Brive-la-Gaillarde (AFP)
The leader Toulouse, serious, applied and very realistic, did not tremble to win on the ground of Brive (36-16), offensive bonus as a bonus, Saturday, on the occasion of the 5th day of Top 14.
The Stade's mission was simple: before the doubloons started, it was necessary to store points at the Amédée-Domenech stadium, if possible without trembling, just to maintain confidence returned after the defeat in Exeter in the European Cup.
Three tries registered in the first half hour, followed by two more in the last twenty minutes, the Toulouse have mastered their subject and Brivists a little too tender to compete.
It was Kolbe who opened hostilities with a corner try (6th) on which the South African was injured in the ribs by his opposite Jurand.
Suffering, he left soon after.
Subsequently, a pass at the foot of Ramos found a taker in the person of an acrobatic Lebel (17th) for his fifth personal try of the season.
Then these two protagonists put it back before half an hour, with Lebel at the line pass for his rear spinning a third time behind the line (9-19).
Effective.
Opposite, the CAB has never abdicated.
With his means, he tried, often upwind, but the awkwardness and the big visiting defense did not allow him to garner anything other than penalties achieved by Laranjeira.
We believed on the return of the locker room, following a combination initiated by Hervé and concluded by Buliruarua, that Jeremy Davidson's men had found the key.
It has not happened.
Much too undisciplined in the eyes of referee Sébastien Minéry, they cracked when Toulouse injected new blood with the entry of Dupont, among others, then on a Holmes test validated on video (16-29, 59th).
More powerful, more mature and better organized, the Stadium was definitely sheltered two minutes from the siren by Tekori, all in force.
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