Wrap: Top 14, Round 11

There were two draws in Round 11 of France’s Top 14, a rarity, and there was a surprisingly big win for Stade Français in Perpignan.

This weekend 265 points were scored – 70 by tries. 65 kicks vs 14 tries. French flair? But then the ball is so infuriatingly slow.

Results, Round 11

Bayonne vs  Lyon, 15-9
Racing-Métro vs Biarritz, 28-9
Stade Français vs Perpignan, 35-16
Castres vs Toulon, 22-22
Brive vs Toulouse, 9-9
Montpellier vs Clermont, 29-23
Agen vs Bordeaux-Bègles, 24-15

Log after Round 11

Perpignan and Bordeaux-Bègles have each dropped two places. Bayonne has risen two places, Brive one. Lyon, after their mumps problems, have two matches in hand and Agen, Bayonne, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Montpellier and Toulon’s one match each.

1 Toulouse 38
2 Clermont 36
3 Castres 33
4 Toulon 30
5 Racing Métro 30
6 Agen 28
7 Stade Français 26
8 Brive 21
9 Bayonne 19
10 Perpignan 19
11 Montpellier 18
12 Bordeaux-Bègles 17
13 Lyon 13
14 Biarritz 10

Match details:

Castres vs Toulon at Stade Pierre Antoine

In a match of many penalties, lots of kicking, slow ball at tackles. Toulon led 19-6 at half-time but then Castres took over and drop by lanky Pierre Bernard levelled the scores. With two minutes to go Jonny Wilkinson scored Toulon’s only points of the half and ten on time Bernard levelled the scores.

The only creative moment in the match came late in the second half when Matt Giteau’s replaced massive Mathieu Basteraude and produced a little break.

The scorers:

For Castres:
Try: Masoe
Con: Teulet
Pens: Teulet 2, Kockott, Bernard
DG: Bernard

For Toulon:
Try: Lovobalavu
Con: Wilkinson
Pens: Wilkinson 5

The teams:

Castres: 15 Romain Teulet, 14 Maxwell Evans, 13 Paul Bonnefond , 12 Romain Cabannes, 11 Pierre Gilles Lakafia, 10 Rémi Tales, 9 Rory Kockott, 8 Matemini Masoe, 7 Yannick Caballero, 6 Ibrahim Diarra, 5 Rodrigo Capo Ortega, 4 Matthias Rolland, 3 Karena Wihongi, 2 Mathieu Bonello, 1 Anton Peikrishvili.
Replacements: 16 Marc Antoine Rallier, 17 Michael Coetzee, 18 Joe Tekori, 19 Scott Murray, 20 Thierry Lacrampe, 21 Pierre Bernard, 22 Pierre Manuel Garcia, 23 Luc Ducalcon.

Toulon: 15 Benjamin Lapeyre, 14 Alexis Palisson, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Gabriele Lovobalavu, 11 David Smith, 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 9 Sébastien Tillous Borde, 8 Leonardo Senatore, 7 Joseph El Abd, 6 Pierrick Gunther, 5 Dean Schofield, 4 Kristian Chesney, 3 Davit Kubriashvili, 2 Sébastien Bruno, 1 Laurent Emmanuelli.
Replacements: 16 Jean-Philippe Genevois, 17 Romain Frou, 18 Jone Tawake, 19 Christophe Samson, 20 Steffon Armitage, 21 Christian Loamanu, 22 Matthew Giteau, 23 Carl Hayman.

Referee: Jérôme Garces
Assistant referees: Sébastien Minery, Patrick Beuriot
TMO: Daniel Irazoqui

Montpellier vs Clermont at Stade Yves Du Manoir (Montpellier)

The scorers:

For Montpellier:
Tries: Nagusa 2
Cons: Paillaugue 2
Pens: Paillaugue 5

For Clermont:
Tries: Bardy, Parra
Cons: Skrela, Parra
Pens: Skrela 2, Parra

The teams:

Montpellier: 15 Lucas Amorosino, 14 Nagusa, 13 Doumayrou, 12 Santiago Fernandez, 11 Yoan Audrin, 10 François Trinh-Duc, 9 Benoît Paillaugue, 8 Sakiusa Matadigo, 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 6 Mamuka Gorgodze, 5 Mickaël De Marco, 4 Thibaut Privat (captain), 3 George Jgenti, 2 Agustín Creevy, 1 Na’ama Leleimalefaga.
Replacements: 16 Maximiliano Bustos, 17 Mikheil Natriashvili, 18 Drikus Hancke, 19 Rémy Martin, 20 Julien Tomas, 21 Paul Bosch, 22 Martín Bustos Moyano, 23 Rassie Jansen van Vuuren.

