Béziers beat Narbonne 34:24 in the Pro D2 on Friday evening. The hosts moved off the bottom of the table while the visitors slipped further from the top half. By then you could see how tight this division remains at this stage.
Béziers sit fifteenth with four points from four games. Narbonne drop to ninth after accumulating nine points from the same number of outings. And here's the thing — the gap between the two sides was always going to be tested at this fixture.
We had called for the home side to win, putting confidence at seventy-six percent. The result followed that reading, though not without the visitors making it competitive for stretches. To be fair, Narbonne had shown enough in their recent outings to suggest they would not fold easily.
Both teams came into this round with mixed recent form. Béziers had lost three of their four previous matches, including heavy defeats against Nîmes and Oyonnax. Narbonne's record was steadier, with wins over Angoulême and Provence, but they had also suffered losses to Avignon and Dax.
The victory lifts Béziers off the foot of the table while Narbonne remain outside the automatic promotion places. Four games played means there is still plenty of room for movement, but this result shifts the balance slightly in favour of the hosts as they look to build momentum.
