France's Top 14 got under way over the weekend with six matches on Friday and the seventh on Saturday. All the results, bar one, went the way of the home sides. Agen were the only side to win away from home. Not even Toulouse could win across in the Basque country.

Only Stade Français got a full house of five points. Brive and Toulouse each got a bonus point for being close losers.

The teams are, of course, much weakened with players from France clubs representing France and 11 other countries.

There are two new sides in France's Top 14 this season - Lyon and Bordeaux who have replaced relegated La Rochelle and Bourgoin. The 14 clubs taking part are: Agen, Bayonne, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Brive, Castres, Clermont, Lyon, Montpellier, Stade Français, Perpignan, Racing-Métro, Toulon, Toulouse. Lyon and Bordeaux both started with away matches against good sides and both went down.

In seven matches 21 tries were scored =- 11 of them when Stade Français and Toulon scored eight.

Round 1 Results

Agen vs Brive, 20-19
Bayonne vs Toulouse, 18-13  
Clermont vs Lyon , 22-13 
Perpignan vs Castres, 25-6
Racing-Métro vs Montpellier, 30-22 
Stade Français vs Bordeaux, 41-20  
Toulon vs Biarritz, 30-5

Agen vs Brive at Stade Amédée Domenech, Brive

Agen, who survived promotion last year, went up to Brive, scored two tries to one and won by a point. With five minutes to go Brive were leading 19-10. The Valentin Courrent kicked a penalty and on the stroke of full time Silvère Tian scored a try, leaving the score at 19-18 to the home side. Then Courrent kicked the winning conversion.

Scorers:

For Brive:
Try: Lacombe
Con: Geraghty
Pens: Caminati 4

For Agen:
Tries: Fono, Tian
Cons: Courrent 2
Pens: Courrent, Barnard

Teams

Agen: 15 Silvère Tian, 14 Brice Dulin, 13 Manu Ahotaeiloa, 12 Senio junior Palesasa, 11 Jean François Coux, 10 Conrad Barnard, 9 Maxime Machenaud, 8 Ueleni Fono, 7 Marc Giraud, 6 Jean Monribot, 5 Adri Badenhorst, 4 Dewald Senekal, 3 Jonathan Garcia, 2 Jalil Narjissi, 1 Arsène N'Nomo
Replacements: 16 Julien Janaudy, 17 Laurent Cabarry, 18 Damien Lagrange, 19 Opeti Fonua, 20 Alexis Bales, 21 Valentin Courrent, 22 Benjamin Petre, 23 Beka Sheklashvili

Brive: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Clément Marienval, 13 Ronnie Cooke, 12 Arnaud Mignardi, 11 Julien Caminati, 10 Shane Geraghty, 9 Jean Baptiste Pejoine, 8 Antonie Claassen,  7 Simon Azoulai, 6 Alexandre Bias, 5 Retief Uys, 4 Thibault Dubarry,  3 Pablo Cardinali, 2 Virgile Lacombe, 1 Pablo Henn
Replacements: 16 Iuri Natriashvili, 17 Victor Laval, 18 Arnaud Méla, 19 Julien Ledevedec, 20 Petrus Hauman, 21 Mathieu Belie, 22 Jacques Boussuge, 23 Patrick Barnard

Referee: Céderic Marchat
Assistant referees: Mathieu Raynal, Pascal Ubeda
Television match official: Philippe Bonhoure 

Bayonne vs Toulouse at Stade Jean Dauger

Toulouse scored the only try but it was beaten by the boot of Benjamin Boyet.

Scorers:

For Bayonne:
Pens: Boyet 5
Drop: Boyet

For Toulouse:
Try: Jauzion
Con: Doussain 
Pens: Doussain 2

Teams

Bayonne: 15 Pépito Elhorga, 14 Sam Gerber, 13 Thibault Lacroix, 12 Lionel Mazars, 11 Joe Pietersen, 10 Benjamin Boyet, 9 Cédric Garcia, 8 Marc Bagetrabarou, 7 Jean Joseph Marmouyet, 6 Guillaume Bernad, 5 Troy Flavell, 4 Abdellatif Boutaty, 3 Renaud Boyoud, 2 David Roumieu, 1 Aretz Iguiniz
Replacements: 16 François Da Ros, 17 Pierre Lafond, 18 Robin Linde, 19 Julien Puricelli, 20 Julien Audy, 21 Clément Otazo, 22 Clément Lagain, 23 Clément Baiocco

Toulouse: 15 Clément Poitrenaud, 14 Timoci Matanavou, 13 Yann David, 12 Florian Fritz, 11 Yves Donguy, 10 Nicolas Bézy, 9 Jean-Marc Doussain, 8 Gillian Galan, 7 Sylvain Nicolas, 6 Yannick Nyanga, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Russlan Boukerou, 3 Yohan Montes, 2 Alberto Vernet Basualdo, 1 Carl Hoeft,
Replacements: 16 Jeremy Falip, 17 Yassin Boutemane, 18 Grégory Lamboley, 19 Richard Sowerby, 20 Luke McAlister, 21 Yannick Jauzion, 22 Rupeni Caucaunibuca, 23 Johnson Falefa

