Pennod 10 Top 14: Rygbi Ffrainc

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-The French clubs went back to their

-bread and butter games this weekend.

-After a strong start, Clermont

-were at the top of the table.

-Later in the show, we'll see

-their showdown against Toulon.

-Also on the show, we'll see

-if Nicky Robinson's Oyonnax...

-..can recover from a poor start

-with a victory against Brive.

-First a trip to Paris where

-Racing 92 were playing at home...

-..for the first time since

-those gruesome terrorist attacks.

-Toulouse were their opponents.

-The big news was

-the arrival of Dan Carter.

-The world's most expensive player

-with a 1 Million a year contract.

-We'll have to wait a few weeks

-before he takes to the field.

-There was a fitting tribute to

-all those killed a fortnight ago.

-McAlister has come on very early.

-Toulouse have the early momentum

-through Doussain.

-Racing 92 were offside.

-It's an advantage to Toulouse.

-Flood again.

-Camara, the flanker.

-Szarzewski is competing

-in the tackle area.

-They retain possession.

-Advantage is still being played.

-Racing 92 turn the ball over

-but it's a penalty to Toulouse.

-The Englishman,

-Toby Flood, squares it up.

-Racing 92 are very good at this.

-Machenaud takes full advantage.

-He did so well against the Scarlets.

-Racing 92 are away.

-Nyanga to Imhoff.

-The ball's on the ground.

-Racing are complaining.

-Was he hit before the ball arrived?

-The pass was released by Nyanga

-for Imhoff, the Argentinian.

-It was high and this is a penalty.

-Machenaud off the post.

-It's gone over.

-Racing 92 have the lead.

-There's a good atmosphere

-here at Stade Yves du Manoir.

-The game was scheduled

-for the Stade de France...

-..but they changed the venue

-because of the terrorist attacks.

-Toulouse are playing with fire.

-The ball has been spilled.

-Machenaud to Chavancy.

-The door is ajar and he's scored.

-The home team have struck first.

-They took advantage of the error.

-Dan Carter liked that.

-He'll be out there soon.

-It was a gift for Racing 92.

-SECOND HALF

-Johnston, the replacement prop.

-Charteris held onto him.

-At last, Toulouse

-are starting to fire.

-A quick change of direction

-as they go wide.

-Flood to Vincent Clerc.

-He shoved one defender aside.

-Has he got there? He's claiming it.

-Terrible tackling but

-miraculous stuff from Vincent Clerc.

-How did he manage that?

-A little flash of Gallic wizardry.

-Vincent Clerc chalks up

-a first try for Toulouse.

-Luke Charteris

-is leaving to join Bath.

-Racing 92 have

-a cutting edge in the pack.

-The driving maul

-really went through the gears.

-The try is given.

-It's so tough to stop

-that initial drive.

-Dimitri Szarzewski was

-holding the ball at the end.

-Picamoles is joining Northampton

-but he's strong and powerful.

-Masoe was trying to compete.

-The little chip

-and Fickou went flying.

-Obstruction and

-a penalty for Toulouse.

-What will they do?

-They've taken it quickly.

-Racing were caught on the hop

-but they've scrambled well.

-Clerc keeps it alive.

-Fickou is up and involved again.

-Flood waits and spreads it.

-Bonneval will score.

-We have a game!

-Flood. Bonneval.

-Two against one.

-He pushed the defenders

-out of the way and scored.

-We know what to expect here.

-The push, the charge.

-The rolling maul.

-On the charge and that's the try.

-Masoe claims it.

-That might be the try

-that gives the home team victory.

-One last scrum.

-Mike Phillips feeds.

-Claassen tidies up

-at the back of the scrum.

-There's bodies on the ground.

-Mike Phillips knows that his kick

-means the game is over.

-Another victory for Racing.

-They're having a great start

-to their season.

-To the RhoneAlpes region next.

-Oyonnax were looking for their

-third victory of the season.

-Brive were the visitors

-to the Stade Charles Mathon.

-Nicky Robinson's team

-needed a result...

-..to lift them off the

-bottom of the Top 14.

-Cibray with Robinson.

-The pass to flanker,

-Gunther, who's tackled.

-The scrum half will want more

-momentum from his forwards here.

-Robinson to Jenneker.

-Is there more to come?

-They've lost the ball,

-but illegally.

-A chance for more points

-to regain the lead.

-Robinson

-with his dependable left foot.

-Cibray once more.

-He picks out Denos.

-He fights for it and he's caught.

-This is Vainikolo.

-It's there for prop, Guillamon.

-To Robinson, who passes inside.

-Vincent Martin has a chance.

-The centre is stopped.

-There's another phase coming.

-Cibray. Robinson dummies.

-They combine again.

-Cibray goes by himself.

-Who's going to try this time?

-Number one is DelBoulbes.

-Ma'afu picks up.

-Gunther tries his luck.

-They're creeping closer.

-Cibray is still in control.

-Sheridan, the centre, goes for

-the line. Can he ground the ball?

-No try but they'll come back

-for a penalty.

