Kolbe arrives in Toulon
The whistles which accompanied the RCT’s narrow victory against Brive (13-9) last week at the Mayol stadium should turn into applause on Saturday evening to welcome Kolbe. The South African pocket winger, one of the main headliners of the championship, will be presented with great fanfare to the Var public before kick-off.
His transfer, two years before the end of his contract in Toulouse, had made a lot of noise this summer. Hit to a knee, the 2019 world champion will not play, but his new teammates will no doubt want to live up to the challenge against Racing 92, which also remains on a frustrating success at home against Perpignan (17-13).
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Toulouse, with the manner?
Toulouse Stadium is also awaiting its benchmark match. The defending champion has made a clear start so far, with six wins in six days, but the content still leaves him hungry. His trip to Lyon on Sunday will allow him to gauge himself. Without mercy with Biarritz (40-5) on the last day, the LOU is third in the Top 14 with the best attack.
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Bordeaux holds its place
Without making noise, Bordeaux-Bègles, undefeated since its surprise setback of the 1st day in Biarritz (27-15), is settling in second place.
A dolphin chair that the Girondin club will try to consolidate this Saturday (3 p.m.) on the Pau pitch, whose frames were spared last week.
Castres Olympique welcomes a Biarritz team that is losing momentum after a good start to the season.
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The French stadium and La Rochelle to confirm
Candidates for the finals, La Rochelle (10e ) and the Stade Français (13e ) are still far from their ambitions.
Stade Rochelais, however, showed the best last weekend against Castres (29-10) and hopes to chain a second consecutive success for the first time this season. The French Stadium has abandoned him the last place in favor of his success against Clermont (22-14) and has a chance to play on the ground of Perpignan, not at best currently.
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