TOP 14 – The cheat sheet of La Rochelle – Toulouse: rain and tide for Toulouse residents

The game: Toulouse did (almost) not exist

It took less than a minute for Les Rochelais to take the lead in a game they dominated from head to toe. In the rain, the Maritimes knew their physical advantage and pressed on it to build their victory. After a second penalty from Antoine Hastoy, veteran Romain Sazy completed a good streak of shelling his team (25th). Led 16-0, Stade Toulousain, without Antoine Dupont, Anthony Jelonch or Julien Marchand, did not have the strength to come back, only that of not cracking at the end of the first period at 13 against 15 while Charlie Faumuina (29th ) and Romain Ntamack (31st) had both received a yellow card.

In the second half, Alldritt’s partners continued their undermining work and found the fault a second time on the hour mark by Pierre Boudehent while Toulouse was once again outnumbered. Arthur Retière, former Deflandre, saved Toulouse’s honor in the last 10 minutes but Kyle Haterell, still in force, gave more weight to La Rochelle’s victory after the siren (30-7).

The players: Dulin in the legs, Ntamack without a solution

During the last day in Clermont (13-32), Antoine Dupont did rather well without his partner Romain Ntamack, then on vacation. In reverse configuration, opposite success for the opener, who could not get his people out of their torpor, certainly in another context, facing an opponent more sure of his strength. Without the ball, there is no opportunity for him to put himself forward, whether in the running game or on foot. After having already sat on the bench for ten minutes at the end of the first period for a high tackle which could have cost him even more, Ntamack finally left on the hour mark.

A match to forget, which contrasts with that of Brice Dulin. Very fit, the La Rochelle back found breaches in the Toulouse curtain and was even close to going to the end shortly before the hour mark. Hastoy who was pragmatic and Paul Boudehent hard-hitting.

The stat: 72

Like the number of minutes spent without scoring a single point for Toulouse

The statement: Teddy Thomas (at the microphone of Canal +)

The tweet

The question: Did the Toulousains drop the match?

In any case, they did not put the usual ingredients. Before kick-off, the absences of Antoine Dupont, Julien Marchand and Anthony Jelonch, three of the best players in the world in their position, were already very heavy and could not be compensated by those who were in their place. in the field.

With 7 points ahead of its runner-up, Stade Français, and 12 over La Rochelle, third, on the evening of the previous day, Stade Toulouse could afford not to send all their forces into battle before two games much more decisive ones that await him in the Champions Cup to validate a qualification. A much more important goal in his eyes than this series of eight straight victories (nine, if we add a friendly match) that he did not defend tooth and nail this Saturday evening.