Top 14: “In the championship, the attack is penalized a lot…”, complains Ugo Mola (Toulouse)

Ugo Mola, manager of Stade Toulousain, beaten on Saturday evening by Toulon 20 to 19: “In the second half, we fall into a false rhythm, into the trap of not moving this Toulon team and remaining in a confrontational game which leaves them in a comfort zone. The match is slipping away from us. Despite everything, we have the match point at the end. We only have ourselves to blame. We let a lot of points go on our kicking game and we couldn't find two touches at important moments. There has been too much waste to exist on the outside despite having a mindset and the ability to fight in a melting stadium. (…) We are seeing positive things with the kids from 2004 and 2003 from our training center who are gaining playing time and putting themselves out there. But the only reality of the French championship is that in international competitions, the defense is penalized a lot, and in national competitions, it is the attack which is penalized a lot... It's up to them (the French referees, Editor's note) to 'explain why, but it's up to us to adapt.'

(The responsibility of Thomas Ramos, who missed 7 points at the foot, including the decisive transformation, and two penalties) “If we put into balance the number of times Thomas held us at arm's length, I have a little in advance so as not to blame him this evening…”