Top 14 round-up: Jonny Wilkinson unable to prevent Toulon from slumping to defeat to new boys Oyannax Despite their Mediterranean roots and eclectic make up, a first half try from Delon Armitage looked to have set up a Toulon win, forged in England. But the European Champions, who had led 19-13 at the break and also featured Andrew Sheridan, were pegged back and eventually forced to settle for a single bonus point and third in the table. Instead, Stade Francais now lead the Top 14 after maintaining their 100 per cent home record with an 18-11 victory over Montpellier. In what was their fourth straight league victory, Jules Plisson scored the decisive second-half try. Francois Trinh-Duc gave a Montpellier side, still without Scots Jim Hamilton and Johnnie Beattie through injury, hope with his fourth try in as many games, but the home side hung on to take top spot. There were more cards in the Basque derby as Biarritz lock Pelu Taele-Pavihi was sent off after only nine minutes. In a local derby featuring the league's two bottom sides, Bayonne ran out 27-19 victors, a score which included a try from Welsh scrum-half Mike Phillips. The defeat heaped further misery on a Biarritz side containing Englishman Magnus Lund, who have now lost their last six matches, widening the gap between them and 13th-placed Bayonne to nine points. The situation was not too dissimilar at Clermont, where the hosts' 40-11 victory over Bordeaux-Bègles contained seven yellow cards, including one for Welshman Lee Byrne. The full-back also scored one of his side's five tries in their bonus point victory which saw them climb to second in the table. Elsewhere, James Hook scored 15 points, including a 45 metre drop-goal, as his Perpignan side, which also contained Scot Al Strokosch, ran out 20-16 winners against Toulouse. With his team leading 17-16, the Welsh full-back's ambitious drop-kick gave his side the four-point lead they maintained until the final whistle. Meanwhile, a first-half try from Englishman Marcel Garvy proved decisive as Castres beat Racing Metro 19-15. Without the Welsh duo of Jamie Roberts and Dan Lydiate, Irish fly-half Jonathan Sexton scored 12 of Racing's points in a defeat which left their coach, Laurent Labit, unhappy with the standard of officiating and demanding that his side should be "refereed like everyone else."