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Watch - Blair Kinghorn scores on Toulouse debut with help from Antoine Dupont

Blair Kinghorn scores on debut for Toulouse Credit: TNT Sports

Scotland star Blair Kinghorn has got his Toulouse career off to a flyer after scoring on debut for his new side.

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A little help from France superstar Antoine Dupont paved the way for the Scot who duly marked his debut for Toulouse with a try against Cardiff in the Investec Champions Cup.

The 26-year-old Scottish full-back, who joined the Top 14 champions from Edinburgh, didn’t fumble his chance to score, capitalizing on a break initiated by Toulouse’s speedster Thomas Ramos just moment earlier.

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Dupont – who is heading to the HSBC SVNS circuit in the new year – delivered a pinpoint pass on the inside to the awaiting Kinghorn, who expertly touched down under the posts.

The well-coordinated play not only highlighted Toulouse’s attacking finesse but also served as a promising glimpse into the dynamic partnership forming between Dupont and the new minted Toulousain talent.

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'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

Nice bit if revisioniusm but that's all it is JW.


For your further education, I found the following breakdown of one prominent club's finances in the Top 14 [Clermont].


For Clermont (budget of €29.5 million for 2021-2022) :

- 20% from ticket sales

- 17% from the LNR (includes TV Rights, compensation from producing french internationals and other minor stuff)

- 5% from public collectivities (so you're looking at funds from the city of Clermont, the department of Puy-De-Dôme and the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)

- 4% from merchandising and events

- 3% from miscellaneous

- 51 % from sponsorships and partnerships. They've got 550 different partners. The main ones are CGI, Groupama, Limagrain/Jacquet, Omerin, Paprec, Renault and of course Michelin (not surprising since they're actually the founders of the club).


As you can see nothing comes from the FFR at all. The LNR is a separate entitiy to FFR and their aims frequently do not accord.


It is also why the European breakaway plotted by LNR and PR back in 2013 had nothing to do with the governing bodies of either England or France - and it most certainly did not have their blessing https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/15331030/jean-pierre-lux-anglo-french-cup-detrimental-european-rugby


And from the horse's mouth [ex AB skipper Sean Fitapatrick] about the comp between Top 14 and Super Rugby:


"The Top 14 in France is probably the best rugby competition in the world at the moment, purely for the week-in, week-out.”


“I think the quality of players. They are bigger, they are faster, they are stronger. Which then carries on into the international game.”

Take it from someone who knows JW😅

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