Toulouse will have to take their performances to a whole other level if they are to beat the Sharks in the upcoming Champions Cup quarter-final, says coach Ugo Mola.
Two sides packed with international stars will clash when Toulouse host the Sharks in the Champions Cup quarter-finals on Saturday.
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While Toulouse were fairly comfortable in beating the Vodacom Bulls in the last 16, the Sharks put 50 points on Munster in Durban.
The nature of the Sharks’ performance, particularly in the second half, has Toulouse coach Mola eager to see his side improve for Saturday’s clash.
“We have six days to prepare this match well against a team which, currently, is perhaps the ultra-favourite of the competition,” Mola was quoted by RugbyRama.
“I haven’t often seen Munster explode and shatter like this during a European competition match.
“We already know that it will take a whole another Stade Toulouse to compete against this team.”
Toulouse boast a stack of French internationals, incluing captain Antoine Dupont, who knows how the tough the Sharks will be having faced the Springboks plenty of times in his career.
“I think that Munster had prepared this playoff very seriously. Despite this, they took 50 points,” said Dupont.
“You only have to look at the composition of the Sharks to get an idea of their level and the intensity that they will produce on Saturday.”
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