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A tough blow for Toulouse

This Sunday afternoon, when his team won against Toulon (57-5), in the second row of Toulouse Richie Arnold injured his shoulder.

Maybe the evening wasn’t so preposterous after all. This Sunday afternoon, at the end of the eighth day of the Top 14, Stade Toulousain defeated Toulon very easily (57-5). Victory with eight tries, including six in the second half. At the end of this meeting, the residents of Toulouse could have lost one of their own to injury. In fact, Australian second row Richie Arnold was hit in the shoulder.

This information was published this Sunday afternoon by the technical staff of the reigning French champion.
Arnold entered the field on the hour mark Less than ten minutes later, the Australian had to finally go out and give up a place, because of this injury. On his subject, after this duel on Sunday night, Jean Bouilhou, who is not the current coach of the club Stade Toulousain, is not particularly reliable, in comments reported by himAFP : “This is the only slight downfall of the evening. He is not selected (for the Australian team) so we were counting on him for the next week. »

Toulouse lacks many second lines

Having already played eight top 14 days, Toulouse is currently in first place in the French rugby league rankings, while RC Toulon is in fifth place. The 2024-2025 season continues at the end of this week.

cn Sunday November 3, at 9:05 p.m., Stade Toulouse will travel to Aviron Bayonnais, a surprising third place. In the middle of the international window, Toulouse will have to do without many internationals. This injury to Arnold makes their job even more complicated, especially regarding their second line. The French XV called up three men, Thibaud Flament, Emmanuel Meafou and Joshua Brennan, with a view to preparing for the test matches in November.

2024-10-29 09:58:00
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