Tony your saying that teams haven't fired on all cylinders, i dont think that is all that true, i keep saying this is one of the hardest leagues especially this season, and personally i think the competition between teams throughout is massive . i watched the Clermont v Brive game  and Clermont played well but were not allowed to play as thay have done in previous years. The defences are enormous and it is getting more and more dificult to score tries, thus the penalties turned into points begin to count even more. Video analysts are becoming a massive part of the game i know how much time Montpellier and Galthie spends on videos looking at every single item the opposition can bring to the table. Can you believe we have finished Day 10 and the leader has 31pts (3.1pts per game) last season Clermont were top with 91, that means Toulouse will have to score 3.75 pts per game to emmulate last seasons total, that is not going to happen. It would not surprise me if as little as less than 83 pts will win the Championship, before the playoffs.