French Top 14 rd 9

All the French Top 14 games are this morning  because it is a public holiday over there.



65] Grenoble v Biarritz     1 Nov 14:10 (local)
1 Nov 08:10 Houston    Biarritz by 3
Actual result Grenoble win 34-21 
[66] Agen v Clermont Auvergne     1 Nov 14:30 (local)
1 Nov 08:30     Clermont Auvergne by 12
Actual result Clermont by 7 18-11
[67] Bayonne v Bordeaux Begles     1 Nov 14:30 (local)
1 Nov 08:30     Bayonne by 10
Actual result Bayonne by 11...22-11final
[68] Castres v Perpignan     1 Nov 14:30 (local)
1 Nov 08:30 )    Castres by 2
Bang on the money. Castres win 38-36
[69] Montpellier v Mont-de-Marsan     1 Nov 14:30 (local)
1 Nov 08:30    Montpellier by 24
Montpellier by 16 ...32-16 final
[70] Toulon v Stade Francais     1 Nov 14:30 (local)
1 Nov 09:30     Toulon by 15
Toulon win by 5....24-19 final
[71] Toulouse v Racing Metro 92     1 Nov 16:15 (local)
1 Nov 10:15  Toulouse by 12
Actual. Toulouse by 19 and win 32-13

The 2nd time is Houston time and after that is my pick with my prediction of the score.
I have to go out until 10am so will miss the first halves.
remember you can catch all the games on vipboxsports.eu and wiziwig.eu

Well all the favs won. Bookies have been on form for a long time. 2 Rounds of Heineken were both a full house for Favs. Most unusual.
I bet against Grenoble as favs and Biarritz had 2 tries to one, but Grenoble had 8 penalties....ridiculous. Obviously ref had a major influence on this game.
Toulon were also worthless winning 24-19 with Johnny Wilkinson scoring all their points from penalties.

French flair my ass.

Good article in 'The Roar' about penalties.
http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/10/25/how-to-fix-the-scourge-of-rugby-penalty-fests/

And another good article worth debating
http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/10/29/does-sport-have-an-obligation-to-be-entertaining/