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The ridiculous Toulon backline that started vs Racing...but still lost
By Ian Cameron
If there was any lingering doubt as to how insanely stacked Toulon's squad is, one needn't have looked further than their starting team for today's game with Racing.
The backline especially stands out for its sheer, ostentatious levels star power.
Eleven through fifteen lined out like this.
11 Semi Radradra
12 Ma'a Nonu
13 Malakai Fekitoa
14 JP Pietersen
15 Chris Ashton
That didn't stop them from losing 40 - 29 to a determined Racing side.
Still, it wasn't all doom and gloom for the Galacticos. Fekitoa scored his first try for the team and looked in fine form. Once the November Internationals are concluded, the club will have to contend with the headache of fitting the sizeable Matthieu Bastareaud back into the team.
That's the type of headache every coach wants.
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Hard disagree. For those who want to turn rugby into league, there’s already league: a sport nobody cares about, globally speaking.
The beauty of rugby is in its variability: many different ways to win. I want to see running rugby, I want to see free flow counter-attacking rugby, but I also want to see mauls, and scrums, and lineouts, and proper breskdown battles with exciting turnovers.
There is a reason rugby is a top 10 global sport, whereas no one really gives a hoot about league. You’ve seen 20mins of a league match, you’ve seen it all.
I don’t want to see rugby degrade into 80 mins of foot race. And I don’t think, that that’s what the majority of rugby fans want.
Go to commentsYikes, what a hosing.
Don’t think the Bears are legit title contenders. You can lose, but not like this. Getting bent over and pumped like this completely removes the fear factor of s team.
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