Top 14: “We picked up in the scrum but it’s a good memory”, Toulouse – Bayonne, this particular match for Néti

If we go back in the history of meetings between the Toulouse Stadium and theRowing Bayonnaiswe have to go until December 2020 to find traces of Toulouse's last victory on the banks of the Nive. And if we go back even further, to 2014, that year marked the big debut in the Top 14 of Toulouse pillar Rodrigue Néti. Also, the reunion with Jean-Dauger necessarily has a special flavor for him. “We lost, we won in the scrum, it's not a very good memory” laughs ten years later the main person concerned, before returning to Bayonne this Sunday, November 3. “But personally, it remains a good memory, the first matches are of great importance.“

Shock from the top of the table

At the time of meeting for the two teams, it is clear that Aviron Bayonnais has changed a lot, and grown a lot. He is in third place in the provisional general classification of the Top 14. But if there's one thing that remains, it's the local climate. And we're not talking about the weather. “It's always a special match, we know the Bayonne crowd, we know the importance of these matches, and we saw it last year, we played there for the first day and we lost ( 26-7), it’s quite a tough encounter.”

A tough match between two teams in good shape, which brings back memories for Rodrigue Néti. For the symbol, two other young people Toulouse residents will make their big debut to Jean-Dauger, like the left pillar ten years before: hooker Thomas Lacombre, and Argentinian second row Efraín Elías.

Bayonne – Toulouse, pre-match from 8:30 p.m. on France Bleu Occitanie