France Top 14 2013/14 season Round Eleven. Due to a system error we omitted to report on last weeks games. But here are week eleven and our feedback.
Two games on Friday night with first Toulon having a convincing win over Bordeaux 37-17. It was all square at the break 12-12. Toulon did not get the try bonus point, however Jonny Wilkinson kicked the points before travelling to Twickenham for the 10 years since the World Cup celebrations. The other game saw Casters hold Clermont to a 22-22 draw. Castres having led 10-6 at the break.
The rest of the weekends games were played out during Saturday and opened with Brive Toulouse. The result here went to the home side who ran out to a 16-0 lead in the first half. Toulouse did compete in the second half closing it down to the final score of 25-13. Next up was the surprise of the weekend ad Biarritz held out to beat Racing Metro 9-6. It was 3-6 at the break but Biarritz came back in the second half to secure an important win. Oyonnax the new boys in the league, continue to win, Today the victims were Perpignan who went down 22-9. Having been all square 9-9 at the break. So to a home win for Montpellier as they beat Grenoble 25-18. Half-time here was 13-12 and all to play for. Last up and Paris took on Bayonne winning 13-9. The first half ended 10-9 and so the only second half points coming from the boot of Jerome Porical with a penalty for the winning score on seventy six minutes
For those who have not seen them here are all the results.
Results Round Eleven
Fri 01 Nov 18:00 Toulon 37-17 Bordeaux Stade Mayol
Fri 01 Nov 20:00 Castres 22-22 Clermont Stade Pierre Antoine
Sat 02 Nov 14:05 Brive 25-13 Toulouse Stade Amédée Domenech
Sat 02 Nov 17:30 Biarritz 9-6 Racing Metro Parc des Sports d’Aguilera
Sat 02 Nov 17:30 Oyonnax 22-9 Perpignan Stade Charles Mathon
Sat 02 Nov 17:30 Montpellier 25-19 Grenoble Stade Yves Du Manoir
Sat 02 Nov 19:30 Paris 13-9 Bayonne Stade Jean Bouin
Four wrong calls this week. We do not seem to be able to get a 100% return. Couple of weeks off to make it harder, but here are our calls in Bold:
Fixtures Round Tweleve
All Times UK
Fri 22 Nov 19:45 Toulon v Perpignan 20h45 Stade Mayol
Sat 23 Nov 13:15 Brive v Biarritz Stade Amédée Domenech
Sat 23 Nov 13:15 Bayonne v Grenoble Stade Jean Dauger
Sat 23 Nov 13:15 Bordeaux v Paris Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Sat 23 Nov 13:15 Montpellier v Castres Stade Yves Du Manoir
Sat 23 Nov 13:15 Toulouse v Oyonnax Stade Ernest Wallon
Sat 23 Nov 13:30 Clermont v Racing Metro Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin