Bordeaux beat Toulouse
Bordeaux defeated Toulouse 30–15 in a Champions Cup quarter‑final to book a semi against Bath, exploiting Toulouse’s indiscipline and producing a strong second half. (bbc.com) (rugbyrama.fr).
Bordeaux ended Toulouse’s European season on Sunday, winning 30-15 in a Champions Cup quarter-final at Stade Chaban-Delmas. (all.rugby) The French side trailed early after a Romain Ntamack try, then took control through tries from Maxime Lamothe, Ben Tameifuna and Louis Bielle-Biarrey, with Matthieu Jalibert and Maxime Lucu directing the attack. (rugbypass.com) (today.rtl.lu) Toulouse’s discipline collapsed in the second half when Pierre-Louis Barassi was sent off after head contact with Lucu, leaving the six-time champions to defend with 14 men in the closing stages. (rugbypass.com) The result sends Bordeaux into a semi-final against Bath on Sunday, May 3, at Stade Atlantique Bordeaux Métropole, with kickoff set for 16:00 local time. (planetrugby.com) (epcrugby.com) Bath are the last English club left in this season’s competition after reaching the last four from the other side of the draw, while Leinster will face Toulon in the second semi-final. (planetrugby.com) (epcrugby.com) For Bordeaux, the win keeps alive a season that has already put them among Europe’s strongest club sides, and it knocks out a Toulouse team that had beaten them in the last two Top 14 finals. (today.rtl.lu) (rugbyrama.fr)) Toulouse had come in chasing revenge for last season’s Champions Cup semi-final loss to Bordeaux, but Sunday’s match swung on Bordeaux’s maul, kicking game and defensive pressure once the home side settled. (today.rtl.lu) (rugbypass.com) The quarter-final was billed as a meeting of France’s two leading clubs, and Bordeaux now move on with a home semi-final and a shot at returning to the final in Bilbao on May 23. (today.rtl.lu)) (planetrugby.com)
