French Top 14: Round 1

Julien Dupuy from Stade Francais
All the results from Round 1 of the French Top 14.
In a rematch of the previous season’s final Perpignan got sweet revenge against Clermont in an extremely physical battle.
Toulouse and Stade Français both put in convincing wins against Agen and Bourgoin-Jallieu respectively.
Toulon slumped to a shock defeat against Bayonne.
All results – (Half-time scores in brackets)
La Rochelle 22 – 17 Castres (12 – 3)
Toulouse 44 – 24 Agen (27 – 10)
Biarritz 30 – 22 Montpellier (21 – 3)
Brive 18 – 23 Racing Metro (3 – 10)
Stade Français 43 – 12 Bourgoin-Jallieu (16 – 9)
Toulon 22 – 26 Bayonne (9 – 13)
Perpignan 21 – 13 Clermont Auvergne (12 – 7)
Fixtures for Round 2:
Friday, 20 August 2010:
Bourgoin-Jallieu v Clermont
Bayonne v Agen
Brive v Perpignan
Montpellier v Racing Metro
Stade Francais v La Rochelle
Biarritz v Toulon
Saturday, 21 August 2010:
Castres v Toulouse
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