A round with four try bonuses and a draw in Biarritz.

Round 7 of the Pro D2 reshuffled the pack behind the two leaders. Here is what happened, game by game.

Grenoble strike at Brive

Closing the round, Grenoble won 26-14 at Brive. Aurelien Callandret (12th) and Nadir Megdoud (28th) scored Grenoble’s two tries, and Sam Davies added four penalties and two conversions for 16 points. Yanis Charcosset and Francisco Coria Marchetti scored for Brive, who lose third place to Grenoble.

The leaders keep going

Oyonnax beat Valence Romans with a try bonus (51-25) and have 33 points. Fly-half Luka Matkava scored 26 points, including a try, the best individual haul of the Pro D2 season, and already has 106 after seven rounds: no kicker in the league had started so well since Maxime Petitjean in 2013-14. Provence Rugby won in Nice (24-34) and sit on 29 points. They remain the only unbeaten sides in the league.

Bonus points for Dax, Colomiers and Agen

Dax thrashed Montauban (54-28) and are still unbeaten at home. Colomiers beat Narbonne (49-28) and Agen crushed Nevers away (7-38), all three with a try bonus. Aurillac won by a point at Beziers (24-25), and Biarritz and Soyaux-Angouleme drew 27-27.

Standings after seven rounds

# Team P W D L Diff Pts
1 Oyonnax 7 7 0 0 +159 33
2 Provence Rugby 7 7 0 0 +64 29
3 Grenoble 7 5 0 2 +37 22
4 Brive 7 5 0 2 +42 21
5 Biarritz 7 4 1 2 +22 20
6 Dax 7 4 0 3 +5 19
7 Soyaux-Angouleme 7 3 1 3 +40 17
8 Montauban 7 4 0 3 -32 17
9 Aurillac 7 3 0 4 -14 16
10 Agen 7 3 0 4 -17 15
11 Valence Romans 7 2 0 5 +2 13
12 Colomiers 7 2 0 5 +13 12
13 Nice 7 2 0 5 -42 11
14 Beziers 7 2 0 5 -93 9
15 Narbonne 7 2 0 5 -110 9
16 Nevers 7 0 0 7 -76 4

Key figures

106 points for Luka Matkava in 7 rounds

4 try bonuses in the round

0/7 wins for bottom side Nevers