Pau, Castres, Montpellier, Stade Francais and Toulouse claimed Top 14 wins on Saturday as they beat Toulon, Lyon, La Rochelle, UBB and Grenoble respectively.
Saturday
Pau 20-10 Toulon
Castres 19-16 Lyon
Montpellier 36-14 La Rochelle
Stade Francais 20-8 Bordeaux-Bègles
Grenoble 20-23 Toulouse
Pau 20-10 Toulon
Stade du Hameau
Pau were 20-10 winners over Toulon at Stade du Hameau in Saturday’s opening match.
A try from Sean Dougall and four penalties from Colin Slade and one from Tom Taylor proved too much for the visitors, who scored through Josua Tuisova while Anthony Belleau added five points off the tee.
This was a much-needed win for Pau after last week’s heavy defeat to Bordeaux-Begles while for Toulon it’s successive losses after falling at home to Racing 92, which will concern their passionate supporters.
The scorers:
For Pau:
Try: Dougall
Pens: Slade 4, Taylor
For Toulon:
Try: Tuisova
Con: Belleau
Pen: Belleau
Yellow Card: Rebbadj
Pau: 15 Jesse Mogg, 14 Adrien Planté, 13 Benson Stanley, 12 Jale Vatubua, 11 Watisoni Votu, 10 Colin Slade, 9 Thibault Daubagna, 8 Paddy Butler, 7 Sean Dougall, 6 Ben Mowen, 5 Fabrice Metz, 4 Dave Foley, 3 Malik Hamadache, 2 Quentin Lespiaucq, 1 Geoffrey Moise
Replacements: 16 Laurent Bouchet, 17 Thomas Domingo, 18 Baptiste Pesenti, 19 Martin Puech, 20 Julien Blanc, 21 Tom Taylor, 22 Charly Malie, 23 Lourens Adriaanse
Toulon: 15 Hugo Bonneval, 14 Filipo Nakosi, 13 Josua Tuisova, 12 Anthony Belleau, 11 Malakai Fekitoa, 10 Louis Carbonel, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Charles Ollivon, 7 Liam Messam, 6 Stéphane Onambele Mbarga, 5 Romain Taofifenua, 4 Swan Rebbadj, 3 Marcel van der Merwe, 2 Anthony Etrillard, 1 Sebastien Taofifenua
Replacements: 16 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Xavier Chiocci, 18 Jaques Potgieter, 19 Jean Monribot, 20 Mathieu Bastareaud, 21 Julian Savea, 22 Anthony Meric, 23 Emerick Setiano
Referee: Pascal Gauzere
Assistant referees: Jonathan Dufort, Eric Soulan
TMO: Eric Gauzins
Castres 19-16 Lyon
Stade Pierre-Fabre
Castres managed to back up last week’s win at Montpellier with a 19-16 win over Lyon, who remain without a victory so far in 2018/19.
They had to do it the hard way as they were trailing 16-3 at the break following a try from Lyon hooker Jeremie Maurouard, with Jonathan Wisniewski firing over 11 points to stun Stade Pierre-Fabre.
But shortly after a break a brace from centre Thomas Combezou brought Castres back into the match, with penalties from Scott Spedding and replacement Rory Kockott completing the comeback.
