Toulouse continued their domination of the Top 14 with a thumping 56-5 win over Dax at the Ernest-Wallon.

The home side scored early through Fijian Kunavore Maleli, although they took just a eight-point lead into the interval before cutting loose in the second period.

Maxime Médard (2), Jean Bouilhou, Vernet Basualdo, Bertus Swanepoel, Byron Kelleher and Nicolas Bézy grabbed the second-half scores, with Kunavore and Swanepoel sharing the kicking duties.

Castres stayed in the hunt for a European spot with a 36-15 win over bottom club Auch and Perpignan are just behind them in sixth after a 27-6 victory over Montpellier.

Montauban and Bayonne are next in the table after edging Bourgoin 16-11 and Brive 20-18 respectively.

Luciano Orquera kicked six first-half penalties for Brive only for Richard Dourthe to reply with five before Nicolas Laffite's last minute try won it for the hosts.

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