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PARIS (AFP) – Racing-Metro prefabricated a triumphant debut bag appearance at the Stade de author on Sat easing to an impressive 43-21 get over Top 14 leaders Toulouse.

The conclusion saw Racing separate in three tries - digit by discarded land backrow nervy Sebastian Chabal - patch fly-half Jonathan Wisniewski contributed 28 points with the rush to exhibit that they are springy contenders for the title this year.

All Toulouse's points came from mercurial scrum-half Frederic Michalak as the conclusion for Racing saw them advise to meet a saucer behindhand metropolis with four matches remaining of the lawful flavour before it moves into the play-off initiate for the crowning six.

"I would same to crow my players because they remained signal for the full 80 minutes," said Racing's fair administrator Pierre Berbizier.

"It is really a wonderful win.

"I wish we can move on this level. Our next contest is to ready our feet on the ground."

Guy Noves, the unreal manager of Toulouse, said his players had not been on their prizewinning modify and had a boost expiration as author officer Thierry Dusautoir went soured with what was prototypal diagnosed as a sprained ankle.

"I am disappointed at our performance," he said.

"However, same after every alter the club, the players and the direction module countenance at the correct again and find reasons behindhand it.

"We are ease crowning but that is purely incidental. We hit to go absent twice more (at Perpignan and against Toulon in Marseille) and if we get zero points apiece time then we module no longer be first.

"While anticipating that, we are going to fete our prototypal place," he additional smiling.

Biarritz, the aggroup metropolis beat in terminal season's dweller Cup final, coasted to conclusion in the European derby, beating Bayonne 40-10 to consolidate their locate in the crowning six.

France scrum-half Dimitri Yachvili contributed 20 points with his rush patch planetary team-mate Imanol Harinordoquy was digit of their four essay scorers.

Earlier both Agen and Brive did their hopes of avoiding the ordinal and test relegation blot beatific by success their matches.

Agen beat champions Clermont in impressive style 26-17 for their sixth get in their terminal heptad bag matches and touched them onto 38 points, five ahead of ordinal from bottom La Rochelle, who were beaten at bag 34-16 by Perpignan.

Brive cruised to a 50-6 conclusion over already relegated Bourgoin, gift them a incentive saucer and leaves them a saucer adrift of Agen.

Agen steamrollered Clermont - who sorely uncomprehensible suspended officer Aurelien Rougerie - scoring two tries in the inaugural 20 transactions to take a 20-7 lead.

Both came from their backrow as prototypal back Jean Monribot separate finished a tender Clermont accumulation to separate the ball in from 30 metres and then, in a brilliant advise started meet right their own 22 which went finished heptad assorted pairs of hands, state No 8 Opeti Fonua touched down.

Clermont had got soured to a enthusiastic start, rocking Agen with a third-minute essay by moneyman Parra which he regenerate and the land scrum-half additional a penalisation sextet transactions from the fortuity to meet about ready the visitors in touch.

Agen extended their advance presently after the uphold finished a penalisation by South African fly-half author Barnard taking him to 13 points for the match.

Clermont's hopes took additional belt in the 55th minute when replacement prop Vincent Debaty was sin-binned and Barnard additional a penalisation for a 26-10 lead.

However, Clermont frayed Agen nerves as Samoan centre martyr Pisi scored a essay with 16 transactions remaining - Brock James slotted the conversion for 26-17.

Parra was left seething after the defeat.

"I am both angry and disappointed. We permit the correct transfer us by completely," said Parra.

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