One match was postponed and for the rest the only surprise of a kind was Racing-Métro's victory over log-leaders Castres and the size of Clermont's victory over Biarritz who are now well settled at the bottom of the log.

The match between Bordeaux-Begles and Lyon was postponed, probably to the second weekend in December, because of an outbreak of contagious glandular infection in the Lyon side.

Results, Round 9

Racing-Métro vs Castres, 23-19
Bayonne vs Perpignan, 18-16
Bordeaux-Bègles vs Lyon, postponed
Toulon vs Brive, 18-3
Clermont vs Biarritz, 41-0
Toulouse vs Stade Français, 18-15
Agen vs Montpellier, 18-12

Log after Round 9

Castres have been toppled from the tip. Bayonne are up three places, the best advance of the round.

Lyon and Bordeaux-Begles each have a game in hand.

1 Clermont 35
2 Toulouse 32
3 Castres 31
4 Toulon 28
5 Agen 24
6 Racing Métro 21
7 Perpignan 18
8 Brive 18
9 Paris 16
10 Bayonne 15
11 Montpellier 14
12 Bordeaux 13
13 Lyon 12
14 Biarritz 10

Match Details

Castres vs Racing-Métro at Stade Pierre-Antoine

Scorers:

For Racing-Métro:
Tries: Descons, Vakatawa
Cons: Descons, Germain
Pens: Descons, Germain
Drop: Lorée

For Castres:
Try: Masoe
Con: Teulet
Pens: Teulet 4

The teams

Castres: 15 Romain Teulet , 14 Max Evans, 13 Romain Cabannes, 12 Seremaia Bai, 11 Marc Andreu, 10 Rémi Tales, 9 Rory Kockott, 8 Chris Masoe (captain), 7 Yannick Caballero, 6 Jannie Bornman, 5 Joe Tekori, 4 Matthias Rolland, 3 Karena Wihongi, 2 Mathieu Bonello, 1 Michael Coetzee
Replacements: 16 Brice Mach, 17 Anton Peikrishvili, 18 Rodrigo Capo Ortega, 19  Scott Murray, 20 Alexandre Albouy, 21 Pierre Bernard, 22 Pierre-Gilles Lakafia, 23 Rossouw Kruger 

Racing-Métro: 15 Gaëtan Germain, 14 Julien Saubade, 13 Virimi Vakatawa, 12 Guillaume Boussès, 11 Juan Jose Imhoff 10 Sébastien Descons, 9 Mathieu Lorée, 8 Rémi Vaquin, 7 Antoine Battut, 6 Bernard le Roux, 5 Jone Qovu, 4 Karim Ghezal, 3 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 2 Gregory Arganèse, 1 Julien Brugnaut
Replacements: 16 Thomas Bianchin , 17 Eddy Ben Arous, 18 Fabrice Metz, 19 Nathan Lane, 20 Nicolas Durand, 21 Julien Jané, 22 Julien Côme, 23 Johan Coetzee

Referee: Patrick Pechambert
Assistant referees: Nicolas Datas, Philippe Gorbenko
Television match officials: Hervé Dubes

Bayonne vs Perpignan at Stade Jean-Dauger

Scorers

For Bayonne:
Pens: Boyet 5
Drop: Garcia

For Perpignan:
Try: Chouly
Con: Porical
Pens: Porical 3

The teams

Bayonne: 15 Cédric Heymans, 14 Marvin O'Connor, 13 Thibault Lacroix, 12 Lionel Mazars, 11 Sam Gerber, 10 Benjamin Boyet, 9 Cédric Garcia, 8 Marc Baget (captain), 7 Julien Puricelli, 6 Dwayne Haare, 5 Abdellatif Boutaty, 4 Troy Flavell, 3 Renaud Boyoud,  2 David Roumieu, 1 Pierre Lafond
Replacements: 16 David Da Ros, 17 Aretz Iguiniz, 18 Rob Linde, 19 Jean-Joseph Marmouyet, 20 Julien Audy, 21 Clément Otazo, 22 Thibault Visensang, 23 Neemia Tialata.

