Missed a huge impact in attack and melee twice holding in the European Cup Toulon joined the semi-finals for the third year in a row through the boot of Frederic Michalak, author of a 100% success, home Sunday against the London Wasps (32-18).
The RCT find the April 19 Leinster Irish at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, but that victory was hard to get!
The public Mayol even may have increased revive scenario of the defeat against Toulouse (24-34) last weekend in the Top 14 at the Velodrome … when his proteges had wasted a 18-point lead.
Var led Indeed 22-6 at the break but saw Wasps back to 22-13 and then 25-18 after a brace from winger Viliami Helu perfectly offset to one-two against a school by its center Elliot Daly (54) then the conclusion corner of a large sequence (74).
But the height of their experience, they were able to contain the bites “Wasps” and occupy their half of the field and start the building on a corner of Ali Williams test (78) to qualify.
At home against an opponent playing his first quarter-final of the European Cup since 2007 (as at the end the key) and deprived of two of his masterpieces, 8 Nathan Hughes number (suspended) and winger Christian Wade (injured), any other result would have marked “the end of a cycle,” as stated by Mourad Boudjellal this week
-. September melee lost balls –
Not sure, however, that President Toulon and his manager Bernard Laporte, who had raised his voice after the setback against Toulouse , have been completely satisfied with the partition proposed by their troops.
“No scrum, no win (no melee, no victory)!” This old adage has been beaten in the face Saturday as the RCT was dominated by scrum, where he lost seven balls (five penalties, a broken arm and a ball lost in his own introduction)
The double European champion, yet perfectly launched by Bastareaud test strength after pénaltouche and a first percussion Steffon Armitage (8), also showed clumsy in attack.
Pêle -mêle: a loose ball in a pool at the approach of 22 meters (30), Guilhem Guirado who failed not to enter a password Maxime Mermoz 10 meters from the goal in (31) , a loose pass by Sébastien Tillous-Borde one meter from the line (35) or back Delon Armitage in front of the goal (50) …
That’s a lot, and this could be expensive. But Toulon could count on success at the foot of Michalak, who transformed the two tests and scored six penalties (17, 23, 28, 36, 39, 69), signing a 100% foot.
However, it will probably have to be more specific Var attack in two weeks to get rid of Leinster and thereby hope to achieve an unprecedented treble European
04/05/2015 7:34:53 p.m.. – Toulon (AFP) – By Nicolas KIENAST – © 2015 AFP
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