Antoine Dupont leads Toulouse to record 23rd French championship

Captain Antoine Dupont scored two tries as Stade Toulousain romped to the French Top 14 rugby title for the fourth time in the past five editions, beating Union Bordeaux-Begles 59-3 in Friday’s final. Fullback Thomas Ramos also went over twice, while Peato Mauvaka, Julian Marchand, Blair Kinghorn, David Ainu’u and Ange Capuozzo scored the other tries in a runaway win at the Stade Velodrome.

Ramos converted two penalties and two conversions, while Kinghorn converted his own try and Romain Ntamark also added a conversion. Maxime Lucu lost Bordeaux-Begles’ only points early in the match, but after that they had little answer to Toulouse’s attacking flair and champagne rugby.

Dupont was at his brilliant best when he crossed with a swift pick-up in the sixth minute to start a flurry of nine tries, then scored another superb try before half-time with a clever chip and chase. Toulouse extended their record number of victories in the French Championship to 23.

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