Perpignan: 15 Jérôme Porical, 14 Farid Sid, 13 Ryan Cross, 12 Gavin Hume, 11 Adrien Planté, 10 Nicolas Laharrague, 9 David Mélé, 8 Henry Tuilagi, 7 Jean-Pierre Perez,  6 Bertrand Guiry, 5 Guillaume Vilaceca, 4 Olivier Olibeau (captain), 3 Kisi Pulu, 2 Marius Tincu, 1 Perry Freshwater
Replacements: 16 Charles Geli, 17 Jérôme Schuster, 18 Rimas Alvarez Kairelis, 19 Damien Chouly, 20 Kevin Boulogne, 21 Rudi Coetzee, 22 Joffrey Michel, 23 Danie Thiart
 
Referee: Laurent Cardona
Assistant referees: Sébastien Cloute, Sébastien Hebert
Television match officials: Gilles Cogne

Toulon vs Brive at Stade Mayol

Scorers

For Toulon:
Pens: Wilkinson 6

For Brive:
Pen: Belie

The teams

Brive:  15 Julien Caminati, 14 Jacques Boussuge, 13 Arnaud Mignardi, 12 Jamie Noon, 11 Ronnie Cooke, 10 Scott Spedding, 9 Jean-Baptiste Pejoine, 8 Antonie Claassen, 7 Thibault Dubarry, 6 Tasi Luafutu , 5 Arnaud Méla (captain), 4 Retief Uys, 3 Vasil Kakovin, 2 Iuri Natriashvili , 1 Davit Kinchagishvili.
Replacements: 16 Virgile Lacombe, 17 Pablo Henn, 18 Julien Ledevedec, 19 Olivier Caisso, 20 Alexandre Bias, 21 Mathieu Belie, 22 Ayite Atayi, 23 Pat Barnard

Toulon:  15 Luke Rooney, 14 Christian Loamanu, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Geoffroy Messina, 11 David Smith, 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 9 Sébastien Tillous-Borde, 8 Steffon Armitage, 7 Joe El Abd, 6 Pierrick Gunther, 5 Dean Schofield, 4 Christophe Samson, 3 Carl Hayman, 2 Jean-Philippe Genevois, 1 Laurent Emmanuelli.
Replacements: 16 Sébastien Bruno, 17 Eifion Lewis-Roberts, 18 Kristian Chesney, 19 Jone Tawake, 20 Benjamin Lapeyre, 21 André Pretorius, 22 Mathew Henjak, 23 Davit Kubriashvili

Referee: Salem Attalah
Assistant referees: Jérôme Lamirand, Bruno Fiche
Television match officials: Laurent Valin

Clermont vs Biarritz at Stade Marcel-Michelin

Scorers

For Clermont:
Tries: James, Fofana 2, Canale, Vosloo
Cons: James 4, Skrela
Pens: James 2

The teams

Clermont: 15 Jean-Marcellin Buttin, 14 Kini Murimurivalu, 13 Wesley Fofana, 12 Gonzalo Canale, 11 Noa Nakaitaci, 10 Brock James, 9 Ludovic Radosavljevic, 8 Elvis Vermeulen (captain), 7 Julien Bardy, 6 Jason White, 5 Lois Jacquet, 4 Jamie Cudmore, 3 Clément Ric, 2 Ti'i Paulo, 1  Lionel Faure
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Thomas Domingo, 18 Nathan Hines, 19 Gerhard Vosloo, 20 Kevin Senio, 21 David Skrela, 22 Gavin Williams, 23 Danie Kotze

Biarritz: 15 Dale Haylett-Petty, 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya, 13 Philippe Bidabé, 12 Seremaia Burotu, 11 Paul Couet-Lannes, 10 Julien Peyrelongue, 9 Yann Lesgougues, 8 Romain Faure, 7 Benoît Guyot, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 5 Manuel Carizza, 4 Jérôme Thion (captain), 3 Francisco Gomez Kodela, 2 Romain Terrain, 1 Yvan Watremez
Replacements: 16 Benoît August/Arnaud Héguy, 17 Sylvain Marconnet, 18 Pelu Taele, 19 Tanguy Molcard, 20 Jean-Pascal Barraque, 21 Charles Gimenez, 22 Iain Balshaw, 23 Campbell Johnstone

