Top 14: Toulon back at the summit

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…

Latest News