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Morgan Parra.

Replaced at the opening to compensate for the injury of Camille Lopez, the 33-year-old French international (71 caps), usually N.9, had a field day against Perpignan (52-12): he scored twenty points alone (one try, six conversions, one penalty).

Something to delight the Stade Marcel-Michelin before leaving the Auvergne club this summer, where he is playing his thirteenth season.

Maxime Machenaud.

From the same generation as Parra, also an international (38 caps), the opener of Racing 92, winner of Castres (45-25) at the Arena de Nanterre, also made people talk about him on Saturday.

With a ratio of 100% on his kicks and 14 points scored (2 conversions, 4 penalties), the player, with the Ile-de-France club since 2012, did the job.

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6. At the end of a spectacular meeting against Castres, with five tries scored, including a double from Virimi Vakatawa, Racing 92 scored a sixth victory in a row, consolidating its place among the favorites in the final stages and climbing into the Top 4.

52. This is the number of points inflicted by Clermont on Usap (52-12), thanks in particular to seven tries, including two doubles from Rozière and Moala.

Card of the day.

10. By winning over Stade Français (30-3), the MHR lined up their tenth straight game (including nine wins) without defeat on Sunday afternoon, consolidating their excellent form.

The Hérault club, which has a game still late, now sticks to the tail of the leader, UBB, which is ahead of it by one point (57) thanks to its defensive bonus point scored Sunday evening in Toulouse (12-11) .

Montpellier's English flanker Zach Mercer, congratulated by his teammates, after his scored try against Stade Français, during the 19th day of the Top 14, February 27, 2022 at the GGL Stadium Sylvain THOMAS AFP

1. It was the tiny gap that allowed Stade Toulousain, at the end of the day, to win over Bordeaux-Bègles at Ernest-Wallon, thanks to four penalties from their Australian opener Zach Holmes, author of a without fail.

It's not much but it's a lot for the Rouge et Noir, who finally put an end to their series of six consecutive defeats.

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"We are on a good dynamic, it gives us confidence (...) We have gone through a complicated phase, but we are gradually regaining our confidence, by being frank and united (...) I hope that we will continue on this momentum. We knew that we had the potential to do better, we gave ourselves the right to believe in it.

Henry Chavancy, the center of Racing 92, positive and determined.

Racing 92 center Henry Chavancy scores a try against Castres, during the 19th day of the Top 14, on February 26, 2022 at the Paris La Défense Arena in Nanterre Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT AFP

"We were taken on the basics of rugby, Brive beat us in this sector and in rugby, when you are not good on the basics, there is no miracle: you do not win."

Anthony Belleau, the center of Toulon, beaten in Brive (17-10), simple and basic.

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