Top 14. Stade Toulousain will try to win on one of the most cursed lawns
By Anthony Assemat
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This is called assigning cursed land. Sunday 1uh January 2023, the Stade Toulousain moves on a lawn which perhaps only succeeds in Clermont-Ferrand. In effect, the Rouge et Noir have not won in Auvergne since the 2002 season. At the time, we were talking about the Top 16 and the championship was divided into two groups. Toulouse then won 19-16.
Why now is the right time to break the curse
20 years later, Toulouse will try to break the curse. And a lot of seers are green to hope to create the feat at Marcel-Michelin.
First, the Top 14 dynamic is clearly red and black. Winners of Castres last weekend (22-18)the men ofUgo Mola flying over the championship with a seven-point lead over second-placed Stade Français. The internationals are in good shape and the first part of the European campaign has proved convincing (two victories at Munster and against Sale).
Clermont in the fog
Opposite, Clermont, who lost the center derby against Brive in the 88e minute, is no longer the 16-legged monster of a few years ago. It has become an almost lambda team, which vegetates at the 10e place… and who will even lose his star Damian Penaud next season, who is signed to Union Bordeaux-Bègles. Hoping that he will not cause misery for the Toulouse defense…
The dynamic is Toulouse, especially since the Clermontois have a lot of injuries in the ranks.
A victory in 2021… but in the European Cup
At last, residents of Ernest-Wallon have already experienced the thrill of a victory at Clermont. It was in 2021 during the quarter-final… but of the Champions Cup, the great European Cup, the season of the Top 14-Champions Cup double, with a 21-12 success.
>> The summary, in video, of the victory in Clermont in 2021 <
Proof that Stade Toulousain has the keys to emerge victorious from this duel. Last season, the Rouge et Noir lost very little at the same time in Auvergne (16-13).
Clermont/Stade Toulousain, Sunday 1uh January 2023 at 9:05 p.m. live on Canal+
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