And the final whistle blows, US Oyonnax the deserved winners in a closely contested game.
Brive kick into the USO corner off a penalty, looking to score off this final play.
Brive turn the ball over and kick up to the halfway, the ball is spread to Codjo who attempts a counter attack but knocks the ball on. 2 minutes remaining in the game.
The call is no try but a penalty to USO 5 meters from the line, again they opt for the corner.
Oyonnax pick and go trying to break through this Brive defence but they keep falling just short, One big drive sees a mass of bodies over the line but is it down? The referee checking if the ball was grounded with the TMO.
Both sides working harder now they are down to 14 men. US Oyonnax win a penalty and kick into the Brive corner for another lineout,
Both props Du Preez and Shvelidze are shown yellow for an off the ball incident and will watch the rest of this game from the sideline.
Brive defence working tirelessly and win a turnover. The ball kicked up to the halfway line and knocked on by Tian. The linesman has seen something and its time off here as the TMO reviews the maul from the initial line out.
The ball is brought back for a penalty to the USO who kick for the corner.
USO turn defence into attack, Tian grabs the loose ball and spots half a gap offloads to Codjo and he cuts a line running to the Brive 22 and again the ball shifted quickly and the USO go over the line, the Referee checking with the TMO for the grounding now.