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Cheslin Kolbe of Toulouse watches during the European Champions Cup match against Gloucester at Stade Ernest-Wallon in Toulouse on January 19, 2020.
South African Rugby World Cup Winner Cheslin kolbe maintained his impressive scoring record early in the season by crossing in Toulouse 39-19 French Top 14 win Toulon on Sunday.
Kolbe has been out five times in five games since the restart and his first touchdown at Stade Ernest Wallon helped his team take a 25-0 lead at halftime.
Kolbe’s side finished with 14 men after replacement prop Rodrigue Neti was sent off for a shoulder charge in a ruck with 20 minutes to go.
Hosts coach Ugo Mola made four changes from Saturday’s European Cup semi-final loss to Exeter Chiefs when South Africa forward Rynhardt Elstadt returned from a calf injury.
Mola’s counterpart Patrice Collazo delivered a first league appearance to 19-year-old winger Kalani Robert and named teenager Clement Egiziano on the bench with players like the injured World Cup winner Eben Etzebeth.
France’s elevated middle Romain Ntamack kicked two penalties and a conversion as Matthis Lebel scored his first try of the procedure to give the home team a 13-0 lead after a quarter-game.
Winger Kolbe crossed five minutes later on a superb long pass from Antoine Dupont and Lucas Tauzin dived after half an hour to give Mola’s men a 25-0 lead at the break.
Collazo’s team started the second half much better and crossed twice in the first 10 minutes thanks to Simon Monetti, 20, and Egiziano, 19, but Argentine striker Facundo Isa limped off the field with a leg injury between them. Attempts. .
Lebel claimed his second match of the match with 25 minutes to go before Neti received a red card for a dangerous shoulder load on Beka Gigashvili at the hour mark.
Anthony Meric closed the gap to 32-19 by scuttling from close range before French wing Francois Cros made the most of a dominant rolling maul for his team’s fifth try of the game.
On Monday, Lyon host Bordeaux-Begles in a reorganized game due to the coronavirus cases recorded by the home team.
Elsewhere, Castres’ trip to Montpellier and Racing 92’s visit to La Rochelle have been postponed due to Covid-19 cases.
Local media reported that Racing will stay in a hotel this week to isolate itself and prevent further cases of Covid-19 before the final of the European Cup on October 17.
