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After the defeat conceded by Stade Toulousain in Bayonne this Sunday, November 3 on the occasion of the 9th day of the Top 14 (8-12), the three-quarter coach Clément Poitrenaud put his finger on a repeated oddity in the calendar that he is not the only one to show up among the “red and black”.
The calendar of oppositions between Toulouse and Bayonne is definitely difficult to digest on the side of the “red and black”. While Jean Bouilhou had made a first dig last Sunday as soon as the match against Toulon was over – “Bayonne, it's a team that we play in doubles all the time so it's quite special, I don't know what people think the other teams” –, Clément Poitrenaud gave Jean-Dauger a shout out this Sunday, November 3.
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Coming to comment on the match lost by his team (8-12, 9th day of Top 14), the coach of the three-quarter “red and black”, who had said on Friday that “every year it's the same lemonade so we are starting to get used to it”, was already planning on the return when he finished his analysis. “It’s true that we’re going to play the Bayonnais as a double in a few weeks,” he smiled a bit sarcastically. “It’s been since 2020, I don’t think, that we’ve played them to the fullest, it’s going to start to show, it’s We'll have to do something.”
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On February 22 or 23, it will in fact be the sixth consecutive match played between the two teams during the international period. Hence the importance for Toulouse residents to show their fangs this Sunday evening on the Basque coast. “It was also good to send a message to say that even during periods of doubles, we had to count on us and on the boys who during this period have a particular motivation, a particular commitment,” Poitrenaud said. “We feel that there is a lot of attention during the week and that is very pleasant for the coaches that we are and it is very interesting in terms of state of mind.” Head to the second leg to check it out. In the meantime, time for vacation.
