everything does not always go smoothly in Toulouse
That is. Beyond the loss of the status of leader, anecdotal after only three days, the defeat against a Section having been able to show character in the zones of confrontation and foresight in the management of its opportunities is not infamous. And this even if other contenders for the top 6 by may come to find the keys to the Hameau this season…
With all due respect to the coach in charge of the Toulouse forwards, the technical content of the first setback of the Toulouse season calls for further explanation.
To be satisfied with advancing, by way of argument, the only red card of which a bailiff Richie Arnold appears a little short when justifying the poverty of the service provided. The Toulousains did not risk it. “It is not the numerical superiority (of Pau) which made us lose this match. It’s way ahead! “, thus cut the Rodrigue Neti pillar short: “We could not put our game down.
“Fear of doing wrong”
A mild understatement… Toulouse, which presented itself in Béarn on Saturday, sailed far from the standards that allowed it to win in Bordeaux and overtake Toulon (28-8) during the first two days.
This observation made, difficult not to underline that these difficulties appeared the day when Ugo Mola and his staff proceeded to a rotation within their workforce. A choice imposed on one side by injuries – Ntamack and Cros are the latest entrants to the infirmary – but also by the desire to spare the internationals during this pre-World Cup season.
Antoine Dupont, Anthony Jelonch and Richie Arnold, holders during the first two days, thus started on the bench. Frameworks that may have been lacking when facing adversity.