Wrap: Top 14, Round 10
It was not a full round, Round 10, not with three Top 14 matches postponed, two for mumps and one for rain. This will naturally produce an unsatisfactory log.
The matches played will, though, produce a new log leader after the hiding Stade Français gave Clermont.
But that was not the only upset for across in Bordeaux recently promoted Bordeaux-Bègles walloped Castres.
Racing were the only ones to win away from home wile Perpignan showed signs, even in defeat, of recovery from their recent poor form. In fact with two tries to none Perpignan could well have deserved a victory.
Results, Round 10:
Racing-Métro vs Brive, 18-12
Toulouse vs Perpignan, 21-17
Bordeaux-Bègles vs Castres, 24-9
Stade Français vs Clermont, 37-16
Toulon vs Agen – postponed because of heavy rains
Biarritz vs Bayonne – postponed because of mumps
Lyon vs Montpellier – postponed because of mumps
Log after Round 10:
Toulouse leapfrog Clermont while Bordeaux-Bègles and Stade Français each go up two places.
Toulon, Agen, Bayonne, Montpellier, Biarritz and Lyon each have a game in hand.
1 Toulouse 36
2 Clermont 35
3 Castres 31
4 Toulon 28
5 Racing-Métro 25
6 Agen 24
7 Stade Français 21
8 Perpignan 19
9 Brive 19
10 Bordeaux 17
11 Bayonne 15
12 Montpellier 14
13 Lyon 12
14 Biarritz 10
Match details:
Racing-Métro vs Brive at Stade Amédée-Domenech, 18-12
The scorers:
For Brive:
Pens: Belie 2, Caminati 2
For Racing-Métro:
Pens: Germain 4, Wisniewski
DG: Lorée
The teams:
Brive: 15 Julien Caminati, 14 Jacques Boussuge, 13 Arnaud Mignardi, 12 Jamie Noon, 11 Ronnie Cooke, 10 Scott Spedding, 9 Mathieu Belie, 8 Julien Ledevedec, 7 Alexandre Bias, 6 Antonie Claassen, 5 Arnaud Méla (captain), 4 Retief Uys, 3 Pablo Cardinali, 2 Iuri Natriashvili, 1 Vasil Kakovin.
Replacements: 16 Davit Kinchagishvili, 17 Pablo Henn, 18 Thibault Dubarry, 19 Olivier Caisso, 20 Tasi Luafutu, 21 Jean-Baptiste Pejoine, 22 Ayite Atayi, 23 Pat Barnard.
Racing-Métro: 15 Gaëtan Germain, 14 Sireli Bobo, 13 Virimi Vakatawa, 12 Guillaume Boussès, 11 Juan Jose Imhoff 10 Juan Martín Hernández, 9 Mathieu Lorée, 8 Jacques Cronjé (captain), 7 Antoine Battut, 6 Rémi Vaquin, 5 Jone Qovu, 4 Karim Ghezal, 3 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 2 Gregory Arganèse, 1 Andrea Lo Cicero.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Noirot, 17 Eddy Ben Arous, 18 Lionel Nallet, 19 Johnny Leo’o, 20 Nicolas Durand, 21 Jonathan Wisniewski, 22 Fabrice Estebanez, 23 Johan Coetzee.
Referee: Greg Garner (England)
Assistant referees: Jean-Luc Rebollal, Dominique Parrini
Television match official: Bernard Dal Maso
Stade Français vs Clermont at Stade de France, 3-16
The scorers:
For Stade Français:
Tries: Fainifo, Contepomi, Williams, Fillol, Papé
Cons: Contepomi 3
Pens: Contepomi 2
For Clermont:
Try: Buttin
Con: Skrela
Pens: Skrela 3
The teams:
Stade Français: 15 Paul Warwick, 14 Paul Sackey, 13 Paul Williams, 12 Martín Rodriguez, 11 Francis Fainifo, 10 Felipe Contepomi, 9 Julien Dupuy, 8 Sergio Parisse, 7 Pierre Rabadan, 6 David Lyons, 5 Pascal Papé, 4 Gerhard Mostert, 3 David Attoub, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Rodrigo Roncero.
Replacements: 16 Aled De Malmanche, 17 Rabah Slimani, 18 Tom Palmer, 19 Scott Lavalla, 20 Antoine Burban, 21 Jérôme Fillol, 22 Morgan Turinui, 23 Stanley Wright.
