The match: 41-0

Very quickly, without even a minute of observation, Stade Toulousain ensured that this derby would remain in its favor by scoring seventeen points in as many minutes, the first. A faultless, therefore, which left Castres sluggish. A pass at the foot of Romain Ntamack for the try of Maxime Médard (2nd), was followed by a try signed Thomas Ramos (9th) after a series of millimeter passes. Add to that a goal (17th) and two transformations from the Toulouse rear, and this is how the French champions got out of reach.

Then, Castres knew, of course, a good period of territorial domination and at least four free trial opportunities (20th, 25th, 30th, 35th) but, ironically, it was Toulouse which made one of its rare forays fruitful. in the Tarn camp by the inevitable Thomas Ramos (37th) to turn 20-0 at the break.

In the second half, place bis repetitive, Antoine Dupont escaped flush with a ruck, escaping three defenders (including his opposite Rory Kockott) to fix the Tarn opener Ben Urdapilleta and send his friend Romain Ntamack to the test, that of the bonus offensive, just return of things for the Toulouse playing master (45th, 27-0).

The double reigning French champions unfolded without problem following a derby that they mastered, Antoine Dupont strolling in the Castres defense (50th) before offering a sharp pass a try to his winger Juan Cruz Mallia ( 54th, 34-0) and then go to the opening, Ntamack slipping in the center, which did not prevent, quite the contrary, Juan Cruz Mallia from achieving a double (61st) to thicken the score.

The fact: Toulouse’s defense remains tight

We build a success in defense and it is in attack that the score is established. After scoring seventeen points in as many minutes, Toulouse also demonstrated that they had defensive virtues. For a quarter of an hour (20th-35th), they remained planted in front of their goal line but did not give in to the blows of Castres, which had at least four opportunities to score, each time wasted under the pressure opposing defense, well articulated around François Cros. Ditto in the second half, in the last ten minutes during marked Castres, dominant, faces the Toulouse defense without managing to score.