This Sunday, the two best teams at the start of the 2024/2025 season meet to close the fourth day. Toulouse, undefeated leader of the Top 14, hosts Bordeaux, its runner-up. And we can only salivate as we approach this poster.
Last week, the Bordelais were indeed delighted offensively against Racing 92. The wing arrows Penaud and Bielle-Biarrey each scored a hat-trick. A sign that the Gironde machine is already well oiled.
Opposite, Stade Toulousain does not yet seem to be running at full capacity. Despite some very good things seen in Vannes then against La Rochelle. But we know very well what this team is capable of. Who knows perfectly how to manage the schedule and ramp up.
This shock on Sunday evening will nevertheless be a first big test for both groups. And all the supporters hope to see a great show and especially trials. In the ranks of the red and black, one player is particularly impatient at the idea of crossing the chalk line, Rodrigue Neti.
The pillar of Stade Toulousain does not intend to imitate Bordeaux or even Rochelais Leyds by scoring a hat-trick. A single achievement would make him happy. The Habs, with two selections for the French team, have never scored in the Top 14 since their professional debut.
“In 2021, I scored a double. But both were refused“, recalls Neti on 100% Radio. A recurring situation for this player who has already been rewarded for his efforts in the Champions Cup with a try against Harlequins in 2023. But never in the championship.
Will this season be the good one? “I hope anyway“Despite this long wait, he doesn’t give up on it.”If the team wins and I score, why not. But if I can hold up in scrums and be good in defense, that suits me.“
Score tries, he “leave it at 3/4“. Even if everyone knows that without the enormous work of the forwards to put the team forward, and doing the work in the rucks to have good balls, the backs would have a lot more difficulty getting into the ground promised.
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