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If Toulons injury problems are so bad they shouldnt bother turning up for Sundays Champions Cup quarter-final, says Dimitri Szar

in Quasselecke 05.09.2019 05:24
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If Toulons injury problems are so bad they shouldnt bother turning up for Sundays Champions Cup quarter-final, says Dimitri Szarzewski. Takkarist McKinley Womens Jersey . Sky Sports Rugby Podcast Michael Lynagh looks at the fly-half battle between Dan Carter and Matt Giteau Toulon travel to Paris for Sundays quarter-final against Racing 92 as they bid to keep their bid for an unprecedented fourth consecutive European title on track.While Toulon president Mourad Boudjellal downplayed his injury-plagued sides chances, hooker Szarzewski dismissed it as mind games. If he thinks that they shouldnt come, he said. Well win against the odds.Toulon are (triple) reigning European champions and have experienced players. We know what to expect - a big physical challenge against players capable of making the difference. We have to play the perfect match if we want to stay alive. Even if were hosting were not the favourites. Toulon showed two weeks ago [with victory over Racing at Lille] that they can win anywhere with their second or third team.Racings forwards coach Laurent Travers added: You just have to look at Toulons European Cup experience. Of course were not favourites, were the underdogs.But one things certain, were going to try and have a great match to unsettle one of the biggest European teams. Sky Sports Rugby Union Podcast - 6th April Watch Racing 92 v Toulon live on Sky Sports 2 HD on Sunday from 4pm. Catch the match for £6.99 on NOW TV. No contract. Also See: Stade out for revenge against Tigers Sky Sports Rugby Podcast Champions Cup fixtures Rugby on Sky Julio Jones Youth Jersey . Jose Bautista homered for the fifth straight game in the sixth inning, following a two-out solo homer by Melky Cabrera. Edwin Encarnacion led off the seventh with a homer to tie the game 3-3 and, with two out in the seventh, Munenori Kawasaki came through with the two-out single to score pinch-runner Steve Tolleson with what proved to be the winning run. John Cominsky Womens Jersey . LOUIS - Two-thirds of the St. http://www.thefaclonsshoponline.com/Kaleb-mcgary-falcons-jersey/ . Not because it was right, but because referees werent allowed to determine it was wrong.The Cowboys dont lose on the road, where the Bengals and Colts arent slouches, either.The Patriots, Broncos, Packers and Cardinals dont lose at home.For most of the other playoff contenders, well, its who knows?Some teams really could use staying at home beyond the holidays — and deep into January.Certainly Green Bay showed on Sunday in its defeat at Buffalo just how much different it performs on the road as opposed to the comfortable confines of Lambeau Field.Dallas, on the other hand, is 7-0 away from Jerrys Place. Come the post-season, the Cowboys might prefer to be anywhere but at home.Maybe even come this week: Dallas is just 3-4 as a host, and the Colts are 4-2 on the road.Dallas coach Jason Garrett believes finding ways to prosper away from home is a learned trait.Weve played these guys before, he said after Sundays 38-27 victory at Philadelphia put the Cowboys in position to win the NFC East. We played a really good game against them up here last year. We played a really close game at the end of the season last year and you try to learn from all those experiences, and you just move forward. I thought our guys did a good job responding.The Cowboys have responded well on the road in two tough locales: at Philly and, most notably, at Seattle. They arent likely to fear heading anywhere in January.I think sometimes you find out a lot about your team and your guys just in situations like that. You know, Seattle — they came back, theyre on the road. They get in a position that its hooting and hollering, the place is going crazy, Tony Romo said of his Dallas teammates. You just put your head down and you go execute. Youve got to make some plays. Obviously a couple guys have to set up and do some things that allow you to do that.You just dont let the whole environment and the whole thing and the way its going affect you. You treat it as if its a tie game and you go out and play.Some teams while at home do more than play. They intimidate. That sure comes in handy in the playoffs, especially against opponents that have not been through such a wringer.New Enngland might be the prime example. Takkarist McKinley Falcons Jersey. The Patriots (7-0 at Foxborough this season) are 18-7 in the post-season since 2001, with three NFL championships and two losing trips to the Super Bowl. At home, they are 12-3, with two of the defeats to Baltimore — a team led by Ray Lewis and accustomed to doing the intimidating.With the exception of 2010, when the Jets somehow won at Gillette Stadium, the Patriots have handled less-experienced opposition with relative ease.That bodes well for them this winter, particularly because the other three AFC division leaders all have fallen to New England, the Bengals and Broncos getting routed at Foxborough.But also bear in mind that after winning their first eight post-season home games with Tom Brady at quarterback, the Patriots are 4-3.One of the teams the Patriots fell to on the road, the Packers, have looked fragile away from Lambeau, particularly lately in ugly losses at New Orleans and Buffalo, and a tight victory at Minnesota.The flop against the Bills could be especially costly because now Green Bay isnt even in first place in the NFC North; Detroit has the tiebreaker by virtue of — what else — a home win over the Packers.Perhaps that makes Green Bays need to win at Tampa next week, then against the visiting Lions even more critical for its post-season chances of success.Aaron Rodgers recognizes that.This is an important time for us to see what kind of chemistry we have on our team, he said. If adversity like this tears us apart or if we can stick together.If we can stick together, we have a great list of guys, and the opportunity to do something special. But if we let this tear us apart its going to be something that sticks with us for too long.One fact that might comfort teams that cant grab home-field advantage for the post-season: only three times since 1993 have both top seeds made it to the Super Bowl.But one foreboding fact to add: it happened last year.___AP Sports Writer John Wawrow in Buffalo, New York, contributed.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '

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