DECRYPTION – At the end of the sensational performance of Stade Toulousain, Saturday evening at Ernest-Wallon, against the Section Paloise, during the 15th day of the Top 14, find out what pleased… and displeased the editorial team Figaro.
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Toulouse forwards on fire
During Stade Toulousain’s masterful victory (59-22) on Saturday evening against its rival Pau, 7 of the 9 Haut-Garonnais tries were scored by forwards. “Big guys” who are simply intractable and in a state of grace, who put the Béarnaise defense through hell, particularly on carried balls, which generated the vast majority of Stade’s achievements. Aldegheri (10th), Brennan (15th), Meafou (18th), Marchand (31st), Willis (65th), Colombe (75th) and Jelonch (80th), all went to flatten in the opposing goal. The Toulouse power is incomparable.
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Kalvin Gourgues tonitruant
The Haute-Garonnaise revelation of the season has made its mark again. Author of his team’s sixth and final try in the first period, the young red and black center (21 years old) showed off his explosiveness and his percussion ability to undermine the Section’s defense. A sharp player, (very) difficult to stop once started. The best of the three-quarter line on the Toulouse side during this game.
Fabien Brau-Boirie Bluffant
Opposite, the Béarnaise three-quarter line also lined up some beautiful people. But the one who knew how to stand out the most was the center. A double for him on the clock (5th, 50th) and numerous rides which have the gift of unbalancing the Toulouse defensive curtain. The number 12 from Pau has often been put into orbit by his talented scrum half Souverbie. The one who is tracked by the staff of the XV of France represented this very talented three-quarter line well, chaperoned by his friends Grandidier, Gailleton and Arfeuil – without forgetting the will-o’-the-wisp Attissogbe at the back -, a little less successful on Saturday evening.
The incredible first 40 minutes of the Rouge et Noir
What can I say… An (almost) divine first period. More precisely, even, half an hour in a state of grace. Because during the first 10 minutes of the match, it was the Palois who showed themselves to be the most dangerous, but afterwards… The Toulouse people were able to play their intense and flamboyant game wonderfully, almost making the Béarnais look like chicks, while the latter had made a more than coherent start. Six tries in 40 minutes… When Stade Toulousain manages to put its game in place, and above all, when it decides to go for the second, it is simply untouchable, on another planet.
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Antoine Dupont half fig…
Once again not an exceptional Antoine Dupont on Saturday evening but an effective Dupont. A little slightly below his cruising speed, still in the game with three assists on the clock. Nothing surprising for the captain of Stade Toulousain who is still on the comeback…
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FLOPS
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… I raped
But a few small inaccuracies here and there for the Haut-Garonne scrum half. Several missed passes and two shocks with Souverbie, the second of which earned him a yellow card. The first for the Rouge et Noir in their last 10 matches. A sanction which led to Brau-Boirie’s double two minutes later (50th). Nothing serious or worrying about the French phenomenon, but, with a player of this immense quality, you have to know how to be at least demanding.
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The Section so near so far
Terrible observation for Sébastien Piqueronies’ players. In the clash that all Top 14 fans were waiting for, the Palois only held off the French champions… for barely 20 minutes. Before being scattered like a puzzle for irresistible Toulouse residents at home. This Section is promising, but there is still a way to go.
