Top 14: Toulon back at the summit
- 1654
Reigning European and French champions Toulon, with a batch of internationals away on Six Nations duty, regained the Top 14 summit on Saturday with a 22-14 win at strugglers Lyon.
Clermont had taken temporary control at the top of the table in France on the strength of a 31-23 win over Bordeaux-Begles 24 hours earlier.
First half tries from David Smith, Delon Armitage and Drew Mitchell, with Argentine flyhalf Nicolas Sanchez contributing two conversions and a penalty, proved Lyon's undoing.
This was the fourth straight win on the road for Bernard Laporte's team but it started badly…
Clermont had taken temporary control at the top of the table in France on the strength of a 31-23 win over Bordeaux-Begles 24 hours earlier.
First half tries from David Smith, Delon Armitage and Drew Mitchell, with Argentine flyhalf Nicolas Sanchez contributing two conversions and a penalty, proved Lyon's undoing.
This was the fourth straight win on the road for Bernard Laporte's team but it started badly…