Stade Toulouse takes on Exeter in the quarter-final of the Champions Cup. The French team lost to the English in 2020, but have revenge to take.
The two teams have a similar profile, based on a big scrum and powerful three-quarters. “We both want to win as much as the other,” assured Antoine Dupont before the encounter. “This European Cup arrived at the right time in our season: it brought us freshness, enthusiasm, and this allowed the whole group to regain energy,’ said Dupont, who found his accomplice of the hinge Romain Ntamack at Stade Rochelais in the Top 14 last weekend. ‘We found better sensations. We are not against others, we are rather focused on ourselves. We try to be as less imperfect as possible to compete with big teams.’ says coach Ugo Mola. ‘These are the kind of matches that we want to play because we know very well that these are committed matches. It's a team that we fear a lot’