Damian Penaud was at his devastating best in Bordeaux’s emphatic 66-12 win over the Sharks in the Investec Champions Cup, and it should certainly put the rest of the teams left in the competition on high alert.
The French side ended the group stages with four bonus-point wins from their four games, helping them just pip rivals Toulouse to top spot in pool one. They also finished the first round with a whopping 141+ points difference.
But the win over the Sharks was probably the pick of the bunch, and Penaud was on hand to simply tear them apart with a magnificent attacking display.
Here is the full look at Penaud’s one-man destruction of the Sharks.
Penaud runs riot against the Sharks
Bordeaux were able to unleash the winger in all kinds of space, and this told in the metres charts as he notched an eye-watering 184 to his name from his 16 carries – an average of 11.5 metres per carry.
Penaud was able to slice through the porous Sharks defence with ease throughout his 80-minute shift, as he notched a staggering six line breaks across the match.
On top of this, the X-factor winger beat five defenders, once again leading the way for this across the game.
But the most telling stat of all is the fact he grabbed a whopping six of his side’s 10 tries in the mammoth victory. This is an impressive haul by itself, but it now sets the record for the most tries scored in a single Champions Cup match, beating Tom Beim’s record of five tries set back in the 2001/02 season.
Penaud was also on hand to provide one assist, as his pass sent fellow French international Maxime Lucu over for a score in the second-half.
He also chipped in with two kicks out of hand and two turnovers – joint-most out of his side on the day.
