Racingmen close on Toulous
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ByEurosport
Updated 05/03/2011 at 22:10 GMT
Racing Metro took advantage of Toulouse’s slip at Aviron Bayonnais to close the gap on the leaders with a 38-19 win at Bourgoin in the Top 14.
Racing Metro' French wing Benjamin Fall (L) is tackled by Bourgoin's French prop Olivier Milloud (C) next to his team-mate French center Henry Chavancy (R) during the French Top 14 rugby union match CS Bourgoin-Jallieu vs Racing-Metro 92 at the Alps stadi
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The bottom-placed side in the Top 14 have won just twice all season and were no match for a side with aspirations of the title.
The Racingmen took a 17-9 lead by the break and added two further tries after the resumption to put the game beyond doubt.
The hosts did score a consolation try but Julien Saubade went over for Racing Metro at the death to add a touch of gloss to the scoreline and secure an all-important bonus point.
Toulouse lost 19-13 at Aviron Bayonnais, their sixth defeat of the season.
Aviron controlled the game, with Benjamin Boyet kicking three penalties in the first-half and converting Yoann Huget’s try.
The margin of victory would have been still larger had Vincent Clerc not added a try late in the game.
Montpellier edged a thriller with Agen 25-24 – with both sides scoring late tries to keep the game on a knife-edge – to keep their unbeaten home record intact.
Castres beat Brive 20-12 to give them a first away victory of the season, while La Rochelle were unlucky to come out on the losing side of an eight-try cracker at Biarritz, eventually going down 32-30.
And Perpignan came away with a 21-9 win from their trip to Paris to face Stade Francais in a mid-table tussle.
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