Top 14: Stade Français undefeated leader, Castres sticks a bubble in Bayonne

From the show to the Arena. At home, Racing 92 made short work of Perpignan, sticking... nine tries to the Catalans. Three doubles for the Racingmen: Thomas Laclayat (22nd, 44th); Jordan Joseph (15th, 28th) and Wame Naituvi (40th, 65th). Nolann Le Garrec increased the score with five successful conversions. USAP paid dearly for its indiscipline with two yellow cards: Lucas Velarte (19th) and Arthur Joly (63rd). Racing won 59-10 against Perpignan.

At home, the Paloise Section made the LOU bend, in particular thanks to the boot of Joe Simonds. The English opener author of 20 points in total. Pau took advantage of the indiscipline of the Lyon team, reduced to thirteen at the end of the match after the yellow cards of Alban Roussel (73rd) and Ethan Dumortier (74th), to increase the score with two tries in quick succession from Clément Laporte (75th) and Jack Maddocks (80th) who offers himself a double. Pau won 40-10 against Lyon.

Yet author of a good start to the season, Bayonne sank into the lair of Pierre-Fabre. At home, the CO planted four tries while Pierre Popelin increased the score on foot, with 17 points scored. Castres won 37-0 against Aviron Bayonnais.

Third victory in as many games for Stade Français this season. At home, the Soldats Roses bent Montpellier. It all happened around the half-hour mark with tries from Giovanni Habel-Kuffner (29th) and Kylan Hamdaoui (34th), while Louis Carbonel responded three times on foot (24th, 27th, 33rd). Stade Français won 27-9 against MHR.