And the siren sounds, bringing the first half to a close. Some excellent kicking from Germain puts Brive in front by 9 as both teams enter the dressing rooms. Nothing seemed to be going to plan for the visitors with squandered try-scoring opportunities coupled with the two yellow card offences that occurred in the last 20 mins of the first half. Although Brive will seek to close the game off, Bordeaux will certainly be looking to find the form they showed last week and will hope to get some tries on the board! Stay tuned for the next half!

Germain adds the 3 points from the penalty - restoring the home side's 9 point lead. 15-6 to Brive!

Just as Bordeaux regain their 15th man from the bin, the immense power of the Brive pack proves too much for the visitors and Poirot is punished. He's given a yellow card as a result. Bordeaux now back to 14 men!

Carballo serves his time in the bin and returns to the field!

Chance squandered by Bordeaux! A lovely move from the visitors is tarnished by poor handling from Pejoine. The Brive defense thus had enough time to position themselves and shut down the attack!

After a series of turnovers, Bordeaux finally begin to string some phases together and eventually force a penalty within the Brive half. Pierre Bernard takes up right where he left off last week (9 from 10) and splits the uprights with his place kick. And thus reduces the gap to 6 points. 12-6 to Brive!

And the ref has had enough! Another count of Bordeaux ill-discipline sees the winger, Carballo, given a yellow card. Germain capitalises on his side's one man advantage by making no mistake with the place kick. A very impressive (4/5) start from the full-back. 12-3 the score!

Errors at the breakdown for Bordeaux become more prominent after consecutive offences. Referee gives the Bordeaux captain a final warning and awards the penalty to the home side. Germain makes no mistake with the place kick and extends his side's lead to 9-3

Minor errors beginning to creep into the Bordeaux ranks. A missed throw from Avei sees Bordeaux penalised with the subsequent rolling maul. Sa - the man responsible yet again. But Bordeaux are off the hook with an errant Germain place kick. The score remains 6-3.

After levelling the game with a Pierre Bernard place kick. Bordeaux have just given away a needless penalty in a similar position to the previous one. Germain effortlessly slots the place kick between the uprights and restores the home side's 3 point lead. 6-3 the score!