Thibaut Simon, Media365, published on Sunday January 19, 2025 at 7:05 p.m.
Stade Toulousain offered a great show to its audience with a crushing victory against Leicester (80-12). For its part, Castres achieved a great feat by winning on the Saracens pitch (24-32).
Suspense? There won't have been any this Sunday on Ernest-Wallon's pitch. The fault lies with a Toulouse collective 12 times greater than that of Leicester. 12, like the number of tries scored by Ugo Mola's men. Doubles for Dupont (6th, 75th), Meafou (17th, 33rd), Capuozzo (21st, 53rd) and Flament (47th, 72nd) accompanied by a 10/12 on the foot for Ramos, author of a try in this meeting . The visitors quickly understood the ordeal that awaited them in the southwest. After 25 minutes, the score was already 35-0 with absolute domination. Intractable in defense, crossing Leicester's lines each time with cross-field runs or well-thought-out kicking, Stade Toulousain devoured the Tigers within its confines. Capuozzo's speed showed the gap that could exist between a team, the reigning European champion, and an English team in full pain. Slightly more in difficulty a few days ago in South Africa despite its success with the Sharks, the Stadium took out its gala outfit to enthuse the Toulouse public. For the third time in four meetings in this 2024/2025 edition of the Champions Cup, Toulouse pulverizes its direct opponent with more than 60 points scored.
Castres offers itself Saracens
Despite its second place behind UBB, winner a little earlier this Sunday with a Penaud festival, Stade Toulousain is qualified and is now awaiting the name of its opponent in the round of 16. A stage of the competition that Castres will also experience, winner at Saracens after a resounding feat. Despite numerous changes made by the manager, Castres beat, with the added offensive bonus, a Saracens team that had won three times (2016, 2017, 2019) in the competition. Trailing at half-time, Castre counted on Seguret's double (27th, 65th) to finish second in their group and thus receive the round of 16.
