“The scenario smiles on us”, savors the neo-Toulousain Jaminet

Melvyn Jaminet (back of the Toulouse Stadium, winner on the lawn of Bordeaux-Bègles 26-25): “The scenario smiles at us. The match was very intense with a slump on our part in the last twenty minutes of the first half. We had trouble getting out of our camp, we pay cash. The manager announced at the break that he would make changes soon enough after half-time to set the pace. It functioned. The bad luck of the scorers (from Bordeaux) also does us good. We did not panic, we knew that we were imprecise on the basics of rugby. Once we sorted that out and put things in place, we managed to mess them up. Attacking on a victory, in addition to the outside and in Bordeaux, is the ideal scenario to start the season. There are still a lot of things to work on, but we will be able to do great things if we continue like this.»

Josh Brennan (second line of Stade Toulousain): “We struggled at first with small details, but we stuck to it. We are a bit lucky when they miss their last penalties, but we didn’t give up until the end. In the second half, we started from zero, we tried to keep the ball more, to make fewer passes in front of the line. It’s great to start the season like this, because the last time we came here, we lost. He (the coaching) did good. Everyone who entered added their little thing, it made the difference.»