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Pau face off against Stade Francais in Top 14 Round 2 on Sat 13th September 2025 at Stade du Hameau. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 15:35. In South Africa it’s at 16:35 SAST, 02:35 NZST in New Zealand, 00:35 AEST in Australia and 07:35 EST in the US.
Pau won the last encounter but Stade Francais are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 3 places in the league table with Stade Francais in 2nd and Pau in 5th underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Pau vs Stade Francais will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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The touch judges raise their flags as Joe Simmonds kicks the conversion.
The forward pack of Section Paloise will be happy with that as the rolling maul barges over for the try.
Joe Simmonds does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
Incisive passing by Section Paloise is finished off by Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang, as they goes over for the try.
Louis Carbonel does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
The pressure has finally told as Baptiste Pesenti scores from close range.
The touch judges raise their flags as Joe Simmonds kicks the penalty goal.
Joe Simmonds makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
Silky skills by Section Paloise ends with a try for Reece Hewat.
Joe Simmonds converts the try.
Dan Robson scores the try from close range.
Louis Carbonel kicks the penalty.
Joe Simmonds kicks the penalty.
Romain Briatte (Stade Francais Paris) is shown a yellow card