Uyonnax made light of their trip to Narbonne on Friday evening, running out 57-14 winners in Division 2. The result extends the visitors' unbeaten run to five matches, while the hosts fall further behind at the bottom of the table. by then you could tell this was going to be one-sided.
We had this nailed earlier — backed the away side at 69 per cent confidence, and the match played out exactly as we thought. Uyonnax changed shape at the break, stopped chasing the game and started controlling it. and here's the thing, they punished Narbonne from set pieces, which is where this match was decided.
Narbonne sit ninth after five games, with two wins and three defeats giving them nine points. Their recent form has been inconsistent — a 47-42 loss to Provence last month, a narrow 28-26 win over Nevers before that. to be fair, they showed fight against Angoulême earlier with a 31-26 victory, but this performance told a different story.
Uyonnax remain top of the table with a perfect record — five wins, zero draws, zero defeats, 23 points. Their last five results read like a checklist: 56-35 over Nevers, 19-17 at Agen, 52-17 against Orlhac, 47-25 over Biarritz Olympique, and 31-21 versus Béziers. They are unbeaten in five, and the gap at the top is growing.
The scoreline leaves Narbonne nine points from safety with one game played fewer than the leaders. Uyonnax have now pulled away from the pack, and the points difference tells its own tale — 143 for, 114 against. by then the table had already sorted itself out.
