Paris (AFP)

Lyon continued their perfect start to the season by defeating their runner-up Bordeaux (25-23) for the 6th day of Top 14 on Saturday, while Toulouse, defeated in Brive (23-9), slip into the place of barrage.

Perf ': the LOU has heart

In the clash between the last two undefeated teams in the league, the LOU confirmed his throne by winning 25-23 in his stadium Gerland.

The Lyonnais and accent their lead at the top of the ranking, with five points on their host, nine on the third, the surprising promoted Bayonne, who went to win at Agen (29-27), and ten Clermont, which beat Montpellier ( 20-13).

The Lyonnais have suffered a lot and have even been led to the test of Jean-Marc Doussain and its transformation, ten minutes from the end.

"The winning streak continues but we are not invincible, winning in difficulty is good, but we must not lie," said coach LOU Pierre Mignoni.

The against perf ': Toulouse becomes barragiste

The curse of the champion seems to be still striking: for three years, no title holder has qualified for the finals of the Top 14. There are still many games, but Toulouse, now 13th and therefore barragiste, is ailing. Saturday, he lost his fourth game out of six Brive 23-9.

The Stade was feverish, defective in veneer, undisciplined and lacking too many arguments to compete with the Corrèze's determination, which had already caused Clermont, Toulon in Corrèze.

"At the break, we had already taken 9 penalties, it is incompatible with a result on the outside We would like our players to play at their true level," said Laurent Thuéry the coach of Toulouse.

The man of the weekend: Juan Imhoff wears Racing

In the dismal start of the season, winger Juan Imhoff floats and has already scored six tries for his team. The two against Pau Sunday, registered first after the interception at the end (59th) then taking advantage of a good job of Simon Zebo (70th), gave much consistency to the victory of the Parisians, who come out of the red zone to become 9th.

This is the first victory of the season outside of Racing, with the way and the bonus ripped at the end of the match in Pau (31-3), who claimed third place in case of victory.

In a half-time game (6-3 for Racing), Teddy Iribaren's puck first allowed his teammates to escape a bit (12-3) before Imhoff started. his festival.

The decla: "We lowered our head"

If Racing has a little head out of the water, this is not the case of Stade Français, crashed 46-16 in Castres. What spark the ire of the historic Paris center Jonathan Danty.

"We had a good start, we were on the verge of scoring and then nothing!", He dropped after the match.

"The Stade Français deserves better than this ranking, it's been nine years that I play with the Stade Français and this is probably the most difficult moment," he continued, calling for "a revolt", before the return of internationals. "If we wait, it will be too late."

The sixth day ends with the match between Toulon and La Rochelle Sunday at 16:45.

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