This is what the Columériens (4th) and the Grenoble (6th) succeeded on Friday evening. Dominant by undertaking, Colomiers easily won against Béziers, with the offensive bonus point (39-20, five tries to two). The Haut-Garonne are two points behind second, Agen.
In Rouen, Grenoble had to fight to win, thanks to a try from their young winger Wilfried Hulleu (21). A convincing victory against the Normans who had brought down the leader Oyonnax the previous day. Grenoble keeps 6th place, Rouen falls to 12th place.
In his lair, Aurillac disposed of Carcassonne (30-26) thanks to two successful penalties at the end of the game by Antoine Aucagne and Marc Palmier, already author of 14 points. Aurillac climbs to 11th place and leaves Carcassonne in 14th place, five small points behind the first relegation player, Soyaux Angoulême (15th), who beat Massy (21-19) in a bottom-ranking duel. Thanks to this victory, the Charentais leave the place of red lantern to Massy. But they remain far (5 points) from the first non-relegation, Carcassonne.
Vannes gets scared
At the end of an incredible end to the match concluded by the test of the pillar Ximun Bessonart, Vannes snatched the victory against Montauban (40-37), after the siren. Andrés Vilaseca thus has a double. The Bretons go back to 8th place, while Montauban remains 13th.