Rugby
Top 14 Final: “Shut their mouths”, Toulouse freewheeling after the UBB
Published on June 30, 2024 at 4:35 a.m.
After winning the Champions Cup against Leinster, Stade Toulousain established its national supremacy by winning a new Brennus Shield at the expense of Union Bordeaux-Bègles (59-3). Enough to delight manager Ugo Mola, who nevertheless had a few disputes to settle after the match.
They are unstoppable. Authors of a more than accomplished season, the players of Stade Toulouse ended it on the best note with the Shield of Brennus. And with style, since they inflicted a real rout on theUBB !
“Some commentators would have been better off shutting their mouths.”
More Ugo Line did not seem to be really satisfied. On the sidelines of the meeting this Friday evening, he in fact let go of a rather unexpected tackle. We will try to take advantage of it and then we will obviously prepare for the sequel because we were already eagerly awaited. We were a little disturbing considering what I heard here and there, the thoughts on refereeing not very well felt by certain commentators who sincerely would have done better to shut their mouths » declared the manager of Stade Toulousain at a press conference.
Salviac in the sights?
But who was he addressing? According to the indiscretions of The Dispatchthis tackle Mola was addressed to Pierre Salviaca very famous journalist in the rugby world who worked for a long time at France Television. Just before the semi-final between Stade Toulousain and Stade Rochelais (39-23), he had in fact tackled the impartiality of the referee of the match, Tual Trainini. « Mr Trainini, referee of Toulouse vs La Rochelle, is he an Airbus employee as I have been told? Please answer! When will you referee this debate President Bouscatel (former president of Stade Toulousain now at the LNR)? ” wrote the 78-year-old journalist about X, who has never hidden his attachment to La Rochelle.
