Wrap: Top 14, Round 12
Stade Français still rule Paris after their Top 14 victory at Saturday's Stade de France carnival. Agen continue strongly, Biarritz are at the bottom and Perpignan seem in free fall, change of coach notwithstanding.
Kicks continue to dominate French rugby.
There were 293 points scored this week, 105 from 21 tries, Four teams failed to score even a single try.
Results, Round 12:
Montpellier were the only team to win away from home.
Montpellier vs Biarritz, 30-23
Agen vs Bayonne, 37-18
Lyon vs Perpignan, 19-12
Bordeaux-Bègles vs Brive, 16-12
Toulouse vs Toulon, 33-12
Clermont vs Castres, 33-16
Stade Français vs Racing-Métro, 29-3
Round 13 is on 23 December 2011.
Log after Round 12:
Those that have gone up this week are Agen, Bordeaux-Bègles and Lyon. Those who have gone down are Toulon, Racing-Métro, Bayonne, Perpignan and Biarritz.
Agen, Toulon, Bordeaux-Bègles and Lyon each have a game in hand. Toulon play Agen on 13 December and Bordeaux play Lyon on 3 February 2012.
1 Toulouse 43
2 Clermont 40
3 Castres 33
4 Agen 32
5 Toulon 30
6 Stade Français 30
7 Racing Métro 30
8 Montpellier 27
9 Brive 22
10 Bordeaux 21
11 Bayonne 20
12 Perpignan 20
13 Lyon 17
14 Biarritz 15
Match details:
Biarritz vs Montpellier at Parc Des Sports D'Aguilera
The scorers:
For Biarritz:
Try: Ngwenya
Pens: Peyrelongue 2, Baby 4
For Montpellier:
Tries: Nagusa, De Marco, Amorosino, Trinh-Duc
Cons: Paillaugue, Bustos Moyano
Pens: Bustos Moyano 2
The teams:
Biarritz: 15 Dane Haylett-Petty , 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Damien Traille, 11 Iain Balshaw, 10 Julien Peyrelongue, 9 Luix Roussarie, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Raphael Lakafia, 6 Benoît Guyot, 5 Erik Lund, 4 Jerome Thion, 3 Sylvain Marconnet, 2 Benoît August, 1 Fabien Barcella.
Replacements: 16 Arnaud Heguy, 17 Yvan Watremez, 18 Pelu Taele, 19 Talalelei Gray, 20 Yann Lesgougues, 21 Benoît Baby, 22 Ilikena Bolakoro, 23 Eugene van Staden.
Montpellier: 15 Lucas Amorosino, 14 Timoci Nagusa, 13 Geoffrey Doumayrou, 12 Thomas Combezou, 11 Martin Bustos Moyano, 10 François Trinh-Duc, 9 Benoît Paillaugue, 8 Masi Matadigo, 7 Mamuka Gorgodze, 6 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 5 Thibaut Privat, 4 Drikus Hancke, 3 Maximiliano Bustos, 2 Agustin Creevy, 1 Na'ama Leleimalefaga.
Replacements: 16 Rassie Jansen van Vuuren, 17 Mikheil Natriashvili, 18 Mickaël De Marco, 19 Alex Tulou, 20 Rémy Martin, 21 Santiago Fernandez, 22 Yoan Audrin, 23 George Jgenti.
Referee: Romain Poite
Assistant referees: Laurent Millotte, Pascal Ubeda
TMO: Bruno Bessot
Bordeaux-Bègles vs Brive at Stade André Moga
The scorers:
For Bordeaux-Bègles:
Try: Lilo
Con: Frazer
Pens: Frazer 3
For Brive:
Pens: Bélie 3, Caminati
The teams:
Bordeaux-Bègles: 15 Bruce Reihana, 14 Rafael Carballo, 13 Julien Rey, 12 Felix Le Bourhis, 11 Blair Connor, 10 Gerard Fraser, 9 Heini Adams, 8 Matthew Clarkin, 7 Daniel Leo'o, 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 Julien Seron, 21 Camille Lopez, 22 Vungakoto Lilo, 23 Albert Toetu.
Brive: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Jacques Boussuge, 13 Arnaud Mignardi, 12 Jamie Noon, 11 Ronald Cooke, 10 Riaan Swanepoel, 9 Mathieu Belie, 8 Antonie Claassen, 7 Simon Azoulai, 6 Petrus Hauman, 5 Arnaud Méla, 4 Thibault Dubarry, 3 Patrick Barnard, 2 Iuri Natriashvili, 1 Pablo Henn.
