Regatas Bella Vista beat Champagne 24:57 at home in the Top-12 on 3 October 2026. The visitors had already looked comfortable by the time the first half wound down, and they never looked back. Champagne, sitting fourteenth with fifteen points, have now lost twenty-one of their twenty-four matches this season.
And here's the thing — we'd called this one. Sixty-nine per cent confidence for the away side, and the result told the truth. Bella Vista took the lead early and kept it, while their opponents struggled to find any rhythm. To be fair, the hosts had lost five games in a row before this one, and the pattern continued.
By then, the gap on the table was widening. Champagne remain rooted to fourteenth place, while Bella Vista sit seventh with fifty-six points — forty-one clear of their hosts. The visitors have won eleven matches this term and lost thirteen, but they've shown enough consistency to keep pushing for a higher finish.
The recent form tells the story without needing detail. Champagne's last five results read 7:22, 33:43, 26:27, 5:48 and 21:41. Not a single victory in that run. Bella Vista, meanwhile, have lost four of their last five — 24:27, 17:40, 16:24, 16:32 — but the one win in that span came against Belgrano, 26:8, and that kind of dominance matters when you're trying to climb.
The result doesn't change much for either side. Champagne have barely enough points to stop the relegation fears from growing louder, while Bella Vista need to string together some wins if they want to move into the top half. The table doesn't lie — they're still twelve points behind sixth place.
