Stade Toulousain retained its title on Friday evening by winning comfortably against Bordeaux-Bègles (59-3).
The club won the 23rd Brennus Shield in its history.
Toulouse a little more at the top of French rugby. Antoine Dupont’s teammates won a 23rd Brennus Shield on Friday evening, after a crushing victory against Bordeaux-Bègles in the Top 14 final with a score of 59-3. Stade Toulousain also achieved a third European Cup/Championship double.
Toulouse did more than recite its lesson, racing the game from the first minutes to always lead the score and above all take the game into their own hands. Faced with clinical, pragmatic Toulouse, much more precise, fast and disciplined than their opponents, Maxime Lucu’s teammates defended with rage, tried, tried to play their rugby, the Rouge et Noir were far too strong.
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The UBB players seemed feverish, frozen by the challenge, terrible and exciting at the same time, of winning a first Brennus Shield. Their three-quarters, so brilliant during the season, were weaned from balls, like Damian Penaud. The other UBB winger, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, was released prematurely, as a symbol of the impotence of the “Patrouille de France”. The “bets” attempted by the management of Bordeaux-Bègles, that is to say establishing the pillar Ben Tameifuna and especially the opener Mathieu Jalibert, barely returned from injuries but ultimately undoubtedly too fair, did not work out. proven winners.
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In the second half, the Toulousains, in full control, were initially content to manage, bringing on all their substitutes so that the party was complete. Before the match turned into a nightmare for the UBB, with a succession of tries from the 64th minute. More than a recitation, the match turned into humiliation. The Vélodrome could sing and the Toulouse party could begin.
