Toulouse, battered by a generous Biarritz team, waited for the entry of its X factor Antoine Dupont who made the difference and gave the victory to the defending champion (17-11) on Saturday, in Aguilera on the occasion of the 5th daytime.

Toulouse’s flawless performance continued in the Basque Country. Five matches this season, five victories, the third away which owes a lot to Dupont who changed, not to say illuminated, the scenario of this alert match awaited for seven and a half years by the red and white people and that the promoted thought to remove as he had faced UBB and Racing 92.

This time the song was a little too big for Francis Saili’s teammates. They competed for nearly an hour, led after the break (6-3 thanks to a penalty and a drop from Brett Herron) in a bullfight atmosphere, before giving in on two flashes of the star scrum-half of the visitors, replacing Saturday.

The first was born from an exit from an axial scrum at 40 meters with a cross pass for Tim Nani-Williams spinning behind the line (58), the second from an inspiration of which Dupont has the secret with feint and interval prize for a 14-0 in two crippling minutes that cut the momentum Biarritz.

Until then, the defenses had been imperial, the clumsiness very numerous, in particular in the ranks of the leader very short in the continuity, but who had turned in head at the break on a penalty of Thomas Ramos (36).

At the end, when we were closer to the bonus try for Ugo Mola’s men, the red card to Joe Tekori for a headline on Romain Ruffenach (69) spiced up the end of the match.

Often in the advance, Saili, very skilful with the ball in hand, sent his winger Vincent Martin for a corner try synonymous with the hope of a defensive bonus (76). Unfortunately, local striker Herron, so precise since the start of the season, has this time missed his transformation.

The fact remains that the BO of Steffon Armitage recalled that it will be necessary to count on him this season and that he will not fall into his den each time on Toulouse so clinical.