Nico73 Rugby Union Tips

At home, Biarritz were solid last season with 4 wins at home from the last 4 games. Beziers have a terrible away form, having lost all the last 5. It's a solid home win here.

With 2 wins from the 2 matches last season, I think the home side should be able to start the season with a win, looking at the previous meetings.

Provence, away from home, have been away last season and lost all of the last 5. In 4 of those, they have not covered the handicap. I think SA will cover the home win again.

With 4 wins from the last 5 home games, I think the Angouleme team should have enough to win this opener. Provence has been awful away from home, having lost 5 straight.

Mont at home are rock solid and have covered the handicap in all 3 of the last 3 home games. With Colomiers having lost 3 of their last 5 away from home.

MdM are rock solid at home and have won 4 of the last 5 games. With a solid win by 32 points in the last home game, I think they'll win again here against a poor away team.

Nevers are solid at home. In 4 of the last 5 games at home, they have won and they would have covered the handicap in those games. Away from home, Agen have been really poor.

The game here throws up a team that has won the last 5 at home on the bounce against a team that has lost all of their last 5 away games. So it's a home win again here for me.

In the last 2 games, Aurillac have won easily and covered any handicap by 30 points and 26 points in those last 2 games. So, I think in the season opener, they can cover that again here.

A key marker in these French games is the home and away records. The home teams are generally much stronger, with 4 wins in the last 5 games in the home stadium for Nevers and 4 losses in the last 5 games away from home.

At home, the Romans were top level last season. That's shown in the last 5 home games, which they have won all of them. In 2 of those games, they stacked up more than 60 points.

Aurillac look a solid call at the opening of the new season. With some solid form, having won their last 3 games, I think back at home they'll win again here.

Grenoble, away from home, have lost all of their last 4 games. I don't think they can win the opener here. With Oyonnax scoring plenty of points in all of their home games, they should win through again here.

With 3 wins from the last 4 games, and they have stacked up more than 30 points in all of those 4 games, I think they'll have too much again here for a team who have lost the last 4 away from home.

Vannes away from home were awful last season with 5 losses on the bounce. With all of those games, they would not have won with this level of start. I think it's another home win here.

Brive at home are rock solid and did well last season with 4 wins from the last 5 at home. Vannes are truly awful away from home as they have lost the last 5 games.