Mathieu Warnier, Media365, published on Thursday June 27, 2024 at 6:55 p.m.
For the Top 14 final, this Friday on the lawn of the Orange Vélodrome, Toulouse is making only one change with Rodrigue Neti starting on the front row. Bordeaux-Bègles, for its part, confirmed the extremis returns of Ben Tameifuna and Matthieu Jalibert.
Neti, only change for Toulouse
Ugo Mola changes almost nothing. Compared to the team that defeated La Rochelle last weekend in the semi-finals, Stade Toulousain only made one forced and forced change. Victim of a rupture of the ligaments of the left ankle and a fracture of the fibula which required an operation, Cyril Baille gives up his place as left pillar to Rodrigue Neti. As a result, Joel Merkler appears on the scoresheet, among the substitutes. A bench on which Matthis Lebel will not take a seat. With a back injury, the three-quarter center withdrew from this final, which allowed Ange Capuozzo to join the group. Piula Faasalele also had to give up the duel against Bordeaux-Bègles, with Clément Vergé replacing him among the 23 players called up. The rest of the starting XV for this final is classic with the hinge Antoine Dupont-Romain Ntamack or even Thomas Ramos aligned at the back, which pushes Blair Kinghorn on a wing.
Toulouse’s starting XV
Ramos – Mallia, Chocobares, Ahki, Kinghorn – (o) Ntamack, (m) Dupont (cap) – Willis, Roumat, Cros – Flament, Arnold – Aldegheri, Mauvaka, Neti
The replacements: Marchand, Ainu’u, Vergé, Brennan, Graou, Capuozzo, Costes, Merkler
Jalibert and… Tameifuna starters for Bordeaux-Bègles
For his part, Yannick Bru has pulled two jokers out of his sleeve. Announced as out of this final at the beginning of the week by Jean-Baptiste Poux due to a dislocated right shoulder, Ben Tameifuna is finally on the match sheet and even a starter in the front row alongside Maxime Lamothe and Jefferson Poirot. Concerning Matthieu Jalibert, the test carried out this Thursday also proved conclusive. While his season was initially supposed to be over after the thigh injury suffered three weeks ago, the international fly-half has recovered at high speed and will be Maxime Lucu’s alter-ego at hinge level. While the three-quarters are unchanged from the success against Stade Français Paris in the semi-finals, Mahamadou Diaby replaces Pierre Bochaton in the third row
The starting XV of Bordeaux-Bègles
Buros – Penaud, Depoortère, Moefana, Bielle-Biarrey – (o) Jalibert, (m) Lucu (cap) – Diaby, Tatafu, Vergnes-Taillefer – Coleman, Cazeaux – Tameifuna, Lamothe, Poirot
The replacements: Maynadier, Boniface, Douglas, Bochaton, Samu, Abadie, Uberti, Taufa
