Toulon (AFP)

Toulon dominated Sale on Saturday (26-14) for his return to the European Cup, in particular thanks to his winger Gabin Villière who was making his debut there, but failed to win a valuable offensive bonus in the quarterfinal race. final.

The Sharks, who responded at the end of the game, leave them empty-handed from Mayol, when they could have snatched the defensive bonus at the end of the game.

The RCT could still count on its winger Villière, new factor X on the Rade.

The young French international, who will celebrate his 25th birthday on Sunday, continues to impress and take the stages at the same speed as his cutting races.

Two weeks after his first try for his first selection with the XV of France, Villière did it again on Saturday.

For his first European match, he was the Toulon player most present both on defensive and offensive tasks.

After two balls scratched on the ground, one of which leads to the second penalty transformed by Louis Carbonel, Villière was at the conclusion of the first Var test at the half hour mark. On a beautiful inspiration from his opener, the winger who was evolving only two years ago in Rouen, in Federal 1, sailed between two English defenders to register the first try in Toulon (29th).

After securing the victory at the break thanks to 100% Carbonel at the foot, the Toulonnais continued their work of undermining at the start of the second period.

The good work of the forwards, and in particular the hooker Christopher Tolofua and the indestructible Sergio Parisse, was validated by the other winger, Ramiro Moyano, author of the second try (56th).

But the Var machine seized up with the entry on the English side of the South African scrum half Faf de Klerk, world champion.

The English waited until the 66th minute of play to react and register their first points thanks to two quick tries from winger Marland Yarde then second row James Phillips.

Toulon will try to confirm next weekend in Wales against the Scarlets, a team that the Var had already dominated in the quarter-finals of the European Challenge at the start of the season.

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