Recently qualified in the final of the Top 14, Toulouse are now waiting for their future opponent. After their demonstration against Racing, Arthur Retière and Thibaud Flament expressed their preference.
It is comfortably installed that the Toulousains will watch the second semi-final of Top 14 between La Rochelle and Union Bordeaux-Bègles (5 p.m.). Friday evening, the Rouge et Noir quickly put an end to the suspense by showing no mercy against the Ile-de-France residents. A 41-14 success, a demonstration even against Racingmen who missed out on the event.
After the match, the players were quickly asked about the second semi-final between La Rochelle and Bordeaux. In particular the second line Thibaud Flament, entered at the start of the second period in place of Emmanuel Meafou. “Honestly? La Rochellehe replied to France Bleu Occitanie. These are matches that we are used to playing lately. It’s always quite tense, we want to play them. Afterwards, regardless of the opponent, it will necessarily be hooked.
Arthur Retière also votes La Rochelle
Former Stade Rochelais player Arthur Retière also spoke about the second semi-final of the championship. The versatile Stade Toulousain winger, who scored Toulouse’s fourth try on Friday night, made a point of emphasizing his preference for his former club. “I can clearly see a victory for La Rochelle, he confided to the microphone of RMC Sport. We hope so.”
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Last season, Retière scored the decisive try for the Maritimes in the Champions Cup final against Leinster. He spent six seasons in La Rochelle, and wore the yellow and black jersey 114 times. Arrived in Toulouse in the off-season, he took part in 25 matches for Stade Toulousain, including 17 as a starter.
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The Rochelais will start as favorites against Bordeaux in the second semi-final. They will have to be wary of Maxime Lucu’s teammates, who have promised that they will not make a complex in San Sebastian. The person concerned even specified this week at a press conference that La Rochelle “is not not a team that scares us. It’s a team that we want to challenge, we want to show them that we are capable of competing with them. That’s how we approached this game. We have to use our defeats to do better, and not have an inferiority complex.”