UBB went through hell this Friday night during the Top 14 Final. Against Toulouse, Yannick Bru’s players were humiliated at the Stade Vélodrome by conceding nine tries. The Toulousains won by a river score (59-3) and won their 23rd Brennus Shield. They achieved the third Europe-Top 14 double (1996, 2021 and 2024) in their history.
Present at a post-match press conference this Friday evening, Girondin coach Yannick Bru did not hide his disappointment after this rout and recognized the superiority of the Rouge et Noir: “We must congratulate Toulouse for the way in which they defeated us. outclassed, for the locomotive that they are for the Top 14 today with their team 1, their team 2, their team 3. We are not at this level. It’s true that it looks like a humiliation in the final. we must not forget that we were invited to this last meal with them and that should not overshadow all the good things we have done this year but today it was not the true face of them. ‘UBB. To beat Toulouse, when you are not favorites, you have to try a poker game, you need your best players on the pitch. Toulouse has 23 international level players and even their best young players are there. international level. To beat Toulouse, you have to have audacity,” he said.
“When you start losing the arm wrestling match, they break your wrist on the table”
Despite the bitterness, Yannick Bru remains lucid in his analysis of the match and believes that his team missed out on the final: “From the sidelines, we suffer with the players, we keep quiet and accept the snub and we tell ourselves that we are going to use that to come back stronger and we are also very envious of what Toulouse offered us today. We are not at that level and there are inevitably things that we do less well than them and that must be a driving force for the future. We saw very quickly that we were not invited. Against Toulouse, when you start to lose the arm wrestling, they break your wrist on the table.”
Original article published on RMC Sport
