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Watch: Antoine Dupont starts and finishes chaotic opportunists' try
By Online Editors
A few moments of madness led to Toulouse throwing structure out the window and scoring a spectacular opportunists' try to extend their lead during their recent Champions Cup victory over Bath.
Ten minutes before the break Toulouse halfback Antoine Dupont wriggled through a half-gap on his hands and knees before slipping and offload away to Cheslin Kolbe.
Quickly getting back to his feet, Dupont shifted the ball to midfielder Romain Ntamack who lofted a ball wide to his midfield partner Sofiane Guitoune.
Quick hands from winger Yoann Huget and a lucky bounce off Bath midfielder Jonathan Joseph let the winger get a quick stab away and Dupont was there to toe it a little further and finish the job after a mad flurry of action.
The exhibition of pure unadulterated champagne rugby extended Toulouse's lead and tightened their grip on a Champions Cup playoff berth.
A Zack Holmes conversion after Dupont's try gave Toulouse a commanding 17-3 lead heading into the break, and the side were able to hold off a Bath fightback to eventually win the fixture 20-17.
The win saw Toulouse finish the pool stage with a 5-1 record, earning a quarterfinal spot after finishing second in their pool behind Irish powerhouse Leinster.
When Champions Cup play resumes in March Toulouse will meet fellow French side Racing 92 in what is sure to be an explosive clash.
Bath's loss saw them slump to a record of 1-1-4, putting an official end to their Champions Cup campaign.
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Go to commentsYes that’s what WR needs to look at. Football had the same problem with european powerhouses getting all the latin talent then you’re gaurenteed to get the odd late bloomer (21/22 etc, all the best footballers can play for the country much younger to get locked) star changing his allegiance.
They used youth rep selection for locking national elifibilty at one point etc. Then later only counted residency after the age of 18 (make clubs/nations like in this case wait even longer).
That’s what I’m talking about, not changing allegiance in rugby (were it can only be captured by the senior side), where it is still the senior side. Oh yeah, good point about CJ, so in most cases we probably want kids to be able to switch allegiance, were say someone like Lemoto could rep Tonga (if he wasn’t so good) but still play for Australia’s seniors, while in someone like Kite’s (the last aussie kid to go to France) case he’ll be French qualified via 5 years residency at the age of 21, so France to lock him up before Aussie even get a chance to select him. But if we use footballs regulations, who I’m suggesting WR need to get their a into g replicating, he would only start his 5 years once he turns 18 or whatever, meaning 23 yo is as soon as anyone can switch, and when if they’re good enough teams like NZ and Aus can select them (France don’t give a f, they select anybody just to lock them).
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