Pau winger Aaron Grandidier Nkanang dives for a try against Stade Francais

Paris (AFP) - Lyon, Pau and champions Toulouse all collected their second wins of the season on Saturday to move to the head of the fledgling French Top 14 table.

Bayonne and Toulon have also won their first two games but trail because they have not claimed a bonus point.

Toulouse scored four tries as they collected a bonus point with a 31-13 win over Perpignan, but one of their try scorers Pierre-Louis Barassi said the performance had not met the club’s standards.

“This may be one of the worst matches played on our home turf in quite some time,” said the centre. “When we don’t put in the necessary effort, we have only ourselves to blame.

“We were complacent and lacked aggression… The result is good, but we made too many bad choices.”

Pau also scored four tries and secured a bonus point as they beat Stade Francais, impressive winners in week one, 34-10.

Lyon opened the day by edging to a 25-18 win at Montauban, playing their first Top 14 home game since 2010.

“It’s always special when a newly-promoted team plays its first home game,” said Lyon prop Thomas Moukoro. “We wanted to play a serious game and show them respect.”

In the late game, Gael Drean scored the only try and Melvyn Jaminet booted a long drop goal to give Toulon a late four-point cushion as they beat visiting Castres 16-12 in a game filled with ferocious physical contact, but short on finesse or accuracy.

In Bayonne, Joris Segonds booted a 76th-minute penalty to give the hosts a 26-23 home win over Montpellier.

“We didn’t do what we had planned, and we gave ourselves a scare. We didn’t want to leave it to chance for our first home game, but that’s what happened,” said Bayonne wing Arnaud Erbinartegaray.

Clermont’s Australian lock Rob Simmons made some unwanted history as he became the first Top 14 player to receive an orange card.

Under the new rule, the carded player is sent off but can be replaced by another player after 20 minutes.

Since there were only 14 minutes to play when Simmons caught La Rochelle’s Gregory Alldritt high, Clermont ended the game a man short.

Hosts La Rochelle exploited their advantage to blow open a tight game with two late tries as they won 34-16.