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Toulouse to experience
A derby is not played, it is won.
And in this game, Toulouse is the strongest.
At home, Stade Toulousain won 22-18 against Castres.
After a really unexciting first act, Emmanuel Meafou scored the only try of the game on the hour mark (61st) following a carried ball.
A victory that secures first place at the end of the first leg for Toulouse.
Dupont alone blaster
If it was not decisive, it was however very in legs.
Captain during this derby, the player trained with the Olympians remembered the good memories of his former club.
Intractable in defense, with eight successful tackles out of nine.
Antoine Dupont has especially tried a lot in the current game.
Very active ball in hand: 95 meters gained, 12 races, eight crossings.
Best player of the match in these three areas.
Castres aggressive, in a good way
If Castres can bring back a defensive bonus point from the Stadium, it is above all thanks to his aggressiveness and his efficiency in defense, especially in the first period.
The Castres were solid and were on par with their opponents until the hour mark and can harbor regrets, those who had possession of the ball (57%).
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FLOPS
CO lose track in weak derby
Everything was going for the best or almost for Castres, who had just picked up at 9-9 after two penalties from Julien Dumora in quick succession (55th, 58th).
Only, the latter will be guilty of a tackle without the ball on Anthony Jelonch.
Logical yellow card.
At 14 against 15, Castres explodes.
A few seconds after the warning, Emmanuel Meafou took advantage and flattened in the in-goal.
The Castres cash a 10-0 in five minutes.
Delibes, best Castres
Yet Castres was able to count on … Dimitri Delibes in this part.
The Toulouse center was guilty of two faults (37th, 54th) offering two penalties against the posts and the first six points to Julien Dumora and the Castrais.
He was replaced by Pierre-Louis Barassi a few seconds after this second gross fault, guilty of an obstruction on the opponent's dismissal (56th).
Castrese animation is not there
Even if Castres had the best chances in this meeting, the animation was very difficult for the 9-10-15 triangle.
Scrum half Julien Blanc continued to make bad choices and technical errors.
Returning at the start of the match, Vilimoni Botitu, the usual center, did not have the shoulders to take on the role of opener and host.
Julien Dumora alternated between the very good and the very bad.
The unhappy CO
The Castres chain the bad news.
Shortly before kick-off, number 8 Tyler Ardron forfeited and was forced to give way to Baptiste Delaporte.
Just minutes after kick-off, 20-year-old opener Louis Le Brun was forced to step down.
The French opener hit in the right shoulder.
According to
Canal
+, he would not even have stayed at the Stadium in Toulouse.
Number 10 quickly left for the first exams.
The Tarn staff fears a serious injury to the right shoulder.
The CO therefore lost its two openers since Benjamín Urdapilleta is still injured.