Replacements: 16 Louis Acosta, 17 Vasil Kakovin, 18 Olivier Caisso, 19 Julien Ledevedec, 20 Alexandre Bias, 21 Jean Baptiste Pejoine, 22 Guillaume Namy, 23 Alexandre Barozzi.
Referee: Jean-Luc Rebollal
Assistant referees: Vincent Blasco Baque, Christophe Graviou
TMO: Bernard Dal Maso
Toulouse vs Toulon at Stadium De Toulouse
The scorers:
For Toulouse:
Tries: Matanavou, Clerc, Burgess
Cons: McAlister 2, Doussain
Pens: McAlister 4
For Toulon:
Pens: Wilkinson 4
The teams:
Toulouse: 15 Clement Poitrenaud, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Florian Fritz, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Timoci Matanavou, 10 Luke McAlister, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Thierry Dusautoir, 6 Jean Bouilhou, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Gregory Lamboley, 3 Census Johnston, 2 William Servat, 1 Jean Baptiste Poux.
Replacements: 16 Gary Botha, 17 Yohan Montes, 18 Richard Sowerby, 19 Sylvain Nicolas, 20 Jean Marc Doussain, 21 Yann David, 22 Maxime Médard, 23 Johnson Falefa.
Toulon: 15 Alexis Palisson, 14 Christian Loamanu, 13 Gabriele Lovobalavu, 12 Matthew Giteau, 11 David Smith, 10 Jonathan Wilkinson, 9 Sébastien Tillous Borde, 8 Jone Tawake, 7 Steffon Armitage, 6 Leonardo Senatore, 5 Kristian Chesney, 4 Christophe Samson, 3 Carl Hayman, 2 Jean Philippe Genevois, 1 Romain Frou.
Replacements: 16 Sébastien Bruno, 17 Laurent Emmanuelli, 18 Dean Schofield, 19 Pierrick Gunther, 20 Benjamin Lapeyre, 21 Mathieu Bastareaud, 22 Laurent Magnaval, 23 Davit Kubriashvili.
Referee: Pascal Gauzere
Assistant referees: Patrick Pechambert, Didier Dussaut
TMO: Philippe Bonhoure
Clermont vs Castres at Parc Des Sports Marcel Michelin
The scorers:
For Clermont:
Tries: James, Hines, Parra
Cons: James, Parra 2
Pens: Parra 4
For Castres:
Try: Bai
Con: Teulet
Pens: Bernard 3
The teams:
Clermont: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Noa Nakaitaci, 13 Aurélien Rougerie, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Brock James, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Elvis Vermeulen, 7 Alexandre Lapandry, 6 Julien Bonnaire, 5 Nathan Hines, 4 Julien Pierre, 3 Clément Ric, 2 Benjamin Kayser, 1 Lionel Faure.
Replacements: 16 Ti'i Paulo, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Jason White, 19 Alexandre Audebert, 20 Ludovic Radosavljevic, 21 David Skrela, 22 Regan King, 23 Daniel Kotze.
Castres: 15 Romain Teulet 14 Romain Martial, 13 Maxwell Evans, 12 Romain Cabannes, 11 Pierre Gilles Lakafia, 10 Pierre Bernard, 9 Thierry Lacrampe, 8 Jannie Bornman, 7 Yannick Caballero, 6 Ibrahim Diarra, 5 Joe Tekori, 4 Matthias Rolland, 3 Luc Ducalcon, 2 Mathieu Bonello, 1 Anton Peikrishvili.
Replacements: 16 Marc Rallier, 17 Michael Coetzee, 18 Scott Murray, 19 Steve Malonga, 20 Rory Kockott, 21 Rémi Tales, 22 Seremaia Bai, 23 Karena Wihongi.
Referee: Laurent Cardona
Assistant referees: Christophe Labaune, Sébastien Hebert
TMO: Eric Gonthier
Stade Français vs Racing-Métro at Stade de France (Saint-Denis)
The scorers:
For Stade Français:
Tries: Papé, Fillol
Cons: Dupuy, Contepomi
Pens: Dupuy 2, Contepomi 2
DG: Contepomi
For Racing-Métro:
Pen: Wisniewski
The teams:
Stade Français: 15 Paul Warwick, 14 Paul Sackey, 13 Paul Williams, 12 Martin Rodriguez, 11 Julien Arias, 10 Felipe Contepomi, 9 Julien Dupuy, 8 Sergio Parisse, 7 Pierre Rabadan, 6 David Lyons, 5 Pascal Papé, 4 Tom Palmer, 3 David Attoub, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Rodrigo Roncero.
