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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Manx" data-source="post: 701127" data-attributes="member: 50236"><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'">After a two week break over Christmas, the best league in France re-commences the fight for promotion into the Top 14 next year with Pau in the prime automatic prmotion spot with the in form Biarritz after five wins on the trot coming up fast behind them!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'">The weekend starts on Saturday with five games kicking off at 18.30, the first of which is Agen against Tarbes. Agen have signed the gnarly old prop Denis Avril (ex Bayonne and Biarritz) as their scrum consultant no doubt to try and encapsulate his spirit as much as the tricks of the trade he can bring. The 9th placed team (6 Wins and 1 Loss at home) take on the disappointing Tarbes (12th place) who are 1 Win /7 Losses away. Their away record has seen some thumping losses with 293 against them and 173 for but the win was an away win at Pau in their local derby! I will go for Agen.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'">Albi (4th place) who are 5 wins/2 losses at home take on Bourgoin (15th place) who's record is just 2 wins from 7 away games. It is hard to see an away win.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'">The (once again) mighty Biarritz (2nd place) travel to Aurillac (7th place) hoping to put some more distance between them being only 7 points above them at present, and this is nothing in this league as BO have already shown! BO are on a five match winning run and, although their away record has not been great (5 Losses/2 wins), the confidence is back and they should overpower Aurillac even though they are unbeaten at home after 7 matches this season...or is that my heart speaking!!</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'">Beziers (11th place 5 wins/2 Losses at home), otherwise known as Montpellier seconds may need more of the latter's players as reinforcements when they host Colomiers (8th place 3 wins/5 Losses) and if Colomiers have targeted this match, they could take it narrowly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'">Narbonne (16th 3w/5L) in hosting Montauban (6th 2 wins/5 Losses ) are going for the double having beaten them 17-18 away but with 4 losses out of the last five games (and Montauban the opposite) they do not look like they have the form that they had in the earlier match.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'">Bottom club Dax (14th 5w/2L) take on the top club in Pau (1st 5w/3L) and the only thing that Dax can take comfort from is that the early form of Pau has disappeared with only 2 wins put of their last five games, However, this is the game for Pau to gain in the confidence of winning in their last game.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'">Massy (13th 5w/3L) take on Mont-de-Marsan (5th 5w/2L) with little real hope!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'">The improving USAP (3rd 7w/1d) take on Carcassonne (10th 1 w/7L) and is hard to see how Carcassonne will overcome the unbeaten home record of USAP on the back of their having lost six out of seven of their away matches......</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'">Enjoy your weekend!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/20684.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22280.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"><span style="color: #626A73"><span style="font-family: 'Montserrat'">SU Agen v </span></span><span style="color: #626A73"><span style="font-family: 'Montserrat'">Tarbes</span></span></div><p></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"><div style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #626A73">Saturday,10th January 2015 @</span><span style="color: #4C4A4A"><span style="font-family: 'Oswald'">18:30</span></span></div></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"></div><p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"></span><span style="color: #0091FF"><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22276.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/11972.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"><span style="color: #626A73"><span style="font-family: 'Montserrat'">Albi v </span></span><span style="color: #626A73"><span style="font-family: 'Montserrat'">Bourgoin</span></span></div><p></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"><div style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #626A73">Saturday,10th January 2015 @</span><span style="color: #4C4A4A"><span style="font-family: 'Oswald'">18:30</span></span></div><p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"></span><span style="color: #0091FF"><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22282.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i1.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/11971.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"><span style="color: #626A73"><span style="font-family: 'Montserrat'">Stade Aurillacois v </span></span><span style="color: #626A73"><span style="font-family: 'Montserrat'">Biarritz Olympique</span></span></div></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"><span style="color: #626A73"><span style="font-family: 'Montserrat'"></span></span><span style="color: #626A73">Saturday,10th January 2015 @</span><span style="color: #4C4A4A"><span style="font-family: 'Oswald'">18:30</span></span></div><p></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"><div style="text-align: center"></div></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"></div><p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"></span><span style="color: #0091FF"><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22236.