Hit to one knee with his selection, the former Toulousain, recruited this summer, had to wait four months to play under his new teammates.
He will also have to wait to score his first try in over a year.
The last that the "atomic mouse" flattened in a club was with Stade Toulouse, against Ulster (29-22), on December 12, 2020.
Still in Red and Black but further east, Kolbe made a sluggish start.
Launched on the wing Friday night in the European Challenge against the Parma team, he was long deprived of ammunition even if on his first ball recovered under a candle, he showed that he had not forgotten anything of his devastating hooks by eliminating two opponents.
But, until the break, he remained very discreet, like the too imprecise Toulonnais who managed to score thanks to the power of their forwards.
At half-time, Kolbe then slipped in the center after the exit of Julien Hériteau, visibly affected.
In a meeting far from being mastered by uninspired Toulonnais, he could not carry alone a too muddled team.
If Baptiste Serin added a third try by quickly playing a penalty near the in-goal, Kolbe was never found close to the scoring zone.
He finally finished the match on the wing after the huge stamp received by Aymeric Luc.
Cheslin Kolbe and his teammates will have to quickly move up the cursor because the Union Bordeaux-Bègles tumbles in ten days for a decisive match for the top six.
Toulon, which is rediscovering its colors under the leadership of its new coach Franck Azéma, needs a little more time.
Cheslin Kolbe too.
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