Stade Toulouse puts on a show against Harlequins and heads towards qualification

In an extremely spectacular match, Toulouse overpowered Harlequins (19-47), Sunday December 17 in London. The Toulouse team relied on their unbridled play to make the difference and score seven tries, thus winning a second offensive bonus in a row in the Champions Cup. After two days, the Haut-Garonnais took a big step towards the round of 16.

Still running in the Top 14 (6th), Toulouse raises the tone in the Champions Cup and seems to have found its cruising speed. Against the victorious Harlequins of Racing a week earlier (31-28), the Rouge et Noir were very early in the rhythm, taking the score with tries from Pierre-Louis Barassi (7th, 0-7) and Dimitri Delibes ( 12th, 7-14) in the wake of a dominant Pita Ahki. The three-quarter center shortly after received a yellow card for head-to-head contact with Dino Lamb (15th), completely extinguished and evacuated on a stretcher after several minutes of treatment.

14 tries and 99 points in two matches

This numerical inferiority put the Londoners back in the game, but Toulouse regained its distance thanks to Peato Mauvaka (36th, 7-21), Matthis Lebel (43rd, 12-28) and Barassi again (51st, 19-35). Often confined to their camp by the exciting but ineffective English, Ugo Mola’s players held up well before accelerating in a disjointed end to the match with many spaces.

Rodrigue Neti (74th, 19-42) and Thomas Ramos (77th, 19-47) closed this offensive festival after major actions. Best attack in the Champions Cup with 14 tries and 99 points scored in two matches (one week after the 52-7 against Cardiff), the Stadium clearly displays its ambitions, after two consecutive failures in the half in the competition.