TOULOUSE DEFY GALLANT BRONCOS
TOULOUSE OLYMPIQUE 24
LONDON BRONCOS 16
PETER BIRD
Stade Ernest Wallon, Sunday
TOULOUSE stretched their unbeaten run to six games but they made hard work of it at times against a spirited London side.
“We played well today and matched them, but their kicking game was the difference in the end,” explained Broncos coach Mike Eccles.
A frenetic first half, littered by errors from both sides, made the outcome at times unpredictable.
But it was the Broncos who deservedly opened the scoring in the ninth minute after a swift combination involving hooker Curtis Davies, Connor O’Beirne and fullback Luke Polselli, with the killer inside pass to Ethan Natoli, who was on hand to cross over close to the posts for a converted try.