Clermont: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Kini Murimurivalu, 13 Regan King, 12 Gonzalo Canale, 11 Noa Nakaitaci, 10 David Skrela, 9 Ludovic Radosavljevic, 8 Elvis Vermeulen (captain), 7 Gerhard Vosloo, 6 Jason White, 5 Nathan Hines, 4 Jamie Cudmore, 3 Davit Zirakashvili, 2 Benjamin Kayser, 1 Lionel Faure.
Replacements: 16 Ti’i Paulo, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Julien Bardy, 19 Alexandre Audebert, 20 Kevin Senio, 21 Brock James, 22 Jean-Marcellin Buttin, 23 Clément Ric.
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Laurent Cardona, Christophe Malterre
Television match official: Jean-Marie Piraveau
Toulouse vs Perpignan at Stade Ernest-Wallon
The scorers:
For Toulouse:
Pens: McAlister 6, Beauxis
For Perpignan:
Tries: Sid, Chouly
Cons: Hook 2
DG: Hook
The teams:
Toulouse: 15 Maxime Médard, 14 Timoci Matanavou, 13 Florian Fritz, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Yves Donguy, 10 Luke McAlister, 9 Jean-Marc Doussain, 8 Shaun Sowerby, 7 Louis Picamoles, 6 Jean Bouilhou, 5 Romain Millo Chlusky, 4 Grégory Lamboley, 3 Johnson Falefa, 2 William Servat, 1 Jean-Batiste Poux.
Replacements: 16 TBC, 17 Yohan Montes, 18 Yoann Maestri, 19 Yannick Nyanga, 20 Nicolas Vergallo, 21 Lionel Beauxis, 22 Clément Poitrenaud, 23 Census Johnston.
Perpignan: 15 Joffrey Michel, 14 Farid Sid, 13 David Marty, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Armand battle, 10 James Hook, 9 Florian Cazenave, 8 Damien Chouly, 7 Jean-Pierre Perez, 6 Ovidiu Tonita, 5 Robins Tchale Watchou, 4 Olivier Olibeau (captain), 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Perry Freshwater.
Replacements: 16 Charles Geli, 17 Jérôme Schuster, 18 Romain Taofifenua, 19 Yohan Vivalda, 20 Bertrand Guiry, 21 David Mélé, 22 Rudi Coetzee, 23 Kisi Pulu.
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Assistant referees: Jérôme Garces, Patrick Beuriot
Television match official: Gérard Borreani
Bordeaux-Bègles vs Castres at Stade André Moga
The scorers:
For Bordeaux-Bègles:
Tries: Frazer, Forbes
Con: Frazer
Pens: Reihana 2, Frazer
DG: Frazer
For Castres:
Pens: Teulet 2
DG: Bernard
The teams:
Bordeaux-Bègles: 15 Bruce Reihana, 14 Vungakoto Lilo, 13 Félix Le Bourhis, 12 Andrew Mailei, 11 Blair Connor, 10 Gerard Fraser, 9 Heini Adams, 8 Matthew Clarkin (captain), 7 Daniel Leo, 6 Justin Purll, 5 Adam Jaulhac, 4 Cameron Treloar, 3 Silviu Florea, 2 Wayne Avei, 1 Laurent Delboulbès.
Replacements: 16 Fabien Rofes, 17 Hikairo Forbes, 18 François Tisseau, 19 Charlie Ternisien, 20 Julien Seron, 21 Camille Lopez, 22 Thierry Brana, 23 Jaco Roux.
Castres: 15 Romain Teulet, 14 Pierre-Gilles Lakafia, 13 Max Evans, 12 Rémi Lamerat, 11 Marc Andreu, 10 Pierre Bernard, 9 Alexandre Albouy, 8 Joe Tekori, 7 Yannick Caballero, 6 Chris Masoe (captain), 5 Rodrigo Capo Ortega, 4 Scott Murray, 3 Luc Ducalcon, 2 Mathieu Bonello, 1 Michael Coetzee.
Replacements: 16 Brice Mach, 17 Anton Peikrishvili, 18 Benjamin Desroche, 19 Steeve Malonga, 20 Jannie Bornman, 21 Romain Cabannes, 22 Rémi Tales, 23 Karena Wihongi.
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Assistant referees: Sébastien Cloute, Christophe Clavere
Television match official: Lauren Valin
