TOPS
For the 40th anniversary of the partnership between Stade Toulousain and Airbus, Thibaud Flament (2m03) paid tribute to this collaboration by flying over the meeting. After a high-flying Six Nations Tournament, the second international line is doing it again with Toulouse. Still sharp, his shots, his percussions have always endangered the defense of the LOU. Flament exudes an almost implacable strength and power with, in addition, an always relevant anticipation as on his try in the 35th minute where he perfectly follows Cros’ interception on Léo Berdeu’s kick to finish in the Lyon trap.
Coming into play prematurely (12th minute in place of Ange Capuozzo) when his coach Ugo Mola thought he would play a few minutes in the second half, Dupont showed no signs of fatigue. He was once again the author of a great performance which he completed with a try, the third of the game for Toulouse. Enough to end the suspense, before Lyon grabs a defensive bonus point. A try at what it does best: coming in first hand at full speed to surprise the defense inside and take advantage of available spaces.
Defeated this evening in Toulouse, the LOU will nevertheless have shown great things during the game and in particular through Tuisova. The Lyonnais got off to a flying start with two tries in 10 minutes and a very quick 14-0. On the first try, it was Dumortier who finished, but it was Tuisova who gave him a pass that made the difference. On the second try, a few moments later, it was him against Ntamack and went on the counter-attack before sitting down Thomas Ramos with his power and offering another try, this time to Maraku. By his power and his offensive and defensive slaughter – evidenced by the mark left on the nose of Romain Ntamack – his performance will still have been of a high level.
FLOPS
Even if he scores a try that completely revives the LOU in the 72nd minute and passes the transformation of the defensive bonus, Léo Berdeu apologized to his partners in the locker room after his performance. As he explained to the microphone of Canal after the meeting, he cost a lot of points this evening, including the second try of Stade Toulousain. His far too soft kick was countered and then intercepted by François Cros who took many meters with the ball in hand when Berdeu was unable to tackle him before passing the ball to Flament. “Free points” according to him.
Three yellow cards tonight for Lyon: Couilloud, Geraci and Saghinadze. The three men will also have cost their team points. Xavier Garbajosa did not fail to call him back at the end of the game. This indiscipline and these three yellow cards will not have allowed the LOU to hope to take 4 points. As proof, on each of the numerical inferiorities, the Lyonnais have always collected points. “Already playing 15 against Toulouse is very hard, so playing 14 or 13 I let you imagine”. With this statement, the LOU coach has said almost everything and it is also the conclusion that can be made at the end of this meeting.