-Robinson takes it quickly.

-Tian to Metz.

-The pass didn't find Wannenburg.

-The chance is wasted.

-Wannenburg gains ground.

-More pressure again.

-Oh, he's lost the ball.

-Brive can relieve the pressure.

-This is the prop, Pointud.

-He's in his 22

-running straight at Nicky Robinson.

-The Welshman can't bring him down.

-The prop has done well.

-Iribaren kicks and they've escaped.

-Florian Denos is back there.

-He dummies. Tian has room here.

-Off he goes

-but he loses the ball in the tackle.

-Iribaren keeps the ball alive.

-Pointud to Germain in midfield.

-He straightens.

-He's through the gap.

-The fullback beats another man.

-It's opened up for him.

-Germain,

-no-one's going to catch him.

-The visitors get the first try.

-The replacements are overjoyed.

-A good individual try.

-Once he was through the gap, he went

-inside Jenneker and past Tian.

-The visitors lead for the first time

-after 30 minutes.

-They're close again. Iribaren.

-Ugalde goes for the line.

-He's caught short of the line.

-Brive still have possession.

-Iribaren rummages for it.

-Sanconnie waits for it.

-He isn't quite there.

-The try will come.

-Out to Number Eight, Hauman.

-He scores Brive's second try.

-They've struck twice

-in five minutes.

-A gap has opened suddenly.

-The last minute of the half.

-Iribaren with the high kick.

-Denos comes for it and catches.

-He's on halfway,

-does he have support?

-He held on to the ball for too long.

-A penalty. Germain will be keen

-to show he has the power.

-55 metres with the angle.

-He's hit that well.

-Will it carry?

-Off the crossbar!

-A huge kick. Brive lead 21-6.

-Cibray tries to lift the tempo.

-Replacement hooker, Maurouard.

-The lock runs at the defence.

-The halfbacks try to create.

-Cibray to Robinson.

-Robinson dummies. He's tackled.

-The referee signals

-that they'll get a penalty.

-Maurouard picks up.

-He goes again.

-They're playing advantage here.

-It's there for Cibray again.

-Out to Robinson.

-Are there men over?

-Tian gets the ball and the man.

-They still have the advantage.

-A chance for close the gap.

-Robinson again.

-He converts his third penalty.

-It's 9-21.

-They have regained possession.

-Pejoine relays it back and

-there goes the long touch-finder.

-Tian gives it to Ma'afu.

-Ma'afu back to Tian and the winger

-has space to do some damage.

-Denos to Tonga'uiha.

-On the outside, Maurouard. In touch.

-Brive have survived

-that tricky period.

-It's a scrum for Oyonnax.

-It's folded like a deck chair.

-They've been dominated

-by the Brive scrum today.

-Another three point chance

-served up by that powerful pack.

-Germain has yet to miss.

-His kept his record.

-Oyonnax 09-24 Brive.

-There are ten minutes left

-and Oyonnax are down to 14 men.

-This is the third scrum in a row

-and the result is inevitable.

-It's on it's way to the line.

-Penalty try. Inevitable.

-A third try and probably

-a bonus point for Brive.

-The pack has been their foundation.

-We're going for a break

-but don't go too far.

-We've got the biggest game

-of the weekend in three minutes.

-Clermont welcoming Toulon

-to the Massif Central.

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-Let's go to the Stade Marcel

-Michelin for our last game.

-Clermont Auvergne are flying high

-at the top of the table.

-They welcome Toulon

-to their backyard.

-The visitors have not got into

-their stride yet this season...

-..and are smarting from the beating

-they got at Wasps last week.

-It's the biggest crowd of the season

-at Stade Marcel Michelin.

-18,500, every seat is taken.

-Fernandez Lobbe was penalised there.

-The first chance for Morgan Parra.

-Clermont missed him

-during the World Cup.

-Those are the first points

-on the scoreboard.

-Five minutes on the clock

-and the home team are ahead.

-It's hard to believe that Toulon

-have never won here.

-They've never got the better

-of Clermont at home.

-That record goes back to 1936.

-Mamuka Gorgodze,

-the giant from Georgia.

-The man they call Gulliver

-and I'm not surprised.

-Toulon keep possession.

-Escande in midfield.

-Samu Manoa on the wing.

-This is an excellent try

-for Delon Armitage.

-Thirteen phases of play.

-Toulon kept possession

-for more than two and half minutes.

-In the end the defence yielded

-and it's a try for Delon Armitage.

-It's 10-3.

-Escande kicks the ball high.

-Spedding was underneath it. He is

-playing his first game for Clermont.

-That was Damien Chouly.

-There was no rolling away

-from the tackle area.

-It's another chance

-for Morgan Parra.

-He is an accurate

-left-footed kicker.

-Morgan Parra.

-This is the closest Clermont

-has got to the Toulon try line.

-By the boot of the scrum half.

-A clean catch at the front there

-by Manoa.

-The player from California,

-formerly of Northampton, of course.

-What is that little sign

-from Eric Escande?

