Agen came from behind to beat Dax 49-30 in the Pro D2 on Friday evening. The result was far from convincing, but it was enough to keep the hosts' campaign alive. To be fair, neither side played with any consistency throughout.
What happened in the first twenty minutes told the story. Agen paid for a sloppy opening, conceding early and watching Dax build a buffer. By then the pattern was set — one side fighting back, the other refusing to go away. It was a familiar script for a season defined by inconsistency.
We backed the hosts to win with 71% confidence, and while the margin felt comfortable, the performance didn't always justify the call. Agen turned it on after the break, but there was no value left at that number when Dax showed they could respond. The clean-sheet run came to an end for both sides, though neither defense looked particularly secure.
The recent form makes sense of the outcome. Agen had lost four of their last five before this, including heavy defeats to Brest and Provence. Dax were similarly unpredictable — a 66-21 loss to Colomiers followed by a 20-27 win over Valence Romans. Cup football has its own rules, and this was league football where both sides proved their flaws.
Agen remain fifteenth with five points from five games. Dax move up to eighth with fourteen points. The gap between them is seven points, which is nothing in a division where three or four moments decide matches. The rest is just background noise.
