TOPS/FLOPS – The exemplary nature of Baptiste Chouzenoux, the touch of Racing 92, the successful match of Marius Domon and above all the consequences of Franck Azema’s workforce management… Find the tops and flops of Racing 92’s victory over Toulon (43-7).
The exemplary power and desire of Baptiste Chouzenoux
By making his power speak to launch his team well with his try (4′), Baptiste Chouzenoux announced the color during Racing’s victory over Toulon (43-7). He struggled all over the pitch for the entire game, showing himself to be present in defense and available in the running game to support his teammates. Important element of the touch of Racing, he showed himself to his advantage and also hampered the Lyon alignment as with this good anticipation on a touch close to his in-goal.
The touch, a decisive sector for Racing 92
No touch lost for Racing tonight. And when you have to start the game and the scrum encounters difficulties (see below), it is better that the touch is there, as was the case this evening for Racing. With great serenity on the ball catches, the Sky and White alignment regularly formed very effective penetrating groups which allowed Racing to put themselves in the direction of the advance. The touch is also at the origin of several of the tries of the meeting.
Marius Domon scores points
They all knew it: this match at Racing would not be easy. For the young people of the training center lined up this Saturday evening, this match was as much a great opportunity to show off as a trap match. Very busy throughout the meeting, Marius Domon, the young 21-year-old fullback is one of those who succeeded in their match despite the heavy defeat. Like his one-on-one in defense won against Juan Imhoff, he did not give in to the pressure of the Racingmen and he was one of the most interesting Toulon backs on offensive launches. To review.
FLOPS
Workforce management that is (very) expensive
The rule is the same for everyone. Align an average of 16 JIFF per game sheet over a season. But then, the RCT and Franck Azéma had fallen behind and had to line up a lot more JIFF than expected over the last two days to get into the nails. Exit foreign stars and make way for young people. But in the final sprint for the Top 6, and despite the desired turnover for the European Cup, not being able to count on its best players is more than damaging. This Saturday, Franck Azema must face the consequences with a defeat at 0 points which reduces almost any hope of qualification to nothing. A small point would have been enough to really maintain hope. But it is too late to turn back.
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Even revamped, the RCT melee hurts that of Racing
Despite the in-depth changes made by Franck Azéma, the Toulon scrum, one if not the best in the championship, held its rank. And it also caused a lot of problems for Racing, penalized several times by Mr. Cayre. If Kamikamica managed to go and register his try behind a scrum, for the rest of the meeting the forwards of Racing were dominated in this sector of the closed scrum.
