Simon Daroque achieved his first in the Top 14 with Stade Toulousain

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History will undoubtedly not remember this river victory of Toulouse Stadium facing Perpignan (41-9). The Lauragais will certainly remember that November 23, 2024 marked the debut as a professional rugby player of a young talent straight from his fields.

Scrum half trained in Villefranche-de-Lauragais, Simon Daroque came into play at 70^e minute of play during this meeting on the tenth day of Top 14 played on the pitch of the Ernest-Wallon stadium.

In the same position as Antoine Dupont

While the Autumn tour ended on Friday evening against Argentina for the French team, the Top 14 was back the next day. Amputee of 12 players who left for selectionStade Toulousain was forced to offer a revamped team composition with several new faces.

A context which smiled on the former FCV player, aged 19. The scrum half was able to take advantage of the absencesAntoine Dupont et Naoto Saito in this position, to put his name on the match sheet.

A classy defensive move

While Stade Toulousain had just taken advantage of a try from Guillaume Cramont to widen the gap, Simon Daroque replaced Romain Ntamack at the 70^e minute of play. He went directly to position himself behind the scrum while Paul Graou slipped when opened.

And the least we can say is that the Villefranchois returned a clean copy in the first ten minutes of his pro career. He made no mistakes and was able to put his team ahead thanks to quick ball releases. He also took part in the construction of the test of Theo Ntamack at the 75^e minute.

But his best action of the match remains his save at the end of the game, where, while a Perpignan player was racing towards the goal, Simon Daroque made a magnificent defensive gesture: a spoon which unbalanced the Perpignan player and led to a forward movement of the latter.

He is the pride of FCV

The one who is already double champion of France Crabs et French Espoirs champion with Stade Toulousain saw his performance applauded by his former club on social networks. The FCV had already expressed, before the match, its “great pride” in seeing its former talent join the restricted club of players who played in the Top 14 under the red and black tunic, after having been trained within its rugby school.

An experience which, in the event of rest granted to Antoine Dupont and Naoto Saito after the international tour, could be repeated next weekend during the trip from Toulouse to Créteil to face the Racing 92.

Ancelin Emery

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