STADE TOULOUSAIN – RACING 92. First semi-final of Top 14 where the Toulousains challenge the Ile-de-France in San Sebastian for a place in the final. Discover all the information about this meeting.
Who from Stade Toulousain or Racing 92 will win their ticket to the Top 14 final which takes place on June 17? While Toulouse finished top of the regular season, Ugo Mola’s men challenge Ile-de-France residents who eliminated Stade Français in the play-offs. If the Toulouse technician will have to do without Jaminet, Capuozzo, Barassi and Delibes who are injured, Thibaud Flament will start on the bench, back after a concussion. Titled in 2021 and 2019, Ugo Mola returned to a possible failure not to reach the final: “We necessarily want to take one more step. When you finish first in the Championship, you want to play for the title until “At the end. We have the specificity in our Championship to have a Cup at the end, since we end up with three cleaver matches. It’s up to us to be able to assume. We did it in 2019 and 2021. It’s been three times in the last four Championships that we’ve finished first. It shows a form of regularity. Unfortunately, we only pay ourselves by winning. Regularity offers nothing.”
On the Ile-de-France side, this Top 14 semi-final could be Laurent Travers’ last appearance on the Racing 92 bench. If the Ciel et Blanc coach prefers to focus on his players and not on his personal case, he nevertheless wanted to be realistic at a press conference concerning the superiority of Stade Toulousain: “A very good state of mind, even if we know who we are going to face. Stade Toulousain finished first in the regular season, with three wins more than us, with 81 points against 66 for us, it’s not negligible. It means that throughout the season, they have been more efficient and more consistent than us. It’s a well-established team, which does what is needed in terms of power, speed, which has the ability to keep the ball. We will be there tomorrow (Friday), but we are also lucid.
The kick-off of the first Top 14 semi-final between Stade Toulousain and Racing 92 is scheduled for Friday, June 9 at 9:05 p.m. at the Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian (Spain). Mathieu Raynal will be the referee of the meeting.
Holder of the Top 14 TV rights, Canal will broadcast the clash between Toulouse and Racing 92 from the kick-off.
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Stade Toulousain: Ramos; Retière, Chocobares, Ahki, Lebel; (o) Ntamack, (m) Dupont (cap), ; Willis, Roumat, Cros; Meafou, Arnold; Aldegheri, Merchant, Baille.
Racing 92 : Spring ; Taofifenua, Fickou (cap), Chavancy, Imhoff ; (o) Russell, (m) Le Garrec ; Chouzenoux, Woki, Diallo ; Poloniati, Sanconnie ; Nyakane, Chat, Gogichashvili..
