The Parisians, who retain their place as runner-up in the standings, three points behind Stade Toulouse, carried out the bad operation of the day, despite a good recovery in the second half.
The USAP remains red lantern but returns to three lengths of Brive, its next opponent.
The Catalans put an end to a series of eight consecutive defeats (four in the league, four in the European Challenge) and finally beat a team against which they had been struggling since 2013, with eight losses in a row.
This victory of the "Blood and Gold", led by their excellent N.10, the Australian Jake McIntyre, at the end of a match of great intensity, and a rather fierce first period, could count in the perspective of maintenance.
They were able to perfectly exploit Parisian indiscipline (two yellow cards) by signing four tries.
The tries of George Tilsley at the end of the first half and of Faasalele from the restart, while the Pink Soldiers were playing outnumbered, gave them a welcome cushion when they had to resist fourteen in the last quarter of an hour .
Tilsley was indeed sent off in the 68th minute for stepping on the hand of Parisian scrum-half Morgan Parra.
Beyond the points, the USAP should save itself a change of staff that the management of the club was considering a change during the European interlude.
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