Brest Bretagne Women beat Besançon Women 28:21 in the Ligue Butagaz Énergie on Friday evening, taking all three points from their opening fixture of the campaign.
The hosts started brightly and never looked back, building a lead that grew throughout the contest. To be fair, the home side had been in good form recently, winning four of their last five matches before the new season began. Besançon, meanwhile, have struggled in recent encounters against mid-table opposition.
By then the gap had opened up to double digits, and the visitors could only watch from the sidelines as their opponents ran riot. Brest Bretagne Women have always been capable of springing a surprise, and this performance suggested they meant business from the off.
The result leaves both teams level on points at the bottom of the table, though that means very little at this stage. With zero games played previously, both sides start from scratch — no history to carry forward.