Top 14: Toulouse dominates Racing 92 while Montpellier fell against Perpignan

This Saturday afternoon, Toulouse won against Racing 92 (32-12) while Montpellier lost at home against Perpignan (20-25).

Stade Toulousain beats Racing 92 again

Victorious in his first two clashes against Racing 92 this season, Stade Toulousain once again won this Saturday afternoon against the Ile-de-France residents (32-12). A success that took time to take shape. Indeed, the Rouge et Noir only took the lead at the half-hour mark (6-5) before scoring their first try of the match just before half-time. Blair Kinghorn rewards a great collective action to flatten under the posts (13-5).

The Toulouse team then started the second act better and quickly took cover by scoring three new tries, shortly After the hour mark, thanks to Antoine Dupont, Santiago Chocobares and Mathis Castro-Ferreira. Thanks to this victory, Stade Toulousain consolidates its second place and temporarily takes an eight-point lead over Racing 92 (3^e). A fairly comfortable lead, four days from the end, which puts the Toulouse residents in an ideal position to finish in the first two positions of the Top 14 and thus directly obtain their ticket for the semi-finals.

The MHR narrowly loses against the USAP

A little later in the afternoon, Montpellier lost at home against Perpignan 20 to 25. The Héraultais dominated the start of the match before collapsing at the end of the match. They had, in fact, struck first in this encounter. Well shifted on the wing, after a breakthrough from Arthur Vincent, Nico Janse van Rensburg flattens the first try of the match (8-0; 19^e). The MHR dominated this first period, but did not manage to take off and the USAP took advantage of this to come back just before half-time. After a great sequence, Lucas Dubois hooks his opponent and dives into the goal (10-5; 33^e).

In the second half, Montpellier started strong and scored another try through George Bridgewho is well shifted on his wing (17-5; 45^e). But while the MHR took the break, the match completely changes. USAP will completely dominate the end of the match and score two penalties and two tries to win with Ignacio Ruiz and Patrick Sobela. It’s a frustrating defeat for the Héraultais, who miss the opportunity to temporarily leave the red zone. They remain in the barrage position at 13^e place.