The match: 13-9
Small score for this closing match of the fifth day, Sunday evening at the Hameau. And only one try registered. While we were expecting a lively and spectacular meeting between two teams usually focused on the game and the open sea. The winner, deserving without being dominant, therefore retains the head of the ranking after having muzzled the French champions.
It was therefore in defense that the Béarnais sealed this success at home in a packed and often very silent stadium. As proof, Stade Toulousain, despite its plethora of internationals on the scoresheet, did not manage to score a single try. It must be said that his attempts were far too clumsy to be effective.
Testing the solid Australian flanker Reece Hewat (16th) well served by Dan Robson who stuck to the ball to energize the Béarnais game, the Toulouse only had the boot of their fullback Melvyn Jaminet, author of three penalty goals ( 14th, 21st, 25th), to add to their score. The Béarnais, for their part, will regret the video refereeing which rewound far to deny them a try on interception signed by the young winger Théo Attissogbé (18th), one of the best Pau players in the match.
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The number of tries registered by Toulouse. Like the number of cards, too, at the end of this very smooth match.
“To be four points behind in the score is almost a scandal… We don’t do anything! » regretted Ugo Mola eight minutes before the end of this purge. Always so lucid, the Toulouse coach witnessed the long sluggishness of his team, Melvyn Jaminet sending the ball onto the post in the 74th minute after a shot on goal from forty-eight meters as a symbol of the ineffectiveness of the French champions, who will console themselves with a defensive bonus point.
