We play the 7th minute of play at Aimé-Giral. Toulon has just got back in front (5-3), thanks to a try from Charles Ollivon. Thanks to whom? Dan Biggar.
The Welsh fly-half, back in action on Saturday after his World Cup and a week of rest, is playing with mischief. In a good position seven meters from the Catalan goal, Toulon wins a penalty. Ben White, the Scottish scrum-half, takes the ball to calm down. When suddenly, Dan Biggar (yes, yes, the Briton ready to take the points from his garden) grabs the ball. Offshore, Charles Ollivon calls him. A pump later, the ball is in the hands of the French flanker who goes for the try. Unstoppable.
“He has to learn from these matches”
Yes, but everything is not so beautiful. Transformation is coming. The opener installs his tee, his ball, puts his routine in place and starts his race. After two steps, he collapses, as if struck by lightning. Welsh immediately holds his back. The stretcher arrives, but he ends up getting up and leaving the field on his own in the 8th minute of play.
Clearly the moment, yesterday afternoon, when Toulon lost control a little. “I don’t think we panicked.”, however blurts out Aymeric Luc at a press conference. Does Pierre Mignoni find that his team had difficulty coping? “When you lose your No. 10 after eight minutes, of course, that changes a lot of things…”
Enzo Hervé, so far impeccable during his first four outings with Toulon, struggled a little at Aimé-Giral. Less precise in his kicking game, more feverish with the ball in his hands, the opener will not have succeeded in dictating the tempo of his team. “When you play for two periods and expose yourself to giving Perpignan the opportunity to take points or put you under pressure, that’s not a sign of a great team. For the moment, we don’t is not at all. You have to work and keep quiet, continues Pierre Mignoni. Enzo [Hervé], he has to learn from these matches. It’s not just him, no, but he has to control the management.” And to summarize all the bad things about the RCT on this damn afternoon in Catalonia: “We lacked control over the strategic aspect and over our discipline.”
2023-11-05 04:01:03
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