Referee: Mathieu Raynal
Assistant referees: Flavien Hourquet, Thomas Dejean
Television match officials: Gérard Borreani

Toulouse vs Stade Français at Stade Ernest-Wallon

Scorers

For Toulouse:
Tries: Nyanga, Donguy
Con: Beauxis
Pens: Beauxis 2

For Stade Français:
Pens: Dupuy 4
Drop: Contepomi

The teams

Toulouse: 15 Lionel Beauxis, 14 Timoci Matanavou, 13 Yann David, 12 Clément Poitrenaud, 11 Yves Donguy, 10 Luke McAlister, 9 , 8 Gillian Galan, 7 Sylvain Nicolas, 6 Yannick Nyanga (captain), 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Russlan Boukerou, 3 Census Johnston, 2 Alberto Vernet Basualdo, 1 Carl Hoeft.
Replacements: 16 Eusebio Guiñazu, 17 Gurthrö Steenkamp, 18 Grégory Lamboley, 19 Shaun Sowerby, 20 Nicolas Bézy, 21 Yannick Jauzion, 22 Florian Fritz, 23 Yohan Montes 

Stade Français: 15 Paul Warwick, 14 Paul Sackey, 13 Paul Williams, 12 Martin Rodriguez, 11 Francis Fainifo, 10 , 9 Julien Dupuy, 8 Sergio Parisse, 7 Pierre Rabadan, 6 Antoine Burban, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Gerhard Mostert, 3 David Attoub, 2 Laurent Sempéré, 1 Rodrigo Roncero
Replacements: 16 Rémi Bonfils, 17 Rabah Slimani, 18 Scott LaValla, 19 David Lyons, 20 Jérôme Fillol, 21 Jules Plisson, 22 Morgan Turinui, 23 Stanley Wright 
 
Referee: Christophe Berdos
Assistant referees: Frank Maciello, René Bordeneuve
Television match officials: Daniel Gillet

Agen vs Montpellier at Stade Armandie

Scorers

For Agen:
Pens: Barnard 6

For Montpellier:
Pens: Bustos Moyano 3

The teams

Montpellier: 15 Lucas Amorosino, 14 Martín Bustos Moyano, 13 Thomas Combezou, 12 Paul Bosch, 11 Yoan Audrin, 10 Santiago Fernandez, 9 Benoît Paillaugue, 8 Sakiusa Matadigo, 7 Rémy Martin, 6 Mamuka Gorgodze, 5 Drikus Hancke, 4 Thibaut Privat (captain), 3 George Jgenti, 2 Rassie Jansen van Vuuren, 1 Na'ama Leleimalefaga.
Replacements: 16 Agustín Creevy, 17 Goderdzi Shvelidze/Mikheil Nariashvili, 18 Mickaël De Marco, 19 Vassili Bost, 20 Julien Tomas/Jean-Baptiste Peyras-Loustalet, 21 Ilian Perraux, 22 Benjamin Thiery, 23 Maximiliano Bustos

Agen: 15 Silvère Tian, 14 Saimoni Vaka, 13 Miguel Avramovic, 12 Junior Palesasa, 11 Brice Dulin, 10 Conrad Barnard, 9 Maxime Machenaud, 8 Ueleni Fono, 7 Adri Badenhorst (captain), 6 Giraud, 5 Lisiate Fa'aoso, 4 Dewald Senekal, 3 Martin Scelzo, 2 Jalil Narjissi, 1 John Schwalger.
Replacements: 16  Julien Janaudy, 17 Laurent Cabarry, 18 Andrew Springgay, 19 Opeti Fonua, 20 Jean Monribot, 21Valentin Courrent, 22 Jamie Robinson, 23 Gert Muller

Referee: Pascal Gauzere
Assistant referees: Christophe Dutreuilh, Didier Dussaut
Television match officials: Jean-Claude Levrier