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Champions Cup : Le Stade Toulousain Miraculé Contre Exeter
Toulouse fought back from a first-half red card and survived Henry Slade's late missed penalty to edge Exeter Chiefs in a 10-try Champions Cup thriller.
- On Sunday, October 18, 2026, French Champions Toulouse defeated English side Exeter Chiefs 43-40 in a Champions Cup encounter. Prop Rodrigue Neti's 16th-minute red card for a high tackle on Ross Vintcent left the hosts playing with 14 men.
- Referee Hollie Davidson dismissed Neti for shoulder-to-head contact in the tackle, forcing Toulouse to navigate 65 minutes with numerical disadvantage. This early dismissal created open space that Exeter exploited repeatedly throughout the match.
- Exeter winger Zack Wimbush scored a hat-trick of tries, with Jack Yeandle, Stephen Varney, and Will Butt adding further scores. Despite Toulouse's numerical advantage, Exeter's attacking prowess kept the English side competitive throughout.
- With the clock in the red, Henry Slade attempted a 37m penalty kick to force a draw, but the ball drifted wide. Matias Remue's decisive try earlier in the second half had already reclaimed the lead for Toulouse.
- This classic Champions Cup encounter featured 13 tries and four cards, underscoring the high-stakes intensity of European rugby competition. While Toulouse secured the points, Exeter's monumental performance nearly produced an upset against the French champions.
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The Reds and Blacks doubted for a long time, but finally, this Sunday, in front of the English Chiefs, in a poster relocated to the Stadium.
·Paris, France
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At the end of a thrilling and twisting match on this first day of Champions Cup, Stade Toulosain managed to win in extremis against Exeter on Sunday 18 October (43-40). Questions and...
Too often undisciplined and reduced to 14 for more than an hour, the Toulousans still lost an important victory against the vice-champions of England (43-40), Sunday afternoon at home.
Champions Cup : le Stade toulousain miraculé contre Exeter
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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The Independent (US)Toulouse survive red card to pip Exeter as English woes continue in Champions Cup
Toulouse overcame Rodrigue Neti’s sending off, while Leicester were well beaten by Pau with Prem clubs winless so far in the competition
·London, United Kingdom
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- 45% of the sources lean Left, 44% of the sources are Center
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L 45%
C 44%
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