Dupont's Toulouse Hold Off Exeter as English Champions Cup Woes Continue
Matias Remue scored twice as Toulouse recovered from an early red card and Henry Slade missed a late penalty for Exeter's final chance.
- On Sunday, October 18, 2026, Toulouse edged Exeter 43-40 in the Investec Champions Cup at the Stadium de Toulouse, surviving with 14 men for most of the match.
- Toulouse prop Rodrigue Neti received a red card in the 16th minute for a high tackle, forcing the French champions to play shorthanded for 65 minutes.
- Exeter Chiefs winger Zack Wimbush scored a hat-trick, but Toulouse responded with a double from Matias Remue before Exeter's Henry Slade missed a 37m penalty with the final play.
- English clubs struggled during the opening weekend as Sale, Saracens, Bath, and Bristol all lost on Saturday, following Gloucester's draw on Friday.
- Tigers head coach Geoff Parling said, "It's just one weekend," as English sides prepare for the remainder of the 2026/27 competition.
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Dupont's Toulouse hold off Exeter as English Champions Cup woes continue
Prop Rodrigue Neti was sent off after just 15 minutes for a high tackle but Antoine Dupont's French giants avoided a first home defeat in the competition since 2022 thanks to a double from youngster Matias Remue. The Chiefs scored six tries before Henry Slade missed a late penalty, which would have secured a draw, as the 2020 champions were unable to claim England's first win of an emotional opening weekend to the competition. A minute's silence…
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.
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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
RUGBY. The left pillar of the Stade Toulosain Rodrigue Neti received a red card from the quarter hour of the game against Exeter this Sunday in Champions Cup.
A few fulgurances, a physical problem and some automatisms still to be found: the Toulouse debuts of the 24-year-old three-quarters, elected the top player of the Six Nations Tournament in 2024, were not perfect. Certainly, Tommy's first appearance on Sunday against Bayonne was mixed, with a yellow card for a high placard and risky defensive climbs. But the promises he had displayed under the colours of the Italian selection and his former club …
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