The two clubs were locked on 33 points on the Top 14 table. This victory puts Agen ahead and, at least temporarily, closer to qualification for the knock-out stages and also for next season's Heineken Cup.

It was cold in Agen - -2°C at the kick-off but watched by 9 000 fiery spectators who were warm ion their congratulations of Pépito Elhorga and his family on the birth of a third child. Despite the cold and the tough conditions underfoot, the match was lively and exciting.

Castres started off well and scored first when fullback Romain Teulet kicked a straightforward penalty goal. Four minutes later Agen were off-side and Teulet made it 6-0.

When Pablo Canavosio was penalised for holding on in the tackle a minute later, Jérôme Miquel  made it 6-3. Miquel levelled the scores and then booted two more to put the home side up 12-6 at the break, a scoreline which flattered them.

Agen got on top and scored first in the second half when Elhorga had something else to celebrate with a try in the right corner.

Teulet kicked a penalty goal next and then Miquel rounded off the scoring with a fifth penalty.

Three players received yellow cards in the match, first Rupeni Caucau and then, when they fought, the two captains - Kees Meeuws and Lionel Nallet .

Scorers:

For Agen:
Try: Elhorga
Pens: Miquel 5

For Castres:
Pens: Teulet 3

Teams:

Agen: 15 Pépito Elhorga, 14 Manu Ahotaeiloa, 13 Arnaud Mignardi, 12 Sylvain Mirande, 11 Rupeni Caucaunibuca, 10 Jérôme Miquel, 9 Billy Fulton, 8 Adri Badenhorst, 7 Thomas Soucaze, 6 Peïo Som, 5 Willem Stoltz, 4 Kiril Koulemine, 3 Kees Meeuws, 2 Jalil Narjissi, 1 Eusebio Guiñazu.
Replacements: 16 Ace Tiatia, 17 Laurent Cabarry, 18 Colin Yukes, 19 Matthieu Lièvremont, 20 Nicolas Morlaes, 21 Morrisson Faaletino, 22 Conrad Stoltz
 
Castres: 15 Romain Teulet, 14 Laloa Milford, 13 Phil Christophers, 12 Steve Kefu, 11 Rafael Carballo, 10 Cameron McIntyre, 9 Pablo Canavosio, 8 Patrick Tabacco, 7 Alex Manta, 6 Gerhard Vosloo, 5 Lionel Nallet (captain), 4 Pascal Papé, 3 Jérémy Castex, 2 Romain Terrain, 1 Carl Hoeft.
Replacements: 16 Danie Saayman, 17 David Roumieu, 18 Federico Capo Ortega, 19 Florent Fourcade, 20 Gordon Ross, 21 Christophe Laussucq, 22 Jean-Baptiste Peyras- Loustalet.
 
Referee: Didier Mene
Touch judges: Bernard Vals, Didier Bart
Assessor: Michel Lamoulie
Goal judges: Laurent Sclafer, Mathieu Raynal