After two knockouts, RC Toulon on the verge of rupture

Dark clouds are gathering over Toulon at the end of the season.

Notice of storm.

The RCT, after having competed for a long time and being in contact with Clermont on Saturday evening, finally left the Auvergne empty-handed (25-16).

A second trip to zero point after the one in Montpellier last Tuesday (29-10).

"I am angry for my players because they deserved better," railed Var manager Patrice Collazo.

We pushed Clermont to its limits, they were under pressure and so were we.

We have given a lot but we are not paid.

We missed fifty centimeters on two test actions. ”

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And the Toulon technician continued: “Clermont was in difficulty and when they are led onto their lawn they tend to stammer but not tonight.

ASM had one game less than us in the week and it shows.

Until the 70th minute, we were in it. ”

Except that it did not hold, the ASM driving the point home with a test scored by Apisaï Naqalevu two minutes from the end.

“It's annoying because we controlled the game relatively well but we made a few mistakes which put our opponent back in the game.

It's a shame to have let the match go.

We have made mistakes this season which does not allow us to be serene at the end, ”could only note the back Gervais Cordin.

Bad weekend operation

In the fight between five clubs for the last two tickets for the Top 14 play-offs, Toulon clearly carried out the bad operation of the weekend after the victories of its direct rivals: Bordeaux-Bègles, the Stade Français Paris and Lyon.

Baptiste Serin and his teammates, now seventh, were ejected from the top 6 even though they have the same number of points as UBB and Paris (62).

“We will have to prepare well because for the qualification, it will be very hard.

But we are not going to let go ”

Louis Carbonel

To make matters worse, injuries are piling up: Christopher Tolofua (knee) and Emerick Setiano (pectoral muscle) will miss the end of the season and the club with a bit of thrush could be deprived of the three-quarter Australian Duncan Paia'aua, victim of 'a concussion on Saturday.

More worrying, the morale of Toulon seems to have taken a hit.

What opener Louis Carbonel confirmed: “We are frustrated and confused because this match was close to our hearts despite a meeting played at the start of the week.

We showed a beautiful face but above all we wanted to win.

The locker room was down, there are a lot of regrets.

This game is despite everything the most successful away this season. "

Little satisfaction.

UBB could come to Mayol freed

And the rest promises to be extremely high for the RCT. “We still have to play Bordeaux and Castres, direct competitors. We will have to prepare well because for the qualification, it will be very hard. But we are not going to let go. " No room for error. The slightest misstep will be fatal. And the coming of the UBB to Mayol, on May 29, will be a first "final" for the Var. Before coming to the Var, Christophe Urios' team will have played two matches (in Agen on May 21 and against Montpellier on May 25) and could already have taken a serious option on qualifying. Patrice Collazo will have two weeks to prepare for this commando operation. "I'm waiting to see what we will do in two weeks after the rest," he says.But these fifty centimeters (which were missing on two test occasions) will weigh heavily in the heads. " No time to think about it.

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