Pro D2 Round 10 results and takeaways, Digi Mart USA News: Brive produced a dominant first-half performance against Dax, with Yanis Charcosset leading the way. Brive won 71-26 after leading 52-14 at halftime, despite Dax reacting strongly in the opening quarter hour.
Charcosset scored four tries, including his first, third and fourth from driving mauls and his second after winning a contest following a ruck restart. The performance extended his remarkable season, as he has now scored 10 tries in 10 matches.
Brive coach Gregory Patat’s side confirmed the recovery in form that began in their previous away game in Nievre, while Dax suffered another heavy defeat.
Aurillac also impressed, defeating Montauban 60-8 after Montauban received a yellow card and a red card in the first quarter hour. Ben Houston was a standout, scoring again while showing strong contact play and leadership.
With the win, Aurillac moved into the top six after the first third of the Pro D2 season.
In Narbonne, Nice recorded a narrow away victory, with Nissa leading for only eight minutes but winning the match after Gimbert’s late conversion. The result gave Nice its first away win of the season and avenged last year’s National final defeat to Narbonne.
Narbonne dropped to 14th place after its second home defeat of the season.
Colomiers beat Beziers 53-19 in foggy conditions at Michel-Bendichou, scoring 35 points in the match. Carmona, Lachaud and Danglot each scored a double, and Colomiers recorded back-to-back wins for the first time this season.
Beziers remained 15th.
In Valence Romans’ win over Nevers, Dorian Marco-Pena scored his seventh try of the season to help secure a 46-12 bonus-offensive victory. Nevers, still winless and last in the table, received a red card for Ahmed Kane, and its struggles continued.
Grenoble’s seven-match winning run ended in Chanzy, where the team conceded two tries in four minutes despite showing solidity overall. Grenoble remains in the top six, five points behind the podium.
The night’s biggest match saw Provence beat unbeaten leaders Oyonnax 32-23 in Maurice. Alex Newsome scored a fine try for Oyonnax, but Provence responded after trailing by a quarter of an hour, scoring four tries and earning a bonus-offensive point.
Provence now has nine wins and a draw in 10 matches, approaching Vannes’ record of 11 consecutive matches without defeat.
