Champions Cup – Toulouse wins at Sale and composts its ticket for the eighth
The English were revengeful after the slap received during the first clash between the two teams a few weeks ago. But the Stade Toulousain players did not tremble and won a third success in three games in this Champions Cup. On the lawn of Sale, they won 27 to 5, against a team from the Sharks, fairly quickly reduced to 14 after the red card succeeded by Cobus Wiese (19th). Toulouse has already ensured its qualification for the round of 16.
The players of Sale awaited Toulouse on Saturday afternoon on the occasion of the 3rd day of the Champions Cup. But in the end, the Haut-Garonnais gradually stifled the opposing inclinations.
In this part, the Toulousains must first undergo the desire to do well with the Sharks de Sale and a headwind to manage. The English start on the right foot with a try from Akker van der Merwe, in power (12th). Then, the 2nd line of Sale Cobus Wiese collects a red card for an illicit clearing of the shoulder induced on the head of Dorian Aldeghéri (19e). At 15 against 14 but still with this wind against to manage, the Toulousains take their time to gradually return to the game. A penalty from Melvyn Jaminet (25th) reduced the gap and brought the score to 5-3 at the break.
The Haut-Garonnais do not overplay in numerical superiority. With patience, they build the score and then take advantage of the advantage of the wind to contradict the English to play under pressure. Ugo Mola’s players take advantage of the success at the foot of Melvyn Jaminet (6/7 on Saturday) to overtake their opponents and gradually push them aside (5-15, 66e). Then ten minutes from the end of the match, they noticeably accelerate like their scrum half Antoine Dupont. This one is on the initiative around the rucks and in one side and at the end of the action, the overpowered Emmanuel Meafou knocks everyone over two meters to score a first try from Haut-Garonne in this part (70e). He was imitated a few moments later by hooker Guillaume Cramond, who came to validate an offensive where the ball twirled from Toulouse’s hands and sprang very quickly from the rucks (5-27, 72e).
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