Clermont Auvergne: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Wesley Fofana, 13 Regan King, 12 Gavin Williams, 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 David Skrela, 9 Kevin Senio, 8 Elvis Vermeulen, 7 Julien Bardy, 6 Julien Bonnaire, 5 Loïc Jacquet, 4 Julien Pierre, 3 Davit Zirakashvili, 2 Ti’i Paulo, 1 Lionel Faure.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Nathan Hines, 19 Alexandre Audebert, 20 Morgan Parra, 21 Brock James, 22 Noa Nakaitaci, 23 Clement Ric.

Referee: Cédric Marchat
Assistant referees: Christophe Labaune, Jérôme Lamarque
TMO: Daniel Gillet

Agen vs Bordeaux-Bègles at Stade Armandie

The scorers:

For Agen:
Pens: Barnard 7
DG: Barnard

For Bordeaux:
Pens: Frazer 4
DG: Frazer

The teams:

Agen: 15 Silvère Tian, 14 Saimoni Vaka, 13 Miguel Avramovic, 12 Junior Palesasa, 11 Brice Dulin, 10 Conrad Barnard, 9 Maxime Machenaud, 8 Ueleni Fono, 7 Adri Badenhorst, 6 Jean Monribot, 5 Lisiate Fa’aoso, 4 Dewald Senekal, 3 Martin Scelzo, 2 Jalil Narjissi, 1 John Schwalger.
Replacements: 16 Julien Janaudy, 17 Laurent Cabarry, 18 Damien Lagrange, 19 Marc Giraud, 20 Alexi Bales, 21 Jamie Robinson, 22 Manu Ahotaeiloa, 23 Gert Muller.

Bordeaux-Bègles: 15 Vungakoto Lilo, 14 Thierry Brana, 13 Andrew Mailei, 12 Felix Le Bourhis, 11 Blair Connor, 10 Gerard Fraser, 9 Julien Seron, 8 Matthew Clarkin, 7 Daniel Leo, 6 Justin Purll, 5 Adam Jaulhac, 4 Cameron Treloar, 3 Silviu Florea, 2 Wayne Avei, 1 Hikairo Forbes.
Replacements: 16 Fabien Rofes, 17 Laurent Delboulbes, 18 Hugh Chalmers, 19 Leroy Houston, 20 Heini Adams, 21 Federico Sanchez, 22 Rafael Carballo, 23 Jacobus Roux.

Referee: Mathieu Raynal
Assistant referees: Christophe Berdos, Thomas Dejean
TMO: Gilles Cogne

Brive vs Toulouse at Stade Amédée Domenech

The scorers:

For Brive:
Pens: Caminati 3

For Toulouse:
Pens: Beauxis 3

The teams:

Brive: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Julien Caminati, 13 Arnaud Mignardi, 12 Jamie Noon, 11 Ronald Cooke, 10 Mathieu Belie, 9 Agustin Figuerola, 8 Julien Ledevedec, 7 Alexandre Bias, 6 Tasi Luafutu, 5 Arnaud Méla, 4 Retief Uys, 3 Pablo Cardinali, 2 Iuri Natriashvili, 1 Vasil Kakovin.
Replacements: 16 Louis Acosta, 17 Pablo Henn, 18 Thibault Dubarry, 19 Antonie Claassen, 20 Petrus Hauman, 21 Jacques Boussuge, 22 Riaan Swanepoel, 23 Patrick Barnard.

Toulouse: 15 Maxime Médard, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Yann David, 12 Luke McAlister, 11 Yves Donguy, 10 Lionel Beauxis, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Gillian Galan, 7 Thierry Dusautoir, 6 Yannick Nyanga, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Gregory Lamboley, 3 Johnson Falefa, 2 Gary Botha, 1 Jean Baptiste Poux.
Replacements: 16 William Servat, 17 Yohan Montes, 18 Louis Picamoles, 19 Shaun Sowerby, 20 Nicolas Vergallo, 21 Yannick Jauzion, 22 Sylvain Nicolas.

Referee: Patrick Pechambert
Assistant referees: David Rosich, Jean-Michel Schutz
TMO: Hervé Dubes

Perpignan vs Stade Français at Stade Aimé-Giral

The scorers:

For Stade Français:
Tries: Williams, Szarzewski, Parisse, Rodriguez
Cons: Dupuy 2, Contepomi
Pens: Dupuy 3

For Perpignan:
Try: Candelon
Con: Hook
Pens: Hook 3

The teams:

Perpignan: 15 Joffrey Michel, 14 Farid Sid, 13 Maxime Mermoz, 12 Gavin Hume, 11 Julien Candelon, 10 James Hook, 9 Florian Cazenave, 8 Damien Chouly, 7 Jean Pierre Perez, 6 Gregory Le Corvec, 5 Robins Tchale Watchou, 4 Olivier Olibeau, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Jerome Schuster.
Replacements: 16 Marius Tincu, 17 Perry Freshwater, 18 Romain Taofifenua, 19 Gerrie Britz, 20 Henri Tuilagi, 21 David Mélé, 22 Rudolf Coetzee, 23 Kisi Pulu.

