Toulouse wins with the offensive bonus at Clermont in the Top 14
Historic and improved success of the Toulouse leader (13-32) Sunday evening against Clermont at the end of the 14th day of the Championship. Toulouse, had never won at Marcel-Michelin since the creation of the Top 14 in 2005.
The game: 13-32This last meeting of the first day back from the Top 14 was a long ordeal for the Clermontois, sluggish on their lawn, if we except a small burst between the 65th and the 75th… In comparison, Toulouse’s performance was a great fluidity to the point that the teammates of captain Julien Marchand won their offensive bonus from the 45th minute.
Ridiculous in defense, clumsy and disorderly, unable to clear the solid Toulouse defense except in the 68th minute by Lavanini after a long video refereeing, the Auvergnats quickly lost their footing and conceded try after try. After Roumat’s inaugural breakthrough relayed by Dupont for Mallia’s try (7th), Guitoune took advantage of Penaud’s elastic defense to add his own (24th). At the break, with the boot of Jaminet – who took a long time to adjust his sights – Toulouse led, 6-18.
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The result was in no doubt as the Clermontois seemed overwhelmed, the spectators of their defeat announced in a resigned stadium. Impression proven from the resumption with the clear test of Jaminet (45th), that of the bonus, followed by the exploit of Graou (51st), 25 meters of slalom in a frozen defense.
Just before the hour mark, the Toulouse staff brought in their bench of substitutes and that did not change anything for ASM, unable to reverse the opposite fate despite the try from Lavanini (68th) and a wasted opportunity from Penaud (74th ). With this historic success in Auvergne, Stade Toulousain, reduced to 13 in the last moments, consolidates its leading position, 7 points ahead of its runner-up, while Clermont remains 11th, under the whistles of its public.
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The player: Antoine Dupont, better than a convenience storeTraining opening half, already used in ten in 2019, the captain of the XV of France Antoine Dupont moved up a notch to relieve the usual holders of the position, Romain Ntamack on vacation and Thomas Ramos suspended, did better than an interim. We had already appreciated him in the European Cup and there, at Marcel-Michelin, associated with the young Paul Graou, he made the Toulouse game more fluid.
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