The Rouge et Noir have reigned over the championship since 2019, losing only one title. This domination risks harming the interest of the competition. But it seems impossible to contain.
Special envoy to Marseille
Impressive, ruthless, invincible…. As Romain Ntamack says, superlatives are lacking to describe Toulouse’s demonstration in the Top 14 final. Nine tries flattened (a record), 59 points scored (another record, and when you think of the 12 conversion points lost along the way…), a gap of 56 points (shattering the record of the 1900 final between Racing CF and Stade Bordelais, concluded 37 to 3). Friday evening in Marseille, Stade Toulousain raised its domination to another level. Maintaining its stranglehold on the championship – 4th title since 2019, only that of 2022 having escaped it in favor of Montpellier -, adding in the process a new Top 14-Champions Cup double after that of 2021, to assert its supremacy, to establish a new dynasty.
Dynasty because this series of successes is not scheduled to stop there. On the contrary. The champions repeat it, they always want more. “I’m sure this group is not going to…
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