Imperious Dupont Guides Record-Breaking Toulouse to Top 14 Final
Toulouse scored 10 tries and set a Top 14 semi-final record as Antoine Dupont returned from injury to inspire the win.
- On Friday, Toulouse defeated Racing 92 in Marseille, crossing 10 times to set a record for the largest Top 14 semifinal winning margin and secure a spot in next Saturday's final.
- Returning from a groin injury, Antoine Dupont scored before halftime, helping Toulouse build a 38-3 lead as fly-half Romain Ntamack told Canal+, "We put in the ingredients to win from the start."
- A 67,000-strong crowd gave Dupont a standing ovation when substituted with half an hour to play, while second-half tries from Kalvin Gourgues, Matthis Lebel, Julien Marchand, Peato Mauvaka, and Ange Capuozzo solidified the rout.
- Racing suffered from poor discipline, conceding eight penalties and losing flanker Maxime Baudonne and centre Josua Tuisova to yellow cards before halftime, failing to reach their first Top 14 final since 2016.
- Toulouse will face either Montpellier or Stade Francais in next Saturday's final in Paris, with those two teams meeting in 24 hours at Stade Velodrome to determine the second finalist.
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Active, inspired and inspiring, Antoine Dupont made a return to the fracasing competition this Friday, June 19th in the semifinal of the Top 14, in a match flown over by the Stade Toulousain against the Racing (71-17).
Authors of an exceptional performance on the lawn of the Vélodrome, the Reds and Blacks composted, this Friday, their ticket for the Top 14 final.
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If Stade Toulosain once again finished wide leader of the Top 14, we still had a few questions before the final stages. Even more for Antoine Dupont, criticized and absent in the last matches of his club. And finally, the...
In all the good moves this Friday, the half of the Stade Toulusain Antoine Dupont put his team in orbit against Racing 92 (71-17), before coming out at the 51st minute of the game and preserving itself in view of the final next Saturday.
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