Top 14 wrap: Parisse sees red

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Stade Français held on for a valuable Top 14 win over Bordeaux-Bègles on Saturday despite seeing skipper Sergio Parisse sent off.

Stade Français held on for a valuable Top 14 win over Bordeaux-Bègles on Saturday despite seeing skipper Sergio Parisse sent off in the first half.

Clermont ran seven unanswered tries past Mont-de-Marsan for a predictable easy win while Racing Métro scraped to a narrow win at home to Bayonne.

Elsewhere, Grenoble maintained their unbeaten record on home soil with victory over Agen.

In the late game, Biarritz battled their way to a try-less win over Castres.

Earlier in the day, league leaders Toulon put on an impressive display to thump Montpellier.

Results:
Toulouse 18-19 Perpignan – Report here
Toulon 51-6 Montpellier – Report here
Clermont 56-3 Mont-de-Marsan
Grenoble 27-13 Agen
Stade Français 30-14 Bordeaux-Bègles
Racing Métro 15-10 Bayonne
Biarritz 15-9 Castres


Stade Français Paris 30-14 Union Bordeaux-Bègles
Stade Charléty, Paris

Stade Français claimed the spoils in a game rife with controversy although the hosts deserved to win.

Italy skipper Sergio Parisse is in danger of missing next weekend's Six Nations clash with Wales after being sent off late in the first half for allegedly insulting referee Laurent Cardona.

Stade Français led 24-6 at half time but the last of their three tries, scored just before the break, was scored after the Parisians took a quick throw-in with the wrong ball, which the referee failed to notice.

Julien Rey's second half try for UBB was too little, too late as home scrum-half Julien Dupuy's 100 percent record from the kicking tee kept the scoreboard ticking for Stade Français.

The scorers:

For Stade Français:
Tries: Parisse, De malmanche, Turini
Cons: Dupuy 3
Pens: Dupuy 3
Red card: Parisse

For Bordeaux-Bègles:
Try: Rey
Pens: Munro 3

Stade Français: 15 Hugo Bonneval, 14 Paul Williams, 13 Geoffrey Doumayrou, 12 Morgan Turinui, 11 Jeremy Sinzelle, 10 Paul Warwick, 9 Julien Dupuy, 8 Sergio Parisse, 7 Olivier Missoup, 6 David Lyons, 5 Gerhard Mostert, 4 Anton Van zyl, 3 David Attoub, 2 Aled De malmanche, 1 Stanley Wright.
Replacements: 16 Remi Bonfils, 17 Rabah Slimani, 18 Scott Lavalla, 19 Antoine Burban, 20 Jerome Fillol, 21 Jules Plisson, 22 Djibril Camara, 23 Jeremy Becasseau.

Bordeaux-Bègles: 15 Lachie Munro, 14 Metuisela Talebulamaijaina, 13 Julien Rey, 12 Felix Le bourhis, 11 Blair Connor, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Heini Adams, 8 Matthew Clarkin, 7 Hugh Chalmers, 6 Gautier Gibouin, 5 Francois Tisseau, 4 Cameron Treloar, 3 Silviu Florea, 2 Wayne Avei, 1 Jefferson Poirot.
Replacements: 16 Hikairo Forbes, 17 Laurent Delboulbes, 18 Louis benoit Madaule, 19 Adam Jaulhac, 20 Julien Seron, 21 Camille Lopez, 22 Rafael Carballo, 23 Tamato Leupolu.


ASM Clermont 56-3 Mont-de-Marsan
Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin, Clermont Ferrand

Clermont climbed back into second place with an easy bonus-point win that leaves them six points behind Toulon but five ahead of Toulouse.

Clermont led 21-3 at half time with two of their seven tries coming before the break.

