Montauban and Biarritz in the lead

Montauban and Biarritz, taking advantage of Brive’s defeat on Thursday in Aix, occupy the lead in the Pro D2 ranking at the end of the 7th day which ended on Friday.

Montauban won by one point on the Valence-Romans pitch (32-31) while Biarritz beat Agen at home at the end of the evening (30-26). Brive, who was leader at the start of the 7th day, fell to 5th place.

Results of the 7th day of Pro D2:

Thursday October 17
Provence Rugby – Brive (bd) 23 – 20

Friday October 18
Colomiers – Soyaux-Angoulême 13 – 13
Béziers (bd) – Grenoble 22 – 25
Aurillac – Nice 16 – 25
Mont-de-Marsan – Nevers 22 – 14
Dax – Oyonnax 28 – 15
Valence-Romans (bd) – Montauban 31 – 32
Biarritz – Agen (bd) 30 – 26

Ranking: Pts JGNP pp pc dif Good
1. Montauban 22 7 5 0 2 181 163 18 2
2. Biarritz 22 7 5 0 2 169 154 15 2
3. Grenoble 21 7 5 0 2 163 166 -3 1
4. Provence Rugby 20 7 4 1 2 150 127 23 2
5. Brive 20 7 4 0 3 182 147 35 4
6. Colomiers 20 7 4 1 2 146 130 16 2
7. Soyaux-Angoulême 18 7 3 2 2 149 135 14 2
8. Béziers 17 7 3 0 4 160 143 17 5
9. Agen 16 7 3 0 4 164 147 17 4
10. Mont-de-Marsan 16 7 3 0 4 172 154 18 4
11. Dax 16 7 4 0 3 140 135 5 0
12. Oyonnax 13 7 3 0 4 137 142 -5 1
13. Nice 13 7 3 0 4 125 187 -62 1
14. Nevers 10 7 2 0 5 138 172 -34 2
15. Aurillac 9 7 2 0 5 154 191 -37 1
16. Valence-Romans 7 7 1 0 6 172 209 -37 3

Editor’s note: Victory = 4 pts, draw = 2 pts, defeat = 0 pts

Bonus: 1 pt for a victory with 3 more tries than the opponent, 1 pt for a defeat with 5 pts difference or less.

The first 2 qualified for the semi-finals.

The clubs ranked 3 to 6 play play-offs for the semi-finals on the field of the best ranked.

The winner of the final promoted to Top 14.

The loser plays an promotion match on his home field against the 13th in the Top 14.

The last is relegated to the National, the penultimate plays a play-off against the 2nd in the National.

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