Overview
- Pau beat Bayonne 47-24 at Le Hameau, scoring six tries including a brace from 20-year-old Grégoire Arfeuil to secure the offensive bonus.
- Bayonne departed without a point and with roughly half a dozen new injuries, including setbacks to Baptiste Chouzenoux, Maxime Machenaud and Tom Lévêque.
- Stade français edged La Rochelle 26-24 on Louis Carbonel’s penalty after the siren, drawing level with Pau at the top of the standings.
- Toulouse host Union Bordeaux-Bègles on Sunday at 21:05, live on Canal+, with both sides entering at 3 wins and 2 losses and near-identical points for and against.
- UBB manager Yannick Bru is rotating his squad by resting key backs such as Matthieu Jalibert and Louis Bielle-Biarrey and dealing with injuries to Maxime Lucu, Yoram Moefana and Gaëtan Barlot, while Perpignan remain on zero points after a 44-19 loss at Lyon.