Toulouse, deprived of its ten internationals, retained by the Six Nations Tournament, as it will be for five games, remained on four defeats in all competitions and had only saved two points out of 20 possible in the Top 14. Suffice to say, that the double champion of France, 5th in the standings, did not intend to let Stade Français leave with the recipe.
And yet that's what he did, when the victory seemed to him acquired.
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And yes!
We win this 𝒞𝐿𝒜𝒮𝒮𝐼𝒞𝒪 at the Stadium 🥳#STSFP pic.twitter.com/0Zn0SGBFa2
– Stade Français Paris (@SFParisRugby) February 11, 2022
WHAT YOU MUST REMEMBER
Ugo Mola's players, who remained on a nasty defeat in Perpignan, took the match by the right end at the Stadium and returned to the locker room with the score of 17-6, thanks to two converted tries.
Lebel first replaced Médard, embarrassed, to flatten in the Parisian in-goal, exploiting two playing times from the red and black forwards, then a low kick from Chocobares (7-0, 9th).
Twenty minutes later, Richie Arnold scored, following a lost ball by Parisian De Giovanni within reach of his in-goal (15-6, 29th).
In the second half, Quesada's men, with their backs to the wall, revolted and, thanks to two tries from Macalou and Hamdaoui, came back to 23-23 ten minutes from the end, and even took the lead (23-26 , 71st).
A forward try, concluded by Miquel (73rd) gave Toulouse the advantage, but Stade Français snatched victory thanks to a penalty from Segonds at the last second.
Fifteen years since the Stade Français had not won in Toulouse… “I was under a lot of pressure on the winning penalty, confided the Parisian striker.
We had nothing to lose.
We've been saying it all week.
We leave with 4 points.
Few teams win here, frankly it's great.
We are often trailing this season, we have shown character.
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THE PLAYER: Waisea
The 31-year-old Stade Français center once again distinguished himself on the Stadium lawn.
Decisive passer on the two Parisian tries, Waisea allowed his team to come back to the top 10 minutes from the end.
The Fijian first played with Holmes and Germain to launch Macalou on trial at the end of the line.
Shortly after, on the other wing, he beautifully dosed a small kick, which Hamdaoui was not asked to convert into a try.
THE DECLARATION: Maxime Medard
“Unlike last week, there is better, the content has been better.
We showed excitement at the end of the match.
They answered present, it is a team in confidence currently, us a little less.
We will continue to work to regain some confidence.
In front of our public, it's hard for us.
The teams enjoy playing us, because we have trouble putting our game in place.
We are trying to install a simpler game.
What's good is that we'll be playing them again soon.
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