Absent in Lyon last Sunday, the executives of Stade Toulousain, led by Antoine Dupont, will start the “Classic” of French rugby.
Stade Toulousain finds its executives. Scrum half Antoine Dupont is back with his Toulouse team and will be associated with Romain Ntamack in the opening match against Stade Français on Sunday, according to the lineup published on Saturday.
Between the absence of Antoine Dupont in the first months, the injury of Romain Ntamack and the management of the squad, this is the first time that this hinge is aligned in the Top 14 this season, even if the two players have already played together during the two Champions Cup matches.
Ramos also back at the back
After the European matches, the two players benefited from a week of vacation and were not lined up against Lyon for the twelfth day. In the first phase of the Top 14, Antoine Dupont only played four matches, Romain Ntamack seven. Thomas Ramos is back at the back.
The composition of Toulouse against Stade Français : Neti, Marchand, Aldegheri – Flament, Meafou – Cros, Willis, Roumat – Dupont (cap), Ntamack – Lebel, Chocobares, Barassi, Kinghorn – Ramos
The replacements: Mauvaka, Ainu'u, Brennan, Jelonch, Graou, Ahki, Capuozzo, Merkler
Toulouse is second in the Top 14 but can hope to finish first in the first leg if the team obtains a better result than Union Bordeaux-Bègles, which plays Saturday evening against Toulon.
