Bayonne climb clear
Bayonne have climbed out of the Top 14 relegation places after a hard-fought 26-20 win over Stade Français.
Last Updated: 11/02/12 9:30pm
Bayonne have climbed out of the Top 14 relegation places after a hard-fought 26-20 win over Stade Français.
Bayonne move to 11th place in the standings, with Lionel Mazars and Abdellatif Boutaty crossing for tries. Cedric Garcia added 13 points from the boot, with Jacques-Louis Potgieter also on target with a penalty.
Former England winger Paul Sackey crossed for two tries for Stade, while Martin Rodriguez added two conversions and two penalties to clinch a losing bonus point.
Toulon put on an impressive display to smash Bordeaux-Begles 44-7 and move to third.
Toulon dominated from the off and led 23-0 at half-time thanks to tries from skipper Joe van Niekerk and scrum-half Sebastien Tillous-Borde.
Sale-bound Eifion Roberts crossed twice after the break and Australian full-back Luke Rooney also scored, with Jonny Wilkinson landing a perfect 19 points.
Clermont easily beat Racing Metro 31-13 to pile on the pressure on Pierre Berbizier.
Jean-Marcel Buttin, Seru Nakaitaci, Brent Russell and Gerhard Vosloo crossed for tries for Clermont, with David Skrela (9 points) and Brock James (one conversion) adding the rest of the points with the boot.
Frans Steyn's superb solo effort was the sole bright point for Racing.
The games between Agen v Castres and Lyon v Brive were both postponed.
