The RCT player spoke after the match against Stade Français this Saturday evening at the microphone of Canal +.
Toulon took place this Saturday evening against Stade Français (37-9). A success that allows the Varois to come back to just six points from Bayonne (6th), the first roadblocker.
During this meeting, Mathieu Bastareaud entered 12 minutes from the end of the match. The former player from the capital precisely achieved a very good performance, multiplying in the four corners of the field and showing himself to be valuable in the rucks. At the microphone of Canal + after the match, the former international savors and lets a message pass.
“I wanted to show that I wasn’t just there because I had been given charity or pity”.
Mathieu Bastareaud, third line of Toulon
«After the match against Clermont, we wanted to redeem ourselves. We owed this to ourselves as group because we lied to each other last week. Tonight was a great time to recover with a full stadium. We found Mayol. I also hope that we have found a team until the end of the season“, first underlined Bastareaud. Before leaving a message. “I wanted to show that I wasn’t just there because I had been given charity or pity. I wanted to show that I still had some juice in the engine. That was my motivation tonight».