Overview
- Perpignan defeated Provence 47-24 in the Access Match on Sunday to retain their place in the 2026/27 Top 14 season.
- Peceli Yato and Joaquín Oviedo each scored two tries and Perpignan finished with seven tries in total to pull away in the second half.
- Perpignan lost named fly-half Benjamin Urdapilleta to an injury hours before kick-off and replacement Tommaso Allan kicked key conversions.
- The game featured multiple sin-bins and an orange card that shifted momentum at different moments and left both teams temporarily reduced in numbers.
- The Access Match is the one-off play-off between the Pro D2 runner-up and the 13th-placed Top 14 side, RC Vannes won automatic promotion earlier, about 8,500 fans attended this match with roughly 2,000 Perpignan supporters travelling and reports differ on how many times Perpignan have used this play-off to survive.