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i1.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22249.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"><span style="color: #626A73"><span style="font-family: 'Montserrat'">Béziers v </span></span><span style="color: #626A73"><span style="font-family: 'Montserrat'">Colomiers</span></span></div><p></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #626A73">Saturday,10th January 2015 @</span><span style="color: #4C4A4A"><span style="font-family: 'Oswald'">18:30</span></span></div></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"></div></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"></div><p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"></span><span style="color: #0091FF"><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22261.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i1.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/21954.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"><span style="color: #626A73"><span style="font-family: 'Montserrat'">Narbonne v </span></span><span style="color: #626A73"><span style="font-family: 'Montserrat'">Montauban</span></span></div><p></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #626A73">Saturday,10th January 2015 @</span><span style="color: #4C4A4A"><span style="font-family: 'Oswald'">18:30</span></span></div></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #0091FF"><span style="color: #4C4A4A"><span style="font-family: 'Oswald'"></span></span><img src="http://i.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22167.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i1.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22250.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div><p></span></span><div style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0091FF"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #626A73"><span style="font-family: 'Montserrat'">US Dax v Section Paloise</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Oswald'"><span style="color: #4c4a4a">Sunday, 11th January @ 15.05</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center"></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #2EA7FE"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/33413.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22172.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #2EA7FE"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #626A73"><span style="font-family: 'Montserrat'">Massy v </span></span><span style="color: #626A73"><span style="font-family: 'Montserrat'">Mont-de-Marsan</span></span></div><p></span></span><span style="color: #2EA7FE"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #4C4A4A"><span style="font-family: 'Oswald'">Sunday, 11th January @ 15.00</span></span></div></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #2EA7FE"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></div></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #2EA7FE"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></div><p></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2EA7FE"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2EA7FE"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></span><div style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0091FF"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><img src="http://i.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/11990.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i1.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/24845.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0091FF"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: #626A73"><span style="font-family: 'Montserrat'">Perpignan v Carcassonne</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Oswald'"><span style="color: #4c4a4a">Sunday, 11th January 2015 @17.00</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center"></div> <div style="text-align: center"></div></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Manx, post: 701127, member: 50236"] [FONT=Open Sans]After a two week break over Christmas, the best league in France re-commences the fight for promotion into the Top 14 next year with Pau in the prime automatic prmotion spot with the in form Biarritz after five wins on the trot coming up fast behind them! The weekend starts on Saturday with five games kicking off at 18.30, the first of which is Agen against Tarbes. Agen have signed the gnarly old prop Denis Avril (ex Bayonne and Biarritz) as their scrum consultant no doubt to try and encapsulate his spirit as much as the tricks of the trade he can bring. The 9th placed team (6 Wins and 1 Loss at home) take on the disappointing Tarbes (12th place) who are 1 Win /7 Losses away. Their away record has seen some thumping losses with 293 against them and 173 for but the win was an away win at Pau in their local derby! I will go for Agen. Albi (4th place) who are 5 wins/2 losses at home take on Bourgoin (15th place) who's record is just 2 wins from 7 away games. It is hard to see an away win. The (once again) mighty Biarritz (2nd place) travel to Aurillac (7th place) hoping to put some more distance between