Stade Français: 15 Paul Warwick, 14 Paul Sackey, 13 Paul Williams, 12 Martín Rodriguez, 11 Julien Arias, 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 Antoine Burban, 20 Jerome Fillol, 21 Morgan Turinui, 22 Francis Fainifo, 23 Stanley Wright.

Referee: Jean-Luc Rebollal
Assistant referees: Frank Maciello, Christophe Graviou
TMO: Jean-Claude Levrier

Bayonne vs Lyon at Stade Jean Dauger

The scorers:

For Bayonne:
Pens: Boyet 5

For Lyon:
Pens: Tomamichel 2, Loursac

The teams:

Bayonne: 15 Cédric Heymans, 14 Sam Gerber, 13 Thibault Lacroix, 12 Lionel Mazars, 11 Joe Rokocoko, 10 Benjamin Boyet, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Marc Baget, 7 Julien Puricelli, 6 Dwayne Haare, 5 Troy Flavell, 4 Abdellatif Boutaty, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 David Roumieu, 1 Pierre Lafond.
Replacements: 16 François Da Ros, 17 Aretz Iguiniz, 18 Robin Linde, 19 Sione Lauaki, 20 Jean Joseph Marmouyet, 21 Cédric Garcia, 22 Marvin O’Connor, 23 Renaud Boyoud.

Lyon: 15 Eric Tomamichel, 14 Mosese Ratuvou, 13 Latu Fatafehi, 12 Waisale Sukanaveita, 11 Rémy Grosso, 10 Xavier Sadourny, 9 Enrico Januarie, 8 Sisaro Koyamaibole, 7 Vincent Clement, 6 Juan Leguizamón, 5 Pierre Vigouroux, 4 Arnaud Marchois, 3 Philemon Toleafoa, 2 Antonio Testa, 1 Xavier Fiard.
Replacements: 16 Jean-Philippe Bonrepaux, 17 Julien Facundo, 18 Arnaud Dorier, 19 Alexandru Manta, 20 Romain Veniat, 21 Régis Lespinas, 22 Romain Loursac, 23 Antoine Guillamon.

Referee: Sébastien Cloute
Assistant referees: Arnaud Blondel, Christophe Clavere
TMO: Jean-Luc Pellaprat

Racing Métro vs Biarritz at Stade Yves Du Manoir (Colombes)

The scorers:

For Racing-Métro:
Tries: Saubade 2, Nallet
Cons: Wisniewski 2
Pens: Wisniewski 3

For Biarritz:
Pens: Barraque 2, Baby

The teams:

Biarritz: 15 Benoît Baby, 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya, 13 Ilikena Bolakoro, 12 Seremaia Burotu, 11 Charles Gimenez, 10 Jean-Pascal Barraque, 9 Yann Lesgougues, 8 Romain Faure, 7 Benoît Guyot, 6 Talalelei Gray, 5 Pelu Taele, 4 Erik Lund, 3 Francisco Gomez Kodela, 2 Arnaud Héguy (captain), 1 Yvan Watremez.
Replacements: 16 Romain Terrain, 17 Eugene van Staden, 18 Jérôme Thion, 19 Jean-Baptiste Roidot, 20 Tanguy Molcard, 21 Roussarie, 22 Marcelo Bosch, 23 Campbell Johnstone.

Racing-Métro: 15 Jonathan Wisniewski, 14 Sireli Bobo, 13 Henry Chavancy, 12 Virimi Vakatawa, 11 Julien Saubade, 10 Juan Martin Hernández, 9 Nicolas Durand, 8 Sébastien Chabal, 7 Bernard Le roux, 6 John Leo’o, 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Karim Ghezal, 3 Johannes Coetzee, 2 Benjamin Noirot, 1 Mikaele Tu’ugahala.
Replacements: 16 Thomas Bianchin, 17 Eddy Ben Arous, 18 Jone Qovu, 19 Antoine Battut, 20 Sébastien Descons, 21 Joshua Matavesi, 22 Rémi Vaquin, 23 Juan Pablo Orlandi.

Referee: Pascal Gauzere
Assistant referees: Jérôme Lamirand, René Bordeneuve
TMO: Laurent Valin