2024-01-13 22:31:47
Extend the improvement. This was the objective, this Saturday, January 13 in the evening, of the rugby players from Stade Toulousain. The “red and black” were in Belfast, where they challenged the Irish province of Ulster, as part of the 3rd day of the Champions Cup. Toulouse who, at kick-off, were in an ideal position to get closer to qualifying for the round of 16.
ULSTER 24 – STADE TOULOUSAIN 48
11:33 p.m. A success of Stade Toulousain to watch once more on video
Did you miss the meeting? The Toulouse residents scored 7 tries, the Northern Irish 3. Find the video summary and all the tries by clicking on this link.
11:27 p.m. Emmanuel Meafou scored points
The massive second row, finally eligible for the XV of France, was the author of a try this evening in Ulster. A performance which will undoubtedly not escape the Blues coach Fabien Galthié, who must communicate his first post-World Cup list in a few days. Our analysis here.
11:18 p.m. How Toulouse built its success
The Toulouse team got off to a great start and stifled their opponents for more than an hour before logically lowering the pace. The analysis of the special correspondent of La Dépêche du Midi can be found here.
This is the price in the Champions Cup
With 7 tries scored, Stade Toulousain applied the same rate to Ulster as to the other teams. The five-time European champions continue their flawless performance in the competition.
80′ STADE TOULOUSAIN WINS WITH THE OFFENSIVE BONUS
Contract perfectly fulfilled by the Toulouse who leave Ulster with five points. Three matches, three improved victories, all that remains is to finish the job next weekend once morest the English Bath, to ensure home matches during the knockout phase.
80′ LAST TEST TOULOUSE
Emmanuel Meafou comes to close this superb performance from Stade Toulousaine on Irish soil. A final sequence like the match, full of mastery and domination. It’s transformed, 24-48!
76′ Toulouse gets their hands on the ball once more
And as soon as they have it in their hands, they make differences. A bad pass puts an end to this action, but the timer runs out.
73′ Great reaction from the Toulouse pack
Very big effort on this defensive scrum and the forwards recover a penalty which is good, following a big slow time.
71′ Bonus goal!
They have this bonus in their sights, the Ulster players. One more try and the offense will be in the pocket. They are back 5m from the Rouge et Noir goal.
69′ THE IRISH ARE CLOSING TO THE OFFENSIVE BONUS
Third try scored by Timoney following a great collective movement and assured support in the center of the field. Some defensive errors on the Toulouse side in recent minutes, perhaps due to the significant gap in the score. 24-41.
66′ Little Ulster Rebellion
It’s the turn of the Toulouse residents to be kept within their 22m. The Irish put more intensity in the contacts and put the Stadistes on the back foot. Dupont clears his camp.
63′ Try transformed!
Doak adds two more points. 17-41 for the Stadistes!
62′ SECOND IRISH TRY
After a series of pick and go, a surplus is exploited on the width. It’s Will Addison who comes to conclude.
60′ You turnover
Jelonch, Mauvaka, Ramos and Roumat gave way to Willis, Marchand, Bituniyata and Brennan.
58′ A demonstration
Before the hour mark, the Haut Garonnais already lead 10-41. Victory seems assured, but we know that we must take care of the goal average in order to ensure home matches during the knockout phase.
57′ ROUMAT REGISTERED THE 6th TOULOUSAIN TEST
Antoine Dupont is sinking Ulster at Ravenhill! Superb diagonal run from the captain of the XV of France which attracts the entire defense. He crosses with Lebel who moves inside at the 22m level, Roumat is there as a last support.
56′ The Irish without solutions
They are overwhelmed by the collective strength of Toulouse residents. Late in the rucks, they expose themselves to counterattacks and the speed of the stadium backs.
54′ 5th TOULOUSAIN TEST
Peato Mauvaka also has his double! After another assured throw and a maul initiated, Dupont escapes in the closed before finding his hooker inside. The Rouge et Noir inexorably broke away despite Ramos’ new failure once morest the poles, 10-34.
52′ Toulouse gets some fresh air
After this fourth try, the Ulstermen tried to get their hands on the ball but came up once morest the red curtain. Mauvaka is scratching, the Toulouse are back in the opposing 22m.
47′ Offensive bonus in the pocket for the Stadium!
Magnificent interval shot in the center of the field from Blair Kinghorn. The Scotsman continues his race and perfectly fixes the last defender before serving Antoine Dupont, always present in support. Ramos transforms, 10-29.
47′ THE DOUBLE FOR ANTOINE DUPONT
44′ Tempers heat up
After an unsteady pass to Lebel, the ball goes into touch. Ulster center Hume stupidly pushes the French winger, he is penalized.
42′ Dupont mess
While trying to extract the ball from a ruck, Antoine Dupont messed up and was intercepted by Stewart who pushed with his foot. Conquest in touch once once more assured by Mauvaka.
41′ Thomas Ramos kicks off this second act
40′ The Stadium is in front at half-time!
First convincing act for Toulouse, who lead 10-22 once morest Ulster. Three tries scored and a perfect conquest which allowed Ugo Mola’s men to take the lead at the break.
40′ ULSTER TEST
The penalty is played by hand and the Irish constitute a carried ball. The hooker Stewart manages to escape to reward this collective effort. It’s transformed, 10-22.
40′ Ulster revolts
Huge sequence to end this first period. The Irish increase their playing time close to the line without managing to cross it. Penalty in their favor.