The scorers:

For Clermont:
Tries: Vosloo, Chaume, Cudmore, Nalaga, Byrne, Jacquet, Senio
Cons: James 3, Skrela 3
Pens: James 3
Yellow card: Rougerie

For Mont-de-Marsan:
Pen: Vignau-Tuquet
Yellow card: Taukafa, Taulanga

Clermont: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Jean Marcellin Buttin, 13 Aurelien Rougerie, 12 Benson Stanley, 11 Naipolioni Nalaga, 10 Brock James, 9 Ludovic Radosavljevic, 8 Damien Chouly, 7 Gerhard Vosloo, 6 Julien Bonnaire, 5 Loic Jacquet, 4 Jamie Cudmore, 3 Daniel Kotze, 2 Ti'i Paulo, 1 Raphael Chaume.
Replacements: 16 Benoit Cabello, 17 Clement Ric, 18 Julien Pierre, 19 Alexandre Lapandry, 20 Kevin Senio, 21 David Skrela, 22 Regan King, 23 Adrien Oleon.

Mont-de-Marsan: 15 Thibault Duvallet, 14 Martin Jagr, 13 Daniele Baleinadogo, 12 Seru Rabeni, 11 Simon Lucu, 10 Antoine Vignau-Tuquet, 9 Arnaud Pic, 8 Haisini Taulanga, 7 Philipus Liebenberg, 6 Yann Brethous, 5 Berend Botha, 4 Sebastian De chaves, 3 Tevita Mailau, 2 Thomas Bordes, 1 Julian Fiorini.
Replacements: 16 Ephraim Taukafa, 17 Pierre Correia, 18 Wame Lewaravu, 19 Julien Tastet, 20 Julien Cabannes, 21 Bernard Arrayet, 22 Yohann Durquet, 23 Mathieu Giudicelli.


Racing Métro 15-10 Aviron Bayonnais
Stade Yves Du Manoir – Colombes (Paris)

Racing Métro claimed their fifth consecutive win to keep pushing for a spot in the play-offs.

Racing led 6-0 at half time but Joe Rokocoko's 67th minute try put Bayonne ahead.

Jonathan Wisniewski's trusty boot ensured the points for Racing though. The bad news for Racing is the loss of Juan martin Hernandez, who limped off injured in the first half.

A losing bonus point for Bayonne moves the Basques further away from the relegations zone since all three bottom clubs lost on Saturday.

The scorers:

For Racing Métro:
Pens: Wisniewski 5

For Bayonne:
Try: Rokocoko
Con: Boyet
Pen: Boyet

Racing Métro: 15 Juan martin Hernandez, 14 Julien Jane, 13 Henry Chavancy, 12 Fabrice Estebanez, 11 Juan Imhoff, 10 Jonathan Wisniewski, 9 Sebastien Descons, 8 Masinivanua Matadigo, 7 Alvaro Galindo, 6 Antoine Battut, 5 Francois van der Merwe, 4 Karim Ghezal, 3 Juan pablo Orlandi, 2 Thomas Bianchin, 1 Julien Brugnaut.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Noirot, 17 Eddy Ben Arous, 18 Fabrice Metz, 19 Jacques Cronje, 20 Mathieu Belie, 21 Olly Barkley, 22 Bernard Le roux, 23 Salemane Sa.

Bayonne: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Bastien Fuster, 13 Joe Rokocoko, 12 Gabiriele Lovobalavu, 11 Marvin O'Connor, 10 Benjamin Boyet, 9 Cedric Garcia, 8 Dwayne Haare, 7 Julien Puricelli, 6 Guillaume Bernad, 5 Mark Chisholm, 4 Dewald Senekal, 3 Nemiah Tialata, 2 David Roumieu, 1 Aretz Iguiniz.
Replacements: 16 Gregory Arganese, 17 Vitolio Manukula, 18 Matt Graham, 19 Marc Baget, 20 Mike Phillips, 21 Manu Ahotaeiloa, 22 Jacques louis Potgeiter, 23 Renaud Boyoud.


FC Grenoble 27-13 SU Agen
Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble

Unbelievably, Grenoble are still on course for the play-offs as they maintain their unbeaten home record, which stretched back to 2011!

Grenoble led 16-13 at half time thanks to a penalty try awarded against the Agen scrum.

Wing Rudolf Coetzee's late try after a pin-point cross-filed kick secured victory, leaving Agen stuck in the relegation zone.

The scorers:

For Grenoble:
Tries: Penalty try, Coetzee
Cons: Courrent 2
Pens: Courrent 5

For