjamin, 17 Rodrigo Martinez, 18 Luke Yendle, 19 Sean Lonsdale, 20 George Young, 21 Lewis Jones, 22 Corey Baldwin, 23 Ewan Rosser.
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