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Toulon breathes!
The crisis was brewing in the harbor before this meeting.
This Saturday night, victory was imperative, no matter the way.
This is done for Toulon (13-9), who had won only one Top 14 match so far against Stade Français.
The RCT can thank Anthony Belleau who scored all of his team's points.
In the game, the Toulonnais did not, however, make the fans of the oval dream dream.
After the final whistle, the Var players even returned to the locker room ... under the boos of the public of Mayol!
LiveTop 14: Toulon scared off against Brive
First defensive bonus for Brive
In great difficulty away from home since the start of the season, Brive had the possibility of winning at Mayol, so much the Var were trembling at the end of the match.
During the second act, the Corréziens completely annihilated the attempts of an RCT which scored only three points in 40 minutes.
Result: a pocketed defensive bonus, the first of the season.
The Coujous have succeeded in pushing their hosts to the point of returning to four small points, in vain ... They can nevertheless be proud of having wavered a RCT, forced to win.
FLOPS
Brivist indiscipline
The CAB players very quickly faced Toulonnais eager to suffocate them.
They therefore forced themselves to defend well and, in the end, only conceded 10 points in the first period, 13 in total.
Nevertheless, Patrice Colazzo's men would have had it less easy in the first act if Brive had not committed so many mistakes in the stopped phases.
In total, the CAB lost five scrums in this meeting.
At the end of the game, the Toulonnais owe their salvation only to a Corrézienne double fault on a closed scrum.
Despite their good start to the season, the Brivists will certainly have to improve this aspect of the game.
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Toulon inaccuracies
Overall, this meeting will not go down in the history of the Top 14 as the referee's whistle has taken precedence over the game. Both teams were imprecise but especially the RCT, which spoiled several big opportunities to worsen the score, especially in the first period.
We necessarily think back to this wasted action by Dachary who had a surplus to play on the left side but who preferred to play kicking.
From a technical point of view, the Toulonnais missed a lot of transmissions and returned a lot of balls to their evening opponent.
If the victory is certainly good for the heads of the Var, the quality of play offered by the RCT will not reassure many people on the harbor.