We Need to Talk About… Metuisela Talebula
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Toulouse were on the attack, 30 metres from UBB’s tryline and with a 9-6 lead, when Clément Poitrenaud’s attempted offload went to ground.
Talebula was onto it in a blink, toeing the ball 20 metres ahead and burning past the panicking Poitrenaud.
Talebula won the race by a clear metre and gave the ball a second, more delicate touch with his left boot.
The hulking figure of Joe Tekori began looming over his shoulder, but Talebula calmly nudged the pill a third time with his right foot, by now just six metres from the Toulouse tryline.
The ball struck the right-hand post, bouncing into Ta…
Talebula was onto it in a blink, toeing the ball 20 metres ahead and burning past the panicking Poitrenaud.
Talebula won the race by a clear metre and gave the ball a second, more delicate touch with his left boot.
The hulking figure of Joe Tekori began looming over his shoulder, but Talebula calmly nudged the pill a third time with his right foot, by now just six metres from the Toulouse tryline.
The ball struck the right-hand post, bouncing into Ta…