Referee: Christophe Berdos
Assistant referees: J Matheu, Christophe Malterre
Television match official: Jean-Pierre Pellaprat

Clermont vs Lyon  at Parc Des Sports Marcel Michelin

Scorers:

For Lyon:
Try: Bontinck
Con: Lespinas
Pens: Van Gisbergen 2

For Clermont Auvergne:
Try: Senio
Con: James
Pens: James 3, Floch 2

Teams

Clermont: 15 Anthony Floch, 14 Brent Russell, 13 Regan King, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 Brock James, 9 Kevin Senio, 8 Elvis Vermeulen, 7 Alexandre Lapandry 6 Gerhard Vosloo, 5 Jason White, 4 Loïc Jacquet, 3 Daniel Kotze, 2 Benjamin Kayser, 1 Lionel Faure
Replacements: 16 Benoît Cabello, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Baptiste Hézard, 19 Alexandre Audebert,  20 Ludovic Radosavljevic, 21 Riaan Swanepoel, 22 Jean-Marcellin Buttin, 23 Clément Ric

Lyon: 15 Mark van Gisbergen, 14 James Bailey, 13 Vinaya Wakanivuga, 12 Nicolas Raffault, 11 Mosese Ratuvou, 10 Régis Lespinas, 9 Enrico Januarie, 8 Alexandru Manta, 7 Nicolas Bontinck, 6 Eugène N'Zi, 5 Pierre Vigouroux, 4 Coenie Basson, 3 Antoine Guillamon, 2 Vincent Colliat, 1 Xavier Fiard
Replacements: 16 Sébastien Miro, 17 Anthony Roux, 18 Jean Sousa, 19 Gerald Gambetta, 20 Romain Veniat, 21 Waisale Sukanaveita, 22 Thibauld Suchier, 23 Guram Kavtidze

Referee: Stephan Pomarède
Assistant referees: Christophe Labaune, Benoît Escoubet
Television match official: Eric Gauzins

Perpignan vs Castres at Stade Aimé Giral

Scorers:

For Perpignan:
Try: Coetzee
Con: Porical
Pens: Porical 6

For Castres:
Pens: Kockott 2

Teams

Perpignan: 15 Jérôme Porical, 14 Farid Sid, 13 Rudi Coetzee, 12 Gavin Hume, 11 Adrien Planté, 10 Nicolas Laharrague, 9 Florian Cazenave, 8 Damien Chouly, 7 Bertrand Guiry, 6 Grégory Le Corvec, 5 Robins Tchale Watchou, 4 Olivier Olibeau, 3 Benoît Bourrust, 2 Charles Geli, 1 Perry Freshwater
Replacements: 16 Maxime Delonca, 17 Jérôme Schuster, 18 Rimas Alvarez Kairelis, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 David Mélé, 21 Romain Bézian, 22 Joffrey Michel, 23 Danie Thiart

Castres: 15 Florian Denos, 14 Pierre Gilles Lakafia, 13 Thomas Sanchou, 2 Romain Cabannes, 11 Marc Andreu, 10 Rémi Tales, 9 Rory Kockott, 8 Chris Masoe, 7 Yannick Caballero, 6 Steve Malonga, 5 Rodrigo Capo Ortega, 4 Matthias Rolland, 3 Karena Wihongi, 2 Mathieu Bonello, 1 Saimone Taumoepeau
Replacements: 16 Marc Antoine Rallier, 17 Michael Coetzee, 18 Scott Murray, 19 Jan Bornman, 20 Romain Teulet, 21 Vincent Iñigo, 22 Pierre Bernard, 23 Rossouw Kruger

Referee: Claude Monroig
Assistant referees: Sébastien Cloute, Patrick Beuriot
Television match official: Vincent Azoulay

Stade Français vs Bordeaux  at Stade Charlety (Paris)

Francis Fainifo scored after just two minutes as Stade Français welcomed Bordeaux into the Top 14.

Scorers:

For Stade Français:
Tries: Fainifo, Lyons, Arias, Dupuy, Camara
Con: Dupuy 4, Plisson
Pens: Dupuy 2

For Bordeaux:
Tries: Decamps, Connor
Cons: Fraser 2
Pens: Fraser 2

Teams

Stade Français: 15 Alexander Rokobaro, 14 Julien Arias, 13 Morgan Turinui, 12 Jean-Baptiste Gobelet, 11 Francis Fainifo, 10 Jérôme Fillol, 9 Julien Dupuy, 8 David Lyons, 7 Pierre Rabadan, 6 Arthur Chollon, 5 Alexandre Flanquart, 4 Anton van Zyl, 3 Stanley Wright, 2 Aled De Malmanche,  Olivier Milloud
Replacements: 16 Rémi Bonfils, 17 David Attoub, 18 Gerhard Mostert, 19 Leiataua Tomiki, 20 Byron Kelleher, 21 Djibril Camara, 22 Jules Plisson, 23 Rabah Slimani

