Damian Penaud, the thunderbolt!

This was the only false note of a dream afternoon for the Union Bèles-Bordeaux. If Yannick Bru's men had written a history page by ruling Toulouse in the semifinal of the Champions Cup, becoming the first French club to bring down the Reds and Blacks in the final phase of a European Cup, Damian Penaud had been forced to leave his partners prematurely. On a Toulouse return, the tricolor winger had in fact been victim of a sprain of the ankle and …