• Visitors fight back from early 10-point deficit
Newcastle kickstarted their Champions Cup campaign with a stunning victory against the three-times European champions Toulon on their own patch, becoming only the second side to do so.
Toulon’s previous defeat in 24 games in Europe’s top tournament had been against Saracens two years ago, and Newcastle – bottom of the Premiership going into the game – had to do it the hard way. Dean Richards’s side found themselves 10 points behind early on after conceding one of the quickest tries in the history of the competition when the giant lock Romain Taofifénua charged down a clearing kick with only 21 seconds on the clock. François Trinh-Duc added the conversion and then kicked a seventh-minute penalty to make it 10-0 to the home side, but that was as good as it got for the hosts.
Written by Press Association
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/oct/14/toulon-newscastle-champions-cup-match-report under the title “Newcastle stand firm in Toulon to seal remarkable comeback triumph”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
