Overview

• Bayonne closed out Round 5 with a 40-26 win that lifted them to first place after overturning a second-half Toulouse lead.
• The match was level 16-16 at halftime before Toulouse edged ahead, only for Bayonne to score three tries in about ten minutes to seize control.
• Cheick Tiberghien capped the surge with a late solo try after Esteban Capilla finished a move sparked by Arnaud Erbinartegaray.
• Toulouse’s lineout faltered with five throws lost or stolen, Romain Ntamack left four points off the tee, and a Manu Tuilagi yellow card yielded nine points in penalties.
• Coach Ugo Mola lamented that his side “collapsed a bit quickly,” while Bayonne’s players hailed the Jean-Dauger crowd as a decisive lift in extending their formidable home run.