back in figures on the bad series of Champions of France
This week, the people of Toulouse will therefore wash their dirty linen with their families and prepare on the Landes coast for the reception of the Union Bordeaux-Bègles on Sunday. If the champions of France, who pranced in the lead in the fall, are still in the top six, they have continued to demote (5th). They are only three steps ahead of Stade Français (7th) and Stade Rochelais (8th). Will they still be among the qualified in early April when their Blues return?
“Obviously we are worried. If we weren’t, we would be blind, ”admitted Jean Bouilhou, the forwards coach. There are indeed in the course of its players for three months, figures which flash like alarm signals.
Six. On Saturday, the Toulouse team therefore conceded their sixth consecutive defeat. In the history of the Top 14, it is an unprecedented bad series for the club with 21 Shields of Brennus. Ugo Mola’s players have not won in the league for 85 days. They have only garnered four points since November 27 and a laborious victory against Brive (18-11) which bore the seeds of their current difficulties.
September. In Pau, the Toulousains spent thirty minutes in superiority at fifteen against thirteen. They provided seven penal touches to play close to the Béarnaise line. All unsuccessful. In total, Toulouse lost 15 balls. Bad choice, feverishness: for half an hour, Ugo Mola’s players displayed the symptoms of a doubting team… And which before the second Pau red card was played 27 to 3.
Ten. With ten internationals with the Blues, no other club contributes to the national cause like Stade Toulousain. This is not new. Last year, the European champion had removed the period of the Tournament and the duplicates in the lead. His record during this parenthesis had been balanced (2v, 2d) and he had retained command. What’s different this season? Perhaps the drop in impact of “dads” supposed to keep the house. The lack of maturity of the next generation is all the more obvious.