MHR-Stade Toulousain: Should Montpellier have taken the three points at the end of the first period ?

Stuart Hogg et les Montpelliérains ont peut être fait un mauvais choix face à Toulouse. Dorian Cayuela

De la pénalité jouée rapidement en fin de première période à l'essai Toulousain en début le match a basculé sur un fait de jeu qui aurait pu tourner en faveur du MHR face à Toulouse, ce samedi 21 septembre.

It all started with this ball played with a little too much enthusiasm by Stuart Hogg. A well-placed penalty in the last seconds of the first period which could have given Montpellier a four-point lead. But the Scot took it away for the penalty touch. Result, a lost ball and three points that fly away.

“If we score, it's well played…”

“What happened ? I don't know”, smiled mysterious Léo Coly after the match. “We want to take the points and… the story, we know it afterwards. If we score, it's well played", defuses manager Joan Caudullo. At the restart, Stade Toulousain, for its part, does not procrastinate. Ramos scores a first penalty to allow Toulouse to take the lead again (41st).

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“They, they take the points, whispered MHR pillar Enzo Forletta. I don't understand why we didn't do it…" Montpellier had missed the boat. In the process, Capuozzo came to conclude an action initiated by the unstoppable Japanese scrum-half Saito (46th). 10 points in five minutes, nothing more will be scored in this match.