-Mitchell was awake and the ball

-bounced back kindly.

-Back to Escande. A lovely try for

-Toulon, the European Champions.

-They got a hammering last week

-from Wasps.

-Mathieu Raynal wants to check

-that the last pass wasn't forward.

-I don't think it was.

-Escande had to stretch backwards

-for it.

-To think that Eric Escande is

-Toulon's third choice scrum half.

-The try is valid.

-There was no doubt about that.

-Three tries brings a

-bonus point in France.

-That is, three tries more

-than your opponents.

-This is Clermont's best period

-of this game.

-We're four minutes

-into the second half.

-The ball is slow coming out

-to Morgan Parra.

-Spedding is in midfield.

-He is from South Africa originally.

-He now plays international rugby

-for France.

-It's advantage for the boys

-in yellow.

-Toulon's defence

-is very well organized.

-Mamuka Gorgodze from Georgia has

-been at the centre of everything...

-..throughout the game -

-tackling and charging.

-They're still coming

-but there's no way through.

-Mathieu Raynal has brought them back

-for the original offence.

-It was a high tackle by Chilachava.

-Considering that the Stade Marcel

-Michelin is full to the brim...

-..the atmosphere is a little hollow

-around the stadium.

-They have been astonished

-by Toulon's play.

-Parra.

-That's his third penalty kick.

-To keep Clermont within reach.

-The ball goes back to Matt Giteau.

-Giteau's clever pass

-opens the door for Delon Armitage.

-It's poor tackling

-from the home side.

-Toulon raise the tempo again

-with Giteau there at fly half.

-Michalak has been injured.

-Clermont also had to make

-some changes before the match.

-Brock James is missing at outside

-half, replaced by Radosavljevic.

-That's maybe why they haven't

-spread the ball.

-Toulon can certainly

-play with width.

-Look at them playing

-like the champions they are.

-Mathieu Bastareaud tells Aurelien

-Rougerie to get out of the way.

-It's hard to believe that Toulon

-have never won at Montferrand.

-They have claimed a losing

-bonus point five times...

-..in the last six matches.

-Escande is back on kicking duties.

-Delon Armitage and Matt Giteau

-have also had a go at kicking.

-Escande reminds you of Morgan Parra.

-He's just as accurate

-as his opponent tonight.

-James O'Connor is the third Aussie

-after Matt Giteau and Drew Mitchell.

-He wasn't in the World Cup squad.

-Only 25 minutes to go as Toulon

-look dangerous once again.

-They conceal the ball

-and get the rolling maul moving.

-Samu Manoa leads the charge.

-Also there is Xavier Chiocci,

-wearing the no.17 shirt.

-No.23 is the English prop,

-Matt Stevens.

-It's on its way with the

-ever-present Manuka Gorgodze.

-Mathieu Raynal has his arm out,

-waiting for an advantage to Toulon.

-Stevens goes again

-and then sets it up.

-There must have been

-an infringement.

-I do believe that a yellow card

-is going to be shown.

-I think the perpetrator at the ruck

-was Julien Bardy, and here he is.

-Clermont will be down to fourteen

-men for the next ten minutes.

-This is a real chance.

-Toulon complete the first element

-of the move nicely.

-The rolling maul is formed

-once again.

-Romain Taofifenua is the player

-wearing a headband.

-This time, the train

-has arrived at the station.

-Never mind about that, Mathieu

-Raynal has gone under the posts.

-The bonus point is secured for now.

-The penalty was for pulling down

-the maul.

-That is not allowed.

-Toulon took full advantage.

-28-9 is quite a score.

-I'd imagine that it's the biggest

-score against Clermont...

-..for about a decade.

-We must remember...

-..that there has been 77 successive

-home victories up to now.

-The hooter has been sounded.

-This is a chance.

-Only in France can you gain a bonus

-point and then lose it in a game.

-Toulon's tackling is still solid

-and fierce.

-Armitage is in there wearing no.20.

-Out it comes to Drew Mitchell!

-The victory is surely

-going to be wrapped up here.

-Drew Mitchell cuts inside,

-not once, but twice.

-He's over the line.

-It's Toulon's biggest ever win

-over Clermont.

-It's Clermont's heaviest defeat

-home or away.

-The crowd boo their own team.

-Three other games were played

-over the weekend.

-Despite scoring two tries

-to the home side's one...

-..La Rochelle were beaten

-by Montpellier...

-..thanks to the accurate kicking

-of Catrakilis.

-A late try gave Castres

-a crucial win against Agen.

-Pau's season went from bad to worse

-with their visit to Bordeaux-Begles.

-The home side scored six tries.

-One game this afternoon as Grenoble

-welcome Stade Francais to the Alps.

-Despite Clermont's disappointing

-display, they still head the table.

-Toulouse missed the chance to go top

-after losing to Racing.

-The side from Paris climb

-into second spot as a result.

-Stade Francais can climb the table

-if they beat Grenoble today.

-It's starting to look very bleak

-for Oyonnax.

-Join us next week to see if they can

-climb up the Top Quatorze ladder.

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