The ball falls left of the posts and Toulon remain scoreless. 15-0

Toulon win a penalty just inside castres half after Ibrahim Diarra is pinned for a ruck infringement. Geoffrey Palis will take a shot at the posts

We are back up running here in Castres!

Half time at the Stade Pierre Antione and it's Castres who take a convincing lead after the first 40 minutes. 15-0 the home side lead at the break, thoroughly deserved in my opinion. They've played all the rugby thus far, dominating Toulon in most areas of the game. Toulon's scrum is proving a real achilles heal here today. Tries from Rodrigo Capo Ortega and Romain Cabannes the decisive scores so far. Interesting to see how the champions will respond in the second half. Stay tuned for more!

Another penalty arising at scrum time for Castres. Palis looks to the posts for play of the first half

Castres with a put in to the scrum on Toulon's 10m, 3 minutes short of half time

Palis has no issues adding 3 more. Laporte will want to introduce something to sure up the scrum at this point. It's hurting his side significantly. 15-0

The ref finally loses patience with Yohan Montes and the young prop on his debut is sent to the bin

Castres find themselves immediately back inside Toulon's 22m line with a put in to the scrum

A delightful pass from Julien Dumora off a clean LO sees Geoffrey Palis released in to space after cutting a superb line. Toulon's scramble defence is not enough to stop Sitiveni Sivivatu passing back inside to Romain Cabannes who crosses the whit e wash. What a try! Palis adds 2 more