Stade Toulousain guaranteed to be in the 6
Toulouse are the first club to qualify for the Top 14 finals despite their 32-28 home defeat against Bayonne on Saturday’s 24th Top 14 matchday, with a workforce largely overhauled one week before its European Cup final.
Two days before the end of the regular season of the championship, the Toulouse leader, with 73 points, is mathematically guaranteed to finish in the top six of the standings since he has 11 lengths ahead of Stade Français and Toulon, sixth and seventh with 62 points.
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La Rochelle for a walk
La Rochelle, with his returning executives, made short work on Saturday of the relegated Agen (59-0) to regain his place as runner-up in the Top 14 and build up confidence one week before his first Cup final. ‘Europe against Toulouse.
After two losses in Montpellier last Saturday and in Brive on Tuesday with mixed and rejuvenated teams, the Maritimes concluded their marathon week with a demonstration of 9 trials including a double from Raymond Rhule, with ten holders of the victorious semi-final against Leinster entry presents.
Stade Français still dreams of the final phase
Stade Français clings to its hope of play-offs. The Parisians, jostled, signed a fourth consecutive success by putting an end to the series of victories of Montpellier (32-10), very reorganized and rejuvenated, Saturday at the Jean-Bouin stadium during the 24th day of the Top 14. After this success After five attempts to one, the “Pink Soldiers” continued to climb up the rankings and came back to the top of the top folding seats for the final phase.
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They now have 62 points, as many as Toulon (6th), opposed to Clermont in the evening, and Bordeaux-Bègles (5th), which has two games less. The Parisians must now win their last two matches against Lyon, another top 6 contender, and Bayonne, fighting for maintenance, to hope to finish in the top six.
UBB remains positioned
Bordeaux-Bègles, with the courage and with a saving against in touch, got out of the trap set by Castres (20-16) to re-settle in the qualifying zone on Saturday on the occasion of the 24th day of the Top 14.
A big sigh of relief for the UBB! Dominated in the occupation and without too many solutions in the game to counteract the pressure from Tarn, Christophe Urios’ men grew up in this rainy afternoon and took a big step towards qualification by winning a match they really feared.
“I sincerely think that if we have one of the two balls at the end, we win the match, qualified the manager of Castres Pierre-Henry Broncan. Against a semi-finalist team of the European Cup and which plays the title, c ‘is positive. We took a bonus point, we must not forget. “
With two more games to go in Agen and against Montpellier three days after the final of the European Challenge of the Héraultais, it is even a barrage at home which extends its arms to the club of Laurent Marti, now 5th in the championship. It would be a first ten years after his accession to the elite.
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