Toulouse wins at Munster – Infos Haute-Garonne
Exemplary in combat, Toulouse took their new favorite victim, Munster, to their own game on Sunday to emerge from the Irish fog and launch their Champions Cup campaign with a prestigious success in the mythical Thomond Park (18-13).
It will be necessary to wait for a possible qualification in the final phase, already well underway, so that the Toulouse stadium can measure up to one of the South African franchises integrated into the competition this season.
Before discovering the new world, the most successful club in the history of the European Cup had the right to very classic against an opponent he is starting to know very well.
He had provided the last two seasons with favorable circumstances against Munster, forced by the Covid to play behind closed doors in 2021 and then to relocate to Dublin last spring due to a concert in his intimidating Limerick lair.
The elements, this time, were rather in league against the Toulouse, with a damp cold and a thick fog not conducive to their traditional movement game.
But after letting the storm pass and digesting a test from international fly-half Joey Carbery, they were able to respond to the fight and an almost counter-intuitive occupation game.
As he has become accustomed to for two years against the Southern Province of Ireland, Matthis Lebel was again decisive, with a corner try after a good progression from the forwards and a long pass from Thomas Ramos .
Perhaps warmed up by their time in the locker room, Ugo Mola’s men struck at the start of the second half. Just returned to the place of Ange Capuozzo, Lucas Tauzin has materialized a new advance of his vanguards, relayed by Antoine Dupont.
Still as solid and united in defense, the Rouge et Noir, who played in white in the fog, even grew bolder at times. But their initiatives were only rewarded on a penalty from Ramos which he himself had obtained on a scratch. Like a symbol.
Despite a yellow card at the end of the match for its captain Antoine Dupont, guilty of a voluntary forward, Toulouse held on and will host next week, during the second day, the English of Sale, impressive winners of Ulster (39-0) Sunday.