La Rochelle, the new runner-up to an imperial Toulouse… The point in the ranking of the Top 14
This seventh day was marked by the correction suffered by Stade Toulousain in Brive, the victory of LOU in Montpellier or the lesson given by La Rochelle in Toulon… The point in the standings.
Toulouse does not stop and has again shown all its power by going to crush Brive (5-47). The Toulousains are alone in the lead while the Brivistes are at the gates of the red zone. The reigning champions Montpellier were surprised at home by a good team from LOU (26-33). The two formations remain in the soft underbelly of the championship, the Montpellier eighth and Lyon just ahead in seventh place.
The big operation of the weekend is the great victory of La Rochelle against Toulon (32-5), which falls to 5th place. The Maritimes are the new dolphins of Stade Toulousain. In other matches, UBB dominated Racing (29-17) just as Castres won against Bayonne (39-22). This day was also marked by numerous away victories, such as the success of Stade Français in Pau (29-31) and that of Clermont in Perpignan (10-20). Pau and Perpignan are dead last on equal points (9 pts).
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