Top 14 Drilldown: Bordeaux stutter, Toulon in drop zone

Catching up with the French rugby weekend

Montpellier's fullback Anthony Bouthier  Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

After England-Ireland on Saturday proved that red cards don’t, in fact, ruin matches, the evidence continued to mount in France's Top 14 - as Bordeaux almost but not quite thrillingly staged a dramatic late comeback at Clermont after one of their players was sent off.

It was in the second of two rescheduled-because-of-Covid matches played this weekend, while the rest of the league took some time off during the Six Nations window.