Castres
28 - 26
Toulon
29 Mar 2025
Stage: Regular Season Round 20
Stade Pierre Fabre
Castres Olympique secured a narrow 28-26 victory over RC Toulon in a closely contested Top 14 match. Louis Le Brun opened the scoring for the home side with a penalty, but Toulon's Jules Coulon quickly responded with a try. Castres surged ahead shortly after with tries from Santiago Arata, Vilimoni Botitu, and Christian Ambadiang, supported by Le Brun's conversions. Toulon fought back with tries from Gianmarco Lucchesi and Jiuta Wainiqolo, the latter scoring twice to keep the pressure on. Key moments included a yellow card for Arata, which temporarily reduced Castres to 14 men. Despite Toulon's late efforts, including a conversion from Melvyn Jaminet, they fell just short of clinching victory. This win marked a significant rebound for Castres after their previous defeat to Toulon earlier in the season.
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Temperature: 8.9°C (Feels like 3.1°C) Condition: MostlyCloudy Wind: 20.5 km/h, gusting to 40.8 km/h Humidity: 64% Cloud Cover: 72%
Highlights
Events
- 0' kickoff
- 12' penalty Louis Le Brun
- 18' try Jules Coulon
- 19' conversion Dan Biggar
- 20' try Santiago Arata
- 20' conversion Louis Le Brun
- 26' substitution Quentin Walcker
- 28' try Vilimoni Botitu
- 29' conversion Louis Le Brun
- 32' try Gianmarco Lucchesi
- 33' conversion Dan Biggar
- 35' try Christian Ambadiang
- 36' substitution Antoine Tichit
- 40' substitution Levan Chilachava
- 40' half_time
- 40' second_half
- 49' substitution Baptiste Delaporte
- 49' substitution Gianmarco Lucchesi
- 49' substitution Jean-Baptiste Gros
- 49' substitution Beka Gigashvili
- 49' substitution Swan Rebbadj
- 49' substitution Matteo Le Corvec
- 53' substitution Marius Domon
- 58' yellow_card Santiago Arata
- 58' substitution Abraham Papali'i
- 58' substitution Gabin Villiere
- 60' substitution Vilimoni Botitu
- 61' try Jiuta Wainiqolo
- 62' conversion Melvyn Jaminet
- 62' substitution Gaetan Barlot
- 62' substitution Quentin Walcker
- 64' substitution Corentin Mezou
- 65' penalty Louis Le Brun
- 67' substitution Christian Ambadiang
- 68' penalty Louis Le Brun
- 68' yellow_card_complete Santiago Arata
- 69' substitution Santiago Arata
- 71' substitution Dan Biggar
- 71' substitution Ben White
- 73' try Jiuta Wainiqolo
- 80' full_time