Agen have been having a really good season but came badly unstuck against Toulon in a catch-up Round-10 match at Stade Mayol on Tuesday. RCT scored four tries to nil in winning 34-12.
The result means that Toulon and Agen no longer each have a match in hand. Toulon are third and Agen a handy fifth.
It took Toulon just three minutes to score their first try - by outside centre Gabriele Lovobalavu and they led 19-9 at the break..
Scorers:
For Toulon:
Tries: Lovobalavu, Tawake, Senatore, Mikautadze
Con: Giteau
Pens: Wilkinson 4
For Agen:
Pens: Barnard 4
The teams
Toulon: 15 Luke Rooney, 14 Alexis Palisson, 13 Gabriele Lovobalavu, 12 Matthew Giteau, 11 David Smith, 10 Jonathan Wilkinson, 9 Sébastien Tillous Borde, 8 Jone Tawake, 7 Steffon Armitage, 6 Leonardo Senatore, 5 Dean Schofield, 4 Christophe Samson, 3 Davit Kubriashvili , 2 Sébastien Bruno, 1 Laurent Emmanuelli
Replacements: 16 Jean-Philippe Genevois, 17 Eifion Roberts , 18 Konstantine Mikautadze , 19 Pierrick Gunther, 20 Mathieu Bastareaud, 21 Benjamin Lapeyre, 22 Mathew Henjak, 23 Carl Hayman
Agen: 15 Silvère Tian, 14 Saimoni Vaka, 13 Junior Palesasa, 12 Jamie Robinson, 11 Brice Dulin, 10 Conrad Barnard, 9 Maxime Machenaud, 8 Ueleni Fono, 7 Adri Badenhorst, 6 Jean Monribot, 5 Lisiate Fa'aoso, 4 Dewald Senekal, 3 Gert Muller, 2 Jalil Narjissi, 1 John Schwalger
Replacements: 16 Julien Janaudy, 17 Laurent Cabarry, 18 Patrick O'Connor, 19 Damien Lagrange, 20 Alexi Bales, 21 Manu Ahotaeiloa, 22 Miguel Avramovic, 23 Martin Scelzo
Referee: Laurent Cardona
Assistant referees: Cédric Marchat, Laurent Sclafer
Television match official: Bruno Bessot
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