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 lead, scoring fouls, scrimmage half Morgan Parra and opener JJ Hanrahan, little success against the poles (4/8 in total).
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.
The offensive bonus for Clermont
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 excitement thanks to the boot of its opener Louis Carbonel (9 points) and then thanks to an opportunistic try of winger Aymeric Luc at the end of the game, 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 on the match).
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