I was at the stadium, so I will not be 100% objective. I have the feeling that Stade Français simply pushed the autodestruction button in the first half. This team is known for being solid and clinical, the opposite of Toulouse and their French flair… but they made here the most stupid errors I've ever seen since I'm supporting this team. Hernandez was awful, yes, but he's returning from and injury and he was not that bad after being replaced at fullback… so why he was not starting there ? Camara is talented, but he's so f***ing green and he was clearly targeted. After his shaky first half he did a very nice performance on the wing… Liebenberg was good at fly half too. That could have been better like that since the beginning of the game, but like always it's easier to say that after the game…
Harlequins were very solid in defense and Care/Evans played well, but they were not that great today. With 80% of possession and such dominance in scrum this is insane to lose a game like that. Parisse, Leguizamon and Oelschig looked good, but the rest of the team was too poor.
I think the actual level of Top 14 is very bad. Stade is winning game every weeks but each time they're facing a true high level team, like Toulouse or the Quins, they get a spank. Toulouse is the only French team that can pretend to win the Cup this year IMO.
PS: it's me or Camara has been tackled without the ball on the second try ?
Well played 'Quins!
