Thanks to their fifth success this season, the second improved, the Clermontois go back to 7th place in the standings, tied on points with Castres (23).
For his return to Clermont, the former Auvergne manager Franck Azéma, appointed on October 28 at the head of the Var team, could not work a miracle.
Toulon remains 12th.
After an early try from New Zealand center Georges Moala (5-0, 3rd), the Clermontois took their time to take the advantage in the score, the fault of scorers, scrum-half Morgan Parra and opener JJ Hanrahan, not very successful against poles (4/8 cumulative).
The New Zealand center of Clermont, George Moala, escapes the Toulon defense to score the first try of the match, at the end of the 10th day of the Top 14, on November 7, 2021 at the Marcel-Michelin Stadium THIERRY ZOCCOLAN AFP
For a long time, they did not know how to take advantage of the Var indiscipline (13 penalties, 2 yellow cards) in the first period.
They finally made the difference at the start of the second period, thanks to the back Jean-Pascal Barraque who beat the Toulon opener Louis Carbonel to flatten the second Clermont try (16-6, 43rd), and especially the young winger Cheikh Tiberghien, author of an individual achievement for his first tenure in Top 14 (21-9, 53rd).
Toulon made an illusion thanks to the boot of its opener Louis Carbonel (9 points) then thanks to an opportunistic try of the winger Aymeric Luc at the end of the match, which allowed Toulon to hope by returning to 21-16, 71st ).
But a final penalty signed Parra (75th) and especially a test from Beheregaray transformed by this same Parra allowed the ASM to definitively ensure its success and the offensive bonus (31-16, 77th).
For its part, RC Toulonnais, dominated in the conquest phases, was largely penalized by his lack of discipline (19 penalties conceded in the match).
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