Poster of this tenth day of which it closed on Saturday evening at the Stadium, this true “classic” between major elite clubs saw the victory of Stade Toulousain, certainly, but a difficult success as the rain came in the second half . In the end, it was a dry defeat, so to speak, for the Varois who led until the 55th minute and would have deserved a consolation point at the end of the match.
Because everything had started very well for the evening visitors, opening the scoring in the tenth minute with a try signed by the restless three-quarter center Mathieu Smaili at the conclusion of a lively and sharp offensive. Ambitious in the game, the RCT had a powerful scrum and also took advantage of the approximations of Toulouse hooker Peato Mauvaka in throws into touch to dominate territorially and in possession of the ball.
Thus, varying the angles of attack, the Varois propelled their third line center Selevasio Tolofua into the in-goal (20th) to then lead 0-14. Countered, clumsy, uninspired and above all upset, the Toulouse residents could not do anything other than react and, on their first beautiful attack with a reversal, found the fault through Dimitri Delibes (25th), before returning to the charge eight minutes later through Mauvaka (33rd), in force.
At the break, the Toulonnais remained in the lead (12-14) and then began a crossover. At the hour mark, a few minutes after Julien Marchand’s great comeback, the Toulouse team began to accelerate and on a long laser pass from fullback Blair Kinghorn, Mathis Lebel made a try (65th). With the conversion into a corner and a second goal from Thomas Ramos (73rd), the French champions then broke away (25-17) depriving Toulon of a defensive bonus. Especially since Enzo Hervé, a few moments later (79th), was unable to offer this deserved point, the kicked ball hitting the post to go out of the frame. This success not being improved, the Toulouse residents fall from sixth to seventh place.
2023-12-24 07:04:34
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