Without convincing, the Ile-de-France club signed a second success in a row on Saturday in Créteil against Toulon. But the site remains wide open.
For a long time we thought we were witnessing the first match without a try of the season in the Top 14. It was decided just 6 minutes in, when the replacement hooker of Racing 92, Janick Tarrit, came to score the try which sealed the match. victory for his team against Toulonnais (22-6). Obviously, this did not trigger a wave of madness in the aisles of the Dominique-Duvauchelle stadium in Créteil, which witnessed a purge from another time. Only victory is beautiful, says the adage. It still has limits… However, Frédéric Michalak, the former star fly-half of the French XV who became Stuart Lancaster’s assistant, is satisfied with it: “It’s always nice to win a match, whether the result is positive. Afterwards, we are well aware that it was a pressure match. It looked a bit like a final phase match. With a 0-0 at half-time.”
Before facing the RCT, Racing 92 was under pressure with a chaotic start to the year, a game in its embryonic state…
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