The scorers:
For Castres:
Tries: Combezou 2
Pens: Urdapilleta, Spedding, Kockott
For Lyon:
Try: Maurouard
Con: Wisniewski
Pens: Wisniewski 2
Drop goal: Wisniewski
Castres: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Armand Batlle, 13 Thomas Combezou, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 David Smith, 10 Benjamin Urdapilleta, 9 Ludovic Radosavljevic, 8 Alex Tulou, 7 Anthony Jelonch, 6 Mathieu Babillot, 5 Rodrigo Capo Ortega, 4 Christophe Samson, 3 Daniel Kotze, 2 Jody Jenneker, 1 Antoine Tichit
Replacements: 16 Marc-Antoine Rallier, 17 Tudor Stroe, 18 Victor Moreaux, 19 Camille Gerondeau, 20 Rory Kockott, 21 Julien Dumora, 22 Julien Caminati, 23 Marc Clerc
Lyon: 15 Jean-Marcellin Buttin, 14 Toby Arnold, 13 Rudi Wulf, 12 Charlie Ngatai, 11 Noa Nakaitaci, 10 Jonathan Wisniewski, 9 Baptiste Couilloud, 8 Deon Fourie, 7 Patrick Sobela, 6 Dylan Cretin, 5 Hendrik Roodt, 4 Etienne Oosthuizen, 3 Clement Ric, 2 Jeremie Maurouard, 1 Raphael Chaume
Replacements: 16 Virgile Lacombe, 17 Alexandre Menini, 18 Manuel Carizza, 19 Loann Goujon, 20 Jean-Marc Doussain, 21 Felix Lambey, 22 Thibault Regard, 23 Richard Choirat
Referee: Adrien Descottes
Assistant referees: Maxime Chalon, Frederic Chazal
TMO: Eric Gonthier
Montpellier 36-14 La Rochelle
Altrad Stadium
Montpellier bounced back from last week’s loss to Castres by beating La Rochelle in a comfortable 36-14 win at Altrad Stadium on Saturday.
Leading 19-0 at half-time, Montpol held a healthy lead but could not go on to claim a bonus-point as Castres rallied either side of the hour.
Yvan Reilhac and Vincent Martin went over for Montpellier in the first-half while Paul Willemse and Romain Ruffenach crossed in the second.
La Rochelle, who beat Grenoble last week, scored through Jeremy Sinzelle and Marc Andreu and now lick their wounds before Round Three.
The scorers:
For Montpellier:
Tries: Reilhac, Martin, Willemse, Ruffenach
Cons: Pienaar, Steyn
Pens: Pienaar 3, Steyn
For La Rochelle:
Tries: Sinzelle, Andreu
Cons: Camou, Lamb
Montpellier: 15 Benjamin Fall, 14 Vincent Martin, 13 Yvan Reilhac, 12 Francois Steyn, 11 Gabriel Ngandebe, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Kelian Galletier, 7 Wian Liebenberg, 6 Julien Bardy, 5 Paul Willemse, 4 Konstantin Mikautadze, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Vincent Giudicelli, 1 Gregory Fichten
Replacements: 16 Romain Ruffenach, 17 Yvan Watremez, 18 Julien Ledevedec, 19 Kevin Kornath, 20 Julien Tomas, 21 Timoci Nagusa, 22 Henry Immelman, 23 Levan Chilachava
La Rochelle: 15 Romaric Camou, 14 Elliot Roudil, 13 Paul Jordaan, 12 Geoffrey Doumayrou, 11 Marc Andreu, 10 Jeremy Sinzelle, 9 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Remi Bourdeau, 6 Kevin Gourdon, 5 Jone Qovu Nailiko, 4 Mathieu Tanguy, 3 Arthur Joly, 2 Jean Charles Orioli, 1 Vincent Pelo
Replacements: 16 Hikairo Forbes, 17 Dany Priso, 18 William Demotte, 19 Gregory Alldritt, 20 Jean Victor Goillot, 21 Ryan Lamb, 22 Jules Favre, 23 Uini Atonio
Referee: Thomas Charabas
Assistant referees: Laurent Millotte, Sebastien Hebert
TMO: Akim Hadj-Bachir
Stade Francais 20-8 Bordeaux-Bègles
Stade Jean-Bouin
Stade Francais made it two victories out of two in the Top 14 after they came from behind to beat Bordeaux-Begles 20-8 at Stade Jean-Bouin.
Trailing 8-6 at half-time after Blair Connor’s try for UBB, Stade clicked into life early in the second period with two tries lifting their supporters.
Waisea Nayacalevu and Kylan Hamdaoui got those tries in the 44th and 51st minute respectively, with Jules Plisson adding 10 points off the tee.
This result will disappoint UBB as they started the season so brightly in Round One, thumping Pau 41-19, and will hope to respond next week.
