Élite 2 (R4): Lille and Racing make it four from four

Stade Villeneuvois Lille Métropole and Racing Club de France have won their first four matches and share top spot on 19 points. Elsewhere, two matches went down to the final play: Rennes beat Valkyries by a point and Brive drew level in Bayonne.

Lille and Racing level at the top

Stade Villeneuvois Lille Métropole scored seven tries against Colomiers (41-5), with two each for Lisa Goossens, Éloïse Sauvage and Romanie Yserbyt, and one for Léa Leroy. Lille have the best points difference in the division (+129) and share top spot with Racing Club de France on 19 points.

At Stade Français, Racing scored three tries in the first 21 minutes, through Maëlys De Champs de Saint Léger and two from Salimata Tandiang, then added tries from Aminata Niakate and Grace Okulu (29-17). They finished the match with three yellow cards. Stade Français, who scored three tries, are still without a point, like Nancy.

Lons beat Nancy 43-10 with seven tries, including a hat-trick for Lola Darrigade. She joins team-mate Jade Flipo, Grace Okulu and Romanie Yserbyt at the top of the try-scoring list with four.

Two wild finishes

In Rennes, Valkyries Normandie scored a third try in the last minute through Thérèse Diedhiou, but the conversion was missed and Rennes won 20-19. Margaux Dufros scored ten points for Rennes and remains Élite 2’s top points scorer (26).

In Bayonne, Brive equalised in the last minute through Constance Glabik Guerra (22-22), two minutes after Bayonne’s Inès Laurent was sent off. Lisa Parmetler, sin-binned in the first half, had scored Brive’s previous try.

Round 4 results

Table after four rounds