TOPS

Great match in the Var center. The New Zealander was the main architect of his team’s victory against Toulouse. The Toulonnais showed his physical power and determination to score a double (14th, 57th). The Rade player finished the match with almost 90 meters covered with the ball in hand. Unstoppable.

He was obviously expected against his former club, where the story ended with a certain taste of bitterness, and he responded. Under the whistles of the Haut-Garonne supporters at the Vélodrome, the Toulon number 15 scored half of his team’s points and was solid throughout the match. This meeting was close to his heart, and it showed.

The third row of Stade Toulousain signs another big performance this Saturday evening against Toulon. Replaced shortly before the hour mark (54th), the 20-year-old young player once again demonstrated his liveliness and his ability to undermine opposing defenses. The Stadiste has combined several times with Thomas Ramos. An association which has hampered and destabilized the Var defense on multiple occasions. The Toulouse player gained 54 meters with the ball in hand in this meeting and further established himself as a great hope for the Rouge et Noir.

FLOPS

This play could have been the turning point of the match. The Samoan from RCT was sent off just before half-time (39th) for a tackle deemed too high on Mathis Castro-Ferreira. A red card which ultimately galvanized the Varois but which could also have been fatal to Pierre Mignoni’s team.

The Stade Toulousain striker has never missed three kicks in the same match since the start of the Top 14 season. It’s done. The French international missed the conversion of Joel Merkler’s try (74th) in the very last minutes of the match. A missed kick that costs a lot. For 7 points gone in total.

By losing this evening away against RCT – even if the match was relocated to Marseille – Stade Toulousain failed to end its terrible series of defeats away from home against players from La Rade . It has now been seven games since the Hauts-Garonnais lost far from their base against Toulon. Their last victory dates back to… 2016. An eternity.