The scorers:
For Stade Francais:
Tries: Nayacalevu, Hamdaoui
Cons: Plisson 2
Pens: Plisson 2
For Bordeaux-Begles:
Try: Connor
Pen: Serin
Stade Francais: 15 Kylan Hamdaoui, 14 Waisea Nayacalevu, 13 Gael Fickou, 12 Jonathan Danty, 11 Julien Arias, 10 Jules Plisson, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Sergio Parisse, 7 Sekou Macalou, 6 Ryan Chapuis, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Paul Gabrillagues, 3 Ramiro Herrera, 2 Remy Bonfils, 1 Heinke van der Merwe
Replacements: 16 Laurent Sempere, 17 Siegfried Fisi’ihoi, 18 Alexandre Flanquart, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 Arthur Coville, 21 Morne Steyn, 22 Tony Ensor, 23 Paul Alo-Emile
Bordeaux-Begles: 15 Romain Buros, 14 Eto Nabuli, 13 Semi Radradra, 12 Ulupano Seuteni, 11 Blair Connor, 10 Brock James, 9 Baptiste Serin, 8 Afaesetiti Amosa, 7 Alexandre Roumat, 6 Luke Braid, 5 Cyril Cazeaux, 4 Jandré Marais, 3 Lekso Kaulashvili, 2 Florian Dufour, 1 Jefferson Poirot
Replacements: 16 Thierry Paiva, 17 Adrien Pelissie, 18 Cameron Woki, 19 Mahamadou Diaby, 20 Jules Gimbert, 21 Romain Lonca, 22 George Tilsley, 23 Vadim Cobilas
Referee: Vincent Blasco-Baque
Assistant referees: Pierre Brousset, Laurent Breil
TMO: Cedric Marchat
Grenoble 20-23 Toulouse
Stade des Alpes
A 73rd minute penalty from Thomas Ramos helped Toulouse pick up their first win of the season over Grenoble at Stade des Alpes in the late game.
The scores were locked at 20-20 with 11 minutes remaining as there was little to separate the two sides, with both crossing for two tries apiece.
Toulouse scrum-half Sébastien Bézy went over first in the 37th minute before wing Daniel Kilioni responded before the break for a 13-7 cushion.
However, Toulouse struck first after the break when Joe Tekori crossed but this time it was Grenoble who hit back, through hooker Mike Tadjer.
That try made it 20-17 to the hosts before Ramos struck those two aforementioned penalties to break Grenoble hearts as Toulouse prevailed.
The scorers:
For Grenoble:
Tries: Kilioni, Tadjer
Cons: Pourteau 2
Pens: Pourteau 2
For Toulouse:
Tries: Bezy, Tekori
Cons: Ramos 2
Pens: Ramos 3
Grenoble: 15 Lolagi Visinia, 14 Daniel Kilioni, 13 Pablo Uberti, 12 Alaska Taufa, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Franck Pourteau, 9 Lilian Saseras, 8 Loic Godener, 7 Francois Uys, 6 Killian Geraci, 5 Hans Nkinsi, 4 Leva Fifita, 3 Davit Kubriashvili, 2 Etienne Fourcade, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg
Replacements: 16 Mike Tadjer, 17 Dylan Jacquot, 18 Antonin Berruyer, 19 Steeve Blanc-Mappaz, 20 Theo Nanette, 21 Adrien Latorre, 22 Taleta Tupuola, 23 Halani Aulika
Toulouse: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Pierre Fouyssac, 12 Romain Ntamack, 11 Sofiane Guitoune, 10 Zack Holmes, 9 Sébastien Bézy, 8 Jerome Kaino, 7 Alban Placines, 6 Rynhard Elstadt, 5 Joe Tekori, 4 Florian Verhaeghe, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Lucas Pointud
Replacements: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Rodrigue Neti, 18 Charlie Faumuina, 19 Piula Faasalele, 20 François Cros, 21 Pierre Pages, 22 Maxime Mermoz, 23 Arthur Bonneval
Referee: Cyril Lafon
Assistant referees: Mathieu Delpy, Richard Duhau
TMO: Philippe Bonhoure