Bordeaux: 15 Bruce Reihana, 14 Thierry Brana, 13 Julien Rey, 12 Michel Denetre, 11 Blair Connor, 10 Gerard Fraser, 9 Julien Seron, 8 Matthew Clarkin, 7 Charlie Ternisien, 6 Justin Purll, 5 Adam Jaulhac, 4 Cameron Treloar, 3 Nicolas Decamps, 2 Fabien Rofes, 1 Laurent Delboulbes,
Replacements: 16 Romain Lauga, 17 Richard Davies, 18 Leroy Houston, 19 Hugh Chalmers, 20 Guillaume Laforgue, 21 Camille Lopez, 22 Felix Le Bourhis, 23 Albert Toetu

Referee: Sébastien Minery
Assistant referees: Salem Attalah, Dominique Parrini
Television match official: Daniel Irazoqui

Racing-Métro vs Montpellier at Stade Yves Du Manoir (Colombes)

Scorers:

For Racing-Métro:
Tries: Qovu. Chavancy
Con: Wisniewski
Pens: Wisniewski 6

For Montpellier:
Try: Tulou
Con: Lagarde
Pens: Lagarde 4
Drop: Lagarde

Teams

Montpellier: 15 Benjamin Thiery, 14 Jean Baptiste Peyras Loustalet, 13 Yoan Audrin, 12 Thomas Combezou, 11 Yohann Artru, 10 Raphael Lagarde, 9 Benoît Paillaugue, 8 Alex Tulou, 7 Rémy Martin, 6 Vassili Bost, 5 Alikisio Fakate, 4 Thibaut Privat, 3 George Jgenti, 2 Joan Caudullo, 1 Sébastien Chobet
Replacements: 16 Michael Ladhuie, 17 Na'ama Leleimalefaga, 18 Drikus Hancke, 19 Lionelle van Staden, 20 Eric Escande, 21 Mickaël De Marco, 22 Pierre Berard, 23 Erasmus Jansen van Vuuren

Racing-Métro: 15 Benjamin Fall, 14 Sireli Bobo, 13 Henry Chavancy, 12 Guillaume Boussès, 11 Virimi Vakatawa, 10 Jonathan Wisniewski, 9 Nicolas Durand, 8 Sébastien Chabal, 7 Jone Qovu, 6 John Leo'o, 5 François van der Merwe, 4 Santiago Dellapè, 3 Scott Zimmermann, 2 Benjamin Noirot, 1 Julien Brugnaut
Replacements: 16 Gregory Arganèse, 17 Eddy Ben arous, 18 Karim Ghezal, 19 Bernard le Roux, 20 Mathieu Lorée, 21 Gaëtan Germain, 22 Antoine Battut, 23 Salemane Sa

Referee: Pascal Gauzere
Assistant referees: Cyril Lafon, Philippe Gorbenko
Television match official: Jean-Claude Levrier

Toulon vs Biarritz at Stade Mayol

Scorers:

For Toulon:
Try:  Missoup, Armitage, Smith
Con: Dumora 3
Pens: Dumora 3

For Biarritz:
Try: Caprice

Teams

Toulon: 15 Benjamin Lapeyre,  14 Christian Loamanu, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Geoffroy Messina, 11 David Smith, 10 Julien Dumora, 9 Sébastien Tillous-Borde, 8 Jone Tawake, 7 Steffon Armitage, 6 Olivier Missoup, 5 Dean Schofield, 4 Kristian Chesney, 3 Carl Hayman, 2 Jean-Philippe Genevois, 1 Eifion Roberts,
Replacements: 16 Sébastien Bruno, 17 Laurent Emmanuelli, 18 Jocelino Suta, 19 Joe El Abd, 20 Jérémy Sinzelle, 21 André Pretorius, 22 Laurent Magnaval, 23 Damien Tussac Biarritz:

Biarritz: 15 Iain Balshaw, 14 Paul Couet-Lannes, 13 Charles Gimenez, 12 Seremaia Burotu, 11 Daniel Caprice, 10 Benoît Baby, 9 Yann Lesgougues, 8 Florian Faure, 7 Benoît Guyot, 6 Magnus Lund, 5 Pelu Taele,  Jérôme Thion, 3 Campbell Johnstone, 2 Arnaud Heguy, 1 Sylvain Marconnet
Replacements: 16 Romain Terrain, 17 Eduard Coetzee, 18 Jean-Baptiste Roidot, 19 Talalelei Gray, 20 Luix Roussarie, 21 Jean-Pascal Barraque, 22 Michael Bond, 23 Albertus Buckle

Referee: Patrick Pechambert
Assistant referees: Laurent Cardona, Laurent Sclafer
Television match official: Bernard Dal Maso