36′ Ramos adds 2 points!
3-22 in favor of the reigning French champions.
35′ THIRD TOULOUSE TEST
Stade Toulousain unfolds and stands out. On the in-goal return, Jelonch receives and goes straight ahead, he finds Mauvaka in support, who plays perfectly two once morest one with Antoine Dupont. The captain scores his team’s third try under the posts.
34′ Ulster under pressure
After an exchange of kicks around the halfway line, the Irish put themselves under pressure and were countered near their line.
31′ Mauvaka en force
New touch assured, the maul is put in place and Peato Mauvaka finishes behind the line. Almost perfect first half for Toulouse so far. Ramos’ transformation escapes to the left of the poles, 3-15.
31′ SECOND TRY FOR THE TOULOUSAIN STADIUM!
30′ Toulouse makes the difference
Defaulting in this sector once morest Lyon last weekend, Toulouse can rely on an excellent touch since the start of the match. Behind, Dupont plays in the middle and Mauvaka pierces the defense. New penalty once morest Ulster, hit at 5m for Toulouse.
27′ Ulster powerless
Before 20 minutes, completely to the advantage of Toulouse, the Irish got their hands on the ball but suffered in the face of the aggressiveness of Toulouse in the rucks. They are forced to get rid of the ball at their feet.
23′ New testing opportunity
The Toulousains insisted and chose the penalty at 5m, but the Irish recovered the ball in the heart of the maul and cleared. Reception is not assured, Ulster introduction scrum on its 40m.
20′ Good start!
In this rhythmic start to the match, the Toulouse team made the difference and managed to bypass the Ulster defense, which was once once more penalized. The Toulouse players are back in the opposing 22m.
19′ The Toulouse residents settle down
The Irish are unable to get out of their camp and end up making a mistake. Ramos adds 3 more points, 10-3.
16′ Toulouse opportunity
There is rhythm in this first quarter of an hour. Back in the Irish camp, the Red and Black find themselves in the defense of Ulster. Ramos once once more uses his kicking game, but his grazing ends up in touch 5m away, just before Delibes grabs it.
13′ Mauvaka penalized
On the dismissal, the Stadistes struggled to free themselves and finally made a mistake for offside. Cooney reduces the score on the 22m, 3-7.
11′ Ramos transforms!
Perfect start for Toulouse, 0-7.
10′ Lebel opens the scoring with an offering from Ramos!
After a perfectly assured throw into touch on the Irish 22m line, the game unfolds wide. Ahki finds Ramos behind him who delivers a marvelous foot pass directly into the arms of his winger Matthis Lebel.
10′ TRY FOR THE TOULOUSAIN STADIUM!
9′ The Irish penalized in scrum!
7′ The intensity is there
The contacts are rough at the start of the match. The Ulster players are very aggressive in defense and put Toulouse in difficulty. Third row Dave Ewers was knocked out in a tackle on Meafou and had to leave his partners.
5′ First Toulouse attack
The Stadistes got their hands on the ball and found progress in the axis around Antoine Dupont. The shift is not made on the wing and Malia is propelled into touch. First positive sequence.
2′ Big defensive sequence for Toulouse
After an assured conquest in touch, the Irish increased the playing time on the 40m line. A first test of strength won by the Rouge et Noir who recovered a scrum.
1′ The kick-off is given by the Irish
9 p.m. Both teams enter the pitch!
The Englishman Matthew Carley is on the whistle this evening.
8:58 p.m. Diving into the hell of Ravenhill.
Renamed Kingspan Stadium, Ulster’s lair has been the graveyard of French illusions in the European Cup on several occasions. If the pressure of victory is less strong this evening for the Toulouse residents, a victory would bring them inexorably closer to qualification.
8:50 p.m. No room for error for the Irish.
Defeated on the first day in Bath (37-14), the Ulstermen reacted well once morest Racing (31-15). They are more than ever in the race for qualification and appear before the match in 3rd place in the group, tied with Quins, and five points behind Toulouse and Bath. Defeat forbidden at home to keep his destiny in hand.
20h45. Le toss !
Even that, he doesn’t leave it to the competition. Captain Antoine Dupont seems to have chosen the side to start the meeting which will begin at 9 p.m.
8:40 p.m. Keep up the pace!
Victorious with the offensive bonus once morest Cardiff (52-7) and Harlequins (19-47), Toulouse can almost ensure their qualification for the round of 16 this evening. They will be able to count on all the executives, who have returned to an excellent level since the start of this Champions Cup. Be careful not to overdo everything, warned François Cros this week, interview to be found via this link.
8:35 p.m. A favorable terrain for the Stadistes?
The Red and Black remain on two successes on the Ulster pitch, 29-22 in 2020 and 30-23 in 2022. But for the first time, the clash will take place on the brand new synthetic pitch at the Kingspan Stadium, this which promises a beautiful show.
8:25 p.m. Antoine Dupont’s flash during the last confrontation.
On April 16, 2022, the Toulouse scrum-half offered victory to his team in this same Belfast stadium, and at the same time qualified his club for the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup. Story regarding this evening and this essay via this link.
8 p.m. Good evening everyone!
Welcome to this live to follow live commentary of the third match at Stade Toulousain in the Investec Champions Cup once morest the Ulster Irish. Kick-off at 9pm at Kingspan Stadium.
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