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Champions Cup : Toulouse surpris d'être dans une poule aussi relevée

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LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 24: Ugo Mola, Stade Toulousain Head Coach, speaks to the media during the Stade Toulousain Captain's Run and press conference ahead of Investec Champions Cup Final against Leinster Rugby at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on May 24, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Patrick Khachfe/Getty Images)

Plusieurs membres du Stade Toulousain ont souligné la densité de leur poule, à la veille du premier match de Champions Cup contre l’Ulster.

Le Stade Toulousain, tenant du titre, s’étonne d’avoir hérité d’une poule assez relevée cette saison en Champions Cup, entre l’Ulster dimanche, des déplacements à Exeter et chez les Sharks sud-africains et la réception de Leicester.

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« On ne comprend pas trop comment c’est fait », a déclaré vendredi en conférence de presse le demi de mêlée et capitaine des champions d’Europe Antoine Dupont. « Le fait de gagner la compétition ne donne aucun avantage pour l’année d’après. Ce qui est un peu dommage je trouve ».

Même si les Toulousains s’étaient largement imposés à Belfast (48-24) la saison passée, l’Ulster reste une valeur sûre de la Coupe d’Europe. Elle a été d’ailleurs été la première province irlandaise à soulever le trophée en 1999.

Leicester, actuel troisième du championnat d’Angleterre, l’a lui remportée à deux reprises (2001 et 2002) et les Sharks comptent plusieurs champions du monde sud-africains dans leurs rangs, dont Eben Etzebeth et Siya Kolisi.

« Ça ne sert à rien de gagner pour au moins penser qu’on pourrait avoir une poule un peu plus confortable », en a souri le manager de Toulouse Ugo Mola, qui craint notamment le long voyage en Afrique du Sud en janvier, une première pour son club.

« Les joueurs d’autres clubs ne comprennent pas non plus le format de cette compétition », a dit de son côté l’arrière international Thomas Ramos. « L’année où La Rochelle est champion d’Europe, ils sortent l’année d’après avec une poule de la mort (Leinster, Stormers, Leicester, Sale) ».

Dupont voit tout de même un point positif à ce que le champion sortant ne soit pas forcément protégé au tirage au sort de l’édition suivante.

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« On avait aussi une poule costaud l’an dernier (Harlequins, Bath, Ulster, Cardiff) », a-t-il rappelé. « Ça nous permet d’avoir des matchs de haut niveau dès les poules et d’être meilleurs ensuite dans la saison. »

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