Palau defeated by St Esteve and Elima loses his job

We have been following the coaching career of ex-Dragon Olivia Elima working with limited resources at Palau Broncos. 

This season however the budget has increased along with expectations. 

The St Esteve defeat was one too many for the board of Palau who have replaced Elima with ex-St Esteve coach Benoit Albert replacing him soon after the match. 

It could have been so different with his side heading into the break ahead and with one sin binned Catalan and one red carded after a bad looking challenge saw a massive bout of scrappy dappy do. 

The shorthanded home side turned on the style second half and it took a late Broncos try to make the scoreline look as close as it does. 

Its a shame as we felt a job well done with Broncos might have seen Elima in the frame for a role at Stade Gilbert Brutus down the track. 

That looks a lot less likely now. 

St Estève XIII Catalan (6) 30

T : Mathieu Laguerre 2, César Rougé, Alan Baby, Lambert Belmas

G : Robin Brochon 2, Alan Baby 3

Palau (10) 22

T : Amine Miloudi, Hadrien Domergue, Hakim Miloudi

G : Bruno Castany 5