to beat Montpellier, Toulouse had to adapt its strategy

Sometimes Stade Toulousain makes mistakes. He did it several times on Saturday against Montpellier (27-17), sometimes engaging in unnatural exchanges of long kicks, also persisting in making almost suicidal passes in front of the aggressive defense of the MHR in pouring rain, and finally choosing to take an easy penalty against the poles which would have allowed them to come back to 3-3 a few minutes before the break. But the outgoing champion never wallows in error for too long. On Saturday, his wanderings lasted only half-time. Time to take stock of the detestable weather conditions and then return to a much more basic and effective strategy.