them being only 7 points above them at present, and this is nothing in this league as BO have already shown! BO are on a five match winning run and, although their away record has not been great (5 Losses/2 wins), the confidence is back and they should overpower Aurillac even though they are unbeaten at home after 7 matches this season...or is that my heart speaking!! Beziers (11th place 5 wins/2 Losses at home), otherwise known as Montpellier seconds may need more of the latter's players as reinforcements when they host Colomiers (8th place 3 wins/5 Losses) and if Colomiers have targeted this match, they could take it narrowly. Narbonne (16th 3w/5L) in hosting Montauban (6th 2 wins/5 Losses ) are going for the double having beaten them 17-18 away but with 4 losses out of the last five games (and Montauban the opposite) they do not look like they have the form that they had in the earlier match. Bottom club Dax (14th 5w/2L) take on the top club in Pau (1st 5w/3L) and the only thing that Dax can take comfort from is that the early form of Pau has disappeared with only 2 wins put of their last five games, However, this is the game for Pau to gain in the confidence of winning in their last game. Massy (13th 5w/3L) take on Mont-de-Marsan (5th 5w/2L) with little real hope!! The improving USAP (3rd 7w/1d) take on Carcassonne (10th 1 w/7L) and is hard to see how Carcassonne will overcome the unbeaten home record of USAP on the back of their having lost six out of seven of their away matches...... Enjoy your weekend!! [/FONT] [FONT=Open Sans][COLOR=#0091FF][CENTER][IMG]http://i.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/20684.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22280.png[/IMG] [COLOR=#626A73][FONT=Montserrat]SU Agen v [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#626A73][FONT=Montserrat]Tarbes[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Open Sans][COLOR=#0091FF][CENTER][COLOR=#626A73]Saturday,10th January 2015 @[/COLOR][COLOR=#4C4A4A][FONT=Oswald]18:30[/FONT][/COLOR] [/CENTER] [/COLOR][COLOR=#0091FF][CENTER][IMG]http://i1.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22276.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/11972.png[/IMG] [COLOR=#626A73][FONT=Montserrat]Albi v [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#626A73][FONT=Montserrat]Bourgoin[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Open Sans][COLOR=#0091FF][CENTER][COLOR=#626A73]Saturday,10th January 2015 @[/COLOR][COLOR=#4C4A4A][FONT=Oswald]18:30[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/COLOR][COLOR=#0091FF][CENTER][IMG]http://i.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22282.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/11971.png[/IMG] [COLOR=#626A73][FONT=Montserrat]Stade Aurillacois v [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#626A73][FONT=Montserrat]Biarritz Olympique [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#626A73]Saturday,10th January 2015 @[/COLOR][COLOR=#4C4A4A][FONT=Oswald]18:30[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Open Sans][COLOR=#0091FF][CENTER] [/CENTER] [/COLOR][COLOR=#0091FF][CENTER][IMG]http://i1.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22236.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22249.png[/IMG] [COLOR=#626A73][FONT=Montserrat]Béziers v [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#626A73][FONT=Montserrat]Colomiers[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Open Sans][COLOR=#0091FF] [CENTER][COLOR=#626A73]Saturday,10th January 2015 @[/COLOR][COLOR=#4C4A4A][FONT=Oswald]18:30[/FONT][/COLOR] [/CENTER] [/COLOR][COLOR=#0091FF][CENTER][IMG]http://i1.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22261.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/21954.png[/IMG] [COLOR=#626A73][FONT=Montserrat]Narbonne v [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#626A73][FONT=Montserrat]Montauban[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Open Sans][COLOR=#0091FF] [CENTER][COLOR=#626A73]Saturday,10th January 2015 @[/COLOR][COLOR=#4C4A4A][FONT=Oswald]18:30 [/FONT][/COLOR][IMG]http://i.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22167.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22250.png[/IMG][/CENTER] [/COLOR][/FONT][CENTER][COLOR=#0091FF][FONT=Open Sans][COLOR=#626A73][FONT=Montserrat]US Dax v Section Paloise[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Oswald][COLOR=#4c4a4a]Sunday, 11th January @ 15.05[/COLOR][/FONT] [/CENTER] [COLOR=#2EA7FE][FONT=Open Sans][CENTER][IMG]http://i.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/33413.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/22172.png[/IMG] [COLOR=#626A73][FONT=Montserrat]Massy v [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#626A73][FONT=Montserrat]Mont-de-Marsan[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#2EA7FE][FONT=Open Sans] [CENTER][COLOR=#4C4A4A][FONT=Oswald]Sunday, 11th January @ 15.00[/FONT][/COLOR] [/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR][CENTER][COLOR=#0091FF][FONT=Open Sans][IMG]http://i.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/11990.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1.eurosport.com/_iss_/sport/Allsports/club/logo/medium/24845.png[/IMG] [COLOR=#626A73][FONT=Montserrat]Perpignan v Carcassonne[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Oswald][COLOR=#4c4a4a]Sunday, 11th January 2015 @17.00[/COLOR][/FONT] [/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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