marvwoodburn wrote:
26-10 for TO at HT, a pretty good performance all things considered.
I went to the match and I thought Toulouse played very well, certainly for the first half. In the second half their travel weariness showed and they just couldn't cope with big Maurie and his barging runs, for instance. But they have some nippy backs and a good kicking game. They also showed up well in defence during the first half. It was a real shame that they had such a nightmare journey. To spend 24 hours on the road and get to the ground only one and a quarter hours before kick-off was far from ideal. However, in spite of that they gave a good account of themselves, we had almost a full team out (we had three out injured already before the match and only rested two first team players in addition) and Saints fans gave them more than one round of applause just to show their appreciation for the effort they put in to honouring their commitment to play. I enjoyed watching them and I hope they do well.