Replacements: 16 Aled De Malmanche, 17 Rabah Slimani, 18 Gerhard Mostert, 19 Antoine Burban, 20 Jerome Fillol, 21 Morgan Turinui, 22 Francis Fainifo, 23 Stanley Wright.
Racing-Métro: 15 Jonathan Wisniewski, 14 Sireli Bobo, 13 Henry Chavancy, 12 Virimi Vakatawa, 11 Julien Saubade, 10 Juan Martín Hernández 9 Nicolas Durand, 8 Sébastien Chabal, 7 Bernard Le roux, 6 John Leo o, 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Karim Ghezal, 3 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 2 Benjamin Noirot, 1 Mikaele Tu'ugahala.
Replacements: 16 Thomas Bianchin, 17 Eddy Ben Arous, 18 Jone Qovu Nailiko, 19 Antoine Battut, 20 Sébastien Descons, 21 Joshua Matavesi, 22 Rémi Vaquin, 23 Julien Brugnaut.
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
Assistant referees: Stéphane Pomarède, Thomas Dejean
TMO: Vincent Azoulay
Lyon vs Perpignan at Matmut Stadium
The scorers:
For Lyon:
Try: Grosso
Con: Loursac
Pens: Loursac 3
DG: Sadourny
For Perpignan:
Pens: Porical 4
The teams:
Lyon: 15 Romain Loursac, 14 Franck Romanet, 13 Latu Fatafehi, 12 Waisale Seru Sukanaveita, 11 Rémy Grosso, 10 Xavier Sadourny, 9 Enrico Januarie, 8 Sisaro Koyamaibole, 7 Vincent Clement, 6 Juan Leguizamón, 5 Coenie Basson, 4 Arnaud Marchois, 3 Tariel Ratianidze, 2 Antonio Testa, 1 Xavier Fiard.
Replacements: 16 Jean-Philippe Bonrepaux, 17 Arnaud Tchougong, 18 Pierre Vigouroux, 19 Nicolas Bontinck, 20 Romain Veniat, 21 Régis Lespinas, 22 Mark van Gisbergen, 23 Antoine Guillamon.
Perpignan: 15 Jérôme Porical, 14 Adrien Planté, 13 Rudolf Coetzee, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Joffrey Michel, 10 Nicolas Laharrague, 9 Florian Cazenave, 8 Damien Chouly, 7 Ovidiu Tonita, 6 Bertrand Guiry, 5 Robins Tchale Watchou, 4 Olivier Olibeau, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Perry Freshwater.
Replacements: 16 Charles Geli, 17 Kisi Pulu, 18 Gerrie Britz, 19 Jean Pierre Perez, 20 Kevin Boulogne, 21 Gavin Hume, 22 Gregory Le Corvec, 23 Danie Thiart.
Referee: Christophe Berdos
Assistant referees: Alain Blondel, Dominique Parrini
TMO: Gérard Borreani
Agen vs Bayonne at Stade Armandie
The scorers:
For Agen:
Tries: Dulin, Palesasa, Vaka
Cons: Barnard, Courrent
Pens: Barnard 5
DG: Barnard
For Bayonne:
Tries: Huget, Baget
Con: Boyet
DG: Garcia 2
The teams:
Agen: 15 Silvère Tian, 14 Saimoni Vaka, 13 Manu Ahotaeiloa, 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 Gert Muller, 2 Jalil Narjissi, 1 John Schwalger.
Replacements: 16 Julien Janaudy, 17 Laurent Cabarry, 18 Patrick O'Connor, 19 Damien Lagrange, 20 Alexi Bales, 21 Miguel Avramovic, 22 Jamie Robinson, 23 Martin Scelzo.
Bayonne: 15 Cédric Heymans, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Thibault Lacroix, 12 Sam Gerber, 11 Marvin O'Connor, 10 Benjamin Boyet, 9 Cédric Garcia, 8 Sione Lauaki, 7 Marc Baget, 6 Guillaume Bernad, 5 Abdellatif Boutaty, 4 Rob Linde, 3 Renaud Boyoud, 2 David Roumieu, 1 Aretz Iguiniz.
Replacements: 16 François Da Ros, 17 Nemiah Tialata, 18 Troy Flavell, 19 Julien Puricelli, 20 Julien Audy, 21 Clement Lagain, 22 Lionel Mazars, 23 Vitolio Manukula.
Referee: Frank Maciello
Assistant referees: Stéphane Boyer, Régis Gabard
TMO: Eric Gauzins