Rugby – Top 14
Top 14 – UBB: Mission impossible against Antoine Dupont?
Published on June 28, 2024 at 12:35 p.m.
This Friday evening will offer an unprecedented final in Top 14, at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille. Stade Toulousain, a regular in finals, will face UBB, who will play their first final in their history. A match that promises to be spectacular but which, if we are to believe the statistics, should turn to the advantage of Antoine Dupont’s teammates, who have not lost to a novice in a final since 1969.
The Toulouse stadium, it is undoubtedly the greatest prize list in French rugby. With 22 titles in Top 14 and 6 victories in Champions Cup, Antoine Dupont’s club knows how to win finals. Quite the opposite of UBB, which will play the first final in its history.
Bordeaux already French champion, not UBB
And the UBB has never played in a final of the Top 14, Bordeaux if. In 2006, the Union Bordeaux-Bègles club was created. It is then a question of the fusion between the Bordeaux stadium a you Athletic club béglais. The Bordeaux stadium was French champion seven times in the early 1900s (899, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909 and 1911) while the CA Begles was crowned twice, in 1969 and 1991.
Toulouse, the scarecrow of French rugby
For several years, the Toulouse Stadium sweeps up everything in its path. In 2019, 2021 and 2023, Antoine Dupont’s teammates became champions of France and the Occitan club has 22 titles to its credit. The most successful club in the history of Top 14, the La Rochelle stadium had almost won last season, but a try entered into posterity Romain Ntamack changed everything. Toulouse has not lost a final since 2006. The UBB is warned.
Toulouse no longer loses to a novice in the final
The UBB should really be wary of Toulouse stadium. Experience largely speaks for them and faced with a new finalist, the Toulouse Stadium has not lost since 1969 against…CA Beagles. During the regular season, UBB lost the first leg at the Stade Ernest Wallon (22-29) before winning at Matmut Atlantique (31-28) after an exceptional match. If anything can happen in this meeting, one thing is certain: history will be made this Friday evening.
