{"id":210580,"date":"2025-10-13T16:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/210580\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T16:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:17:07","slug":"toulouse-rugby-is-that-team-to-beat-top-14-club-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/210580\/","title":{"rendered":"Toulouse Rugby Is That Team To Beat | Top 14 Club Of The Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, that was surprising.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning champions of Europe were off to a rocky start even before Union Bordeaux-B\u00e8gles faced the reigning champions of France in Round 5. But no one really saw this coming, right?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.florugby.com\/events\/14540972-2025-stade-toulousain-vs-union-bordeaux-begles\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Toulouse throttled UBB<\/a> like they did in the 2024 Top 14 Final, winning the first match between the two French powerhouses since the epic 2025 Top 14 Final. The score was 56-13, and it felt even worse than that. It was 35-3 at halftime in Toulouse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ange Capuozzo, Jack Willis, and, of course, Thomas Ramos helped Toulouse overwhelm UBB.<\/p>\n<p>It was clinical. It was a sign that Toulouse\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.florugby.com\/articles\/14368012-the-100-best-rugby-players-in-the-world-the-full-list\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">still without one of the world\u2019s greatest players<\/a>, Antoine Dupont\u2014is the favorite to win any competition they enter this season, health permitting.<\/p>\n<p>Injuries and international roster gymnastics do have Toulouse with two losses already. In fact, that\u2019s the case for every team so far in a Top 14 table that saw the hottest team in the league, Bayonne, crushed by the new table leader Pau. That Pau club still is without Argentina captain Juli\u00e1n Montoya, the big offseason addition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.florugby.com\/events\/14540964-2025-section-paloise-vs-aviron-bayonnais\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Pau beat Bayonne 47-24 at home<\/a>. And while impressive, it wasn\u2019t more so than Toulouse, who is the Top 14 Club of the Week for Round 5.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe To The FloRugby Annual Plan To Watch Every Match<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.florugby.com\/signup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Don\u2019t miss a moment of the 2025-2026 club rugby season<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The FloRugby annual plan gives subscribers access to every match, live and on-demand, plus exclusive coverage across European and international competitions.<\/p>\n<p>European Union Rugby Lives On FloSports And FloRugby<\/p>\n<p>Rugby fans can stream every match from the Top 14, Gallagher Premiership and United Rugby Championship on FloRugby, along with the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup, making the platform the U.S. home for the world\u2019s biggest club competitions and the game\u2019s top players<\/p>\n<p>How To Watch Rugby Matches In The United States On FloRugby<\/p>\n<p>Professional club rugby in Europe all streams on FloRugby and the FloSports app in the United States. 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