Paris (AFP)

Cold head but crowned head. Bordeaux-Bègles ended the first leg with a symbolic title of autumn champion after its slow success ahead of Bayonne (22-3), Saturday, during the 13th day of Top 14, also marked by the large victory of Toulon Sunday in front of Castres (43-3).

. 40 minutes is enough for UBB

Quickly done well done. The UBB did not really shine against Bayonne: 40 solid minutes, if not brilliant, will have allowed the men of Christophe Urios to start 2020 as they had finished 2019. By a victory, their fifth in a row, and first place in the standings.

Not enough to show off for the Girondin coach, however. "We are happy to be the autumn champion, we are proud. I have never been, I thought we had a trophy, a plate ...", smiled Urios before moderating: "The course that we did is very good. Being at the halfway point with 47 points, we didn't have to drag on the way. It's positive but we are at the halfway point. What we want is is to be first at the end. "

For that, we will have to be more efficient for the second half of the season than in the second half against the Basques (zero points scored).

. Clermont, it's no

And thirteen! Clermont ended their thirteenth game without any bonus. Neither offensive nor defensive. As a result, the Jaunards, who did not lose sight of Racing 92 (defeat 27-19), point to 8th place in the ranking, out of the qualifying places. This is a task for the outgoing finalist.

"It is frustrating to die at eight points ... When we see the waste in the construction of our game, we still have too many inaccuracies to be able to win this type of meeting," besides railed Franck Azéma .

"We lack realism in the first period ... until this last action under the posts where we can hope to put three points and bring back a point ... This is not the case," added the Clermont coach.

. LOU squeaks, La Rochelle smiles

In the other meetings of the evening, Lyon waited 40 minutes before getting into action. Led by twelve points at the break in Agen, Pierre Mignoni's men scored thirteen, just enough, to reverse the trend and win (13-12) before the 13th in the ranking. And keep their place as runners-up despite twelve forwards, four balloons lost in touch, two yellow cards for Jonathan Pelissié (8th) and Liam Gill (38th) as well as three tries refused ...

Finally, Montpellier won without shining ahead of Brive (29-26) while La Rochelle, worn by Jules Plisson (22 points), clinched its first victory outside the season, ahead of Pau (44-13) , to climb to 4th place.

For its part, Castres, knocked out by Toulon (43-3), is still chasing after its first away victory. The RCT climbed on the podium after its demonstration in front of the Tarnais, very pale and who cashed six tries.

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