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<blockquote data-quote="Melhor Time" data-source="post: 275816"><p>Interesting second round. Only two undefeated teams after a mere two games. So much for the Top14 being a competition made up of a first and a second division. Clermont and Toulouse getting big wins vs Montauban and Brive. Champs Perpignan going down to Montpellier was a pleasure to watch while the success of Bayonne vs Stade Francais in Spain was truely fantastic. A strong crowd but not full, yet the quality of rugby on show will, no doubt, attract more people next time. Strong crowds all around. The best Montpellier crowd I have seen in quite some time. Last season they were getting low crowds. </p><p></p><p>Bayonne 38-24 Stade Francais</p><p>Biarritz 39-6 Albi</p><p>Clermont 37-16 Montauban</p><p>Montpellier 18-12 Perpignan</p><p>Toulouse 38-0 Brive</p><p>Toulon 27-13 Metro Racing</p><p>Castres 29-9 Bourgoin</p><p></p><p>- Bayonne looked strong and their key players had good games. </p><p></p><p>- Stade Francais looked like they are missing Juan Martin Hernandez very much. Most of their French players were poor. Leguizamon and Haskell were good though. Dupuy did well too. Another shocking match from Liebenburg. The worst player in the Top 14. </p><p></p><p>- Biarritz had good performances from their test players. Traille and Iain Balshaw were impressive. Maybe Martin Johnson will be interested?</p><p></p><p>- Albi will battle hard to avoid relegation. </p><p></p><p>- Clermont looking strong. Rougerie at 13 in particular. </p><p></p><p>- Montauban needing their imports to get the clearance and fast. </p><p></p><p>- Montpellier surprizing me and many surely vs Perpignan. Trinh-Duc at 12 was a success. </p><p></p><p>- Perpignan making dumb errors, stupid penalties. They need a heavy loss to realize its a whole new season.</p><p></p><p>- Toulouse kicking ass vs Brive showing their dominance and without a flyhalf. How good are their centres and back three players? Ex Bourgoin player Yann David was amazing vs Brive. Now Toiulouse need to decide whether he plays 13 or Fritz does. Jauzion at 12 with Kunavore in support. Ridiculous options. Shame to see Medard getting injured. But Heymans and Poitrenaud are there to play 15 too so its good for other teams. </p><p></p><p>- Brive, for some unknown reason, are poor vs Toulouse always. Why? They were so good in the first match and should have competed well in this game. Some poor performances. A number of English players not meriting a place in the team. </p><p></p><p>- Toulon are looking well organized and smart. Not looking to win big just control play. Ideal having Wilko there to do just this. Great buys in the form of Fernandez Lobbe, Robinson and Lamont are already showing how much better Toulou will be this season. </p><p></p><p>- MR Paris looking okay but need time to sort out combinations. Still they are one win from two games which is better than plenty of others. </p><p></p><p>- Castres are surprizing me so far. Wins vs Biarritz and Bourgoin and good wins at that. A much better organized side than that from last season.</p><p></p><p>- Bourgoin looked poor again. Money troubles influencing the team? Time for some serious rugby.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Melhor Time, post: 275816"] Interesting second round. Only two undefeated teams after a mere two games. So much for the Top14 being a competition made up of a first and a second division. Clermont and Toulouse getting big wins vs Montauban and Brive. Champs Perpignan going down to Montpellier was a pleasure to watch while the success of Bayonne vs Stade Francais in Spain was truely fantastic. A strong crowd but not full, yet the quality of rugby on show will, no doubt, attract more people next time. Strong crowds all around. The best Montpellier crowd I have seen in quite some time. Last season they were getting low crowds. Bayonne 38-24 Stade Francais Biarritz 39-6 Albi Clermont 37-16 Montauban Montpellier 18-12 Perpignan Toulouse 38-0 Brive Toulon 27-13 Metro Racing Castres 29-9 Bourgoin - Bayonne looked strong and their key players had good games. - Stade Francais looked like they are missing Juan Martin Hernandez very much. Most of their French players were poor. Leguizamon and Haskell were good though. Dupuy did well too. Another shocking match from Liebenburg. The worst player in the Top 14. - Biarritz had good performances from their test players. Traille and Iain Balshaw were impressive. Maybe Martin Johnson will be interested? - Albi will battle hard to avoid relegation. - Clermont looking strong. Rougerie at 13 in particular. - Montauban needing their imports to get the clearance and fast. - Montpellier surprizing me and many surely vs Perpignan. Trinh-Duc at 12 was a success. - Perpignan making dumb errors, stupid penalties. They need a heavy loss to realize its a whole new season. - Toulouse kicking ass vs Brive showing their dominance and without a flyhalf. How good are their centres and back three players? Ex Bourgoin player Yann David was amazing vs Brive. Now Toiulouse need to decide whether he plays 13 or Fritz does. Jauzion at 12 with Kunavore in support. Ridiculous options. Shame to see Medard getting injured. But Heymans and Poitrenaud are there to play 15 too so its good for other teams. - Brive, for some unknown reason, are poor vs Toulouse always. Why? They were so good in the first match and should have competed well in this game. Some poor performances. A number of English players not meriting a place in the team. - Toulon are looking well organized and smart. Not looking to win big just control play. Ideal having Wilko there to do just this. Great buys in the form of Fernandez Lobbe, Robinson and Lamont are already showing how much better Toulou will be this season. - MR Paris looking okay but need time to sort out combinations. Still they are one win from two games which is better than plenty of others. - Castres are surprizing me so far. Wins vs Biarritz and Bourgoin and good wins at that. A much better organized side than that from last season. - Bourgoin looked poor again. Money troubles influencing the team? Time for some serious rugby. [/QUOTE]
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