Union Bordeaux-Bègles will have to go through the quarter-finals of Top 14. Long installed in the top 2, the Girondins were dispossessed of their seat this Sunday at the end of the 26th and last day of Top 14 after their defeat in Perpignan (22-15).
A misstep that benefits Castres Olympique, authoritarian winner in Pau (16-26).
Thanks to this victory combined with the defeat of the Montpellier leader at Clermont (20-15), the Tarnais finished the regular season at the top of the championship.
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Schedule and Top 14 results
Ranking Top 14
Behind, the UBB is followed in the play-offs by La Rochelle, which overthrew the LOU at the Matmut Stadium.
In a duel of European champions, the Maritimes managed to overturn the match in the second period (26-29).
The LOU is thus eliminated from the race for the final stages, like RC Toulon, beaten on the lawn of Racing 92 (21-16), the last club to qualify.
Also qualified, Stade Toulousain made short work of bottom side Biarritz (80-7).
At the bottom of the table, Brive ensured its maintenance by winning with style on the lawn of the Stade Français (17-33).
Despite their victory against UBB, Perpignan, 13th, will have to go through a barrage against Mont-de-Marsan, beaten in the Pro D2 final by Bayonne (20-49).
