Toulouse vs Bordeaux Begles Tips, Predictions and Bet Builder

Record 23-time Top 14 winners Toulouse take on European champions Bordeaux in what promises to be a blockbuster final on Saturday.

The pair clash at the Stade de France, with Les Rouge et Noir looking to confirm their domestic dominance after finishing 12 points clear at the top of the table.

UBB were second in the table and are targeting their maiden Top 14 crown. However, they have already made history in 2024/25 by beating Northampton 28-20 to win their maiden Champions Cup.

Bordeaux outlasted an injury-hit Toulouse 35-18 in the semi-finals of that competition and also won both regular-season meetings in the Top 14.

These teams met in this same fixture last year, but Bordeaux were caught in the headlights as Toulouse completed a Franco-European trophy double, backing up their Champions Cup success with a record 59-3 win in Marseille.

However, Bordeaux coach Yannick Bru, who had nine years of playing experience for Toulouse before coaching their forwards for five seasons, has seen his side improve exponentially, and their rematch in Saint-Denis promises to be a closer contest.

Toulouse vs Bordeaux Begles Tips Summary

Market	Tip	Odds
Match Result	Bordeaux Begles	4/5
Best Bet	Toulouse to win	1/1
Bet Builder	Louis Bielle-Biarrey and Julian Marchand to score tries	8/1

Key Match Stats

• Toulouse are aiming to win a record-extending 24th French title

• Bordeaux have yet to break their domestic duck, losing their maiden final 59-3 when these teams met last year 

• Toulouse finished top of the table, 12 points clear of second-placed Bordeaux 

• Bordeaux winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey has scored 33 tries for club and country in 2024/25

• Toulouse hooker Julian Marchand scored a try in last year's final

Toulouse vs Bordeaux Begles Tips Prediction

Best Bet: Toulouse to win @ 1/1

It was a chastening evening for Bordeaux last June in Marseille but they now have the chance for revenge, a year to the day since their 56-point humbling at the Stade Velodrome.

Big wins over Toulouse and others have instilled fresh confidence in UBB's squad, and they have won all three meetings between the teams this season, triumphing 16-12 at the Stade Ernest-Wallon in September and then 32-24 at the Stade Chaban-Delmas in March.

Their 35-18 Champions Cup win when the teams clashed across town at another Bordeaux venue, the Matmut Atlantique, will have also meant a great deal as they eventually went on to conquer Europe for the first time.

However, it came with caveats as Toulouse coach Ugo Mola had several of his first-choice players absent, but Antoine Dupont aside, his stars are now fit.

After beating Bayonne 32-25 in last weekend's semi-finals, Toulouse are targeting a third-straight title.

Bordeaux are battle-ready after taking out Toulon 39-24 in the semi-finals but the champions' experience hints that they can edge past their rivals in a titanic contest.

Jack Ogalbe explains:

Bordeaux have had the edge over Toulouse this season, but several of Les Rouge et Noir's big guns missed those previous meetings and the rejuvenated champions look like they are going to be too good.

Toulouse vs Bordeaux Begles Tips Bet Builder Tip

• Louis Bielle-Biarrey to score a try

• Julian Marchand to score a try

Pays 8/1

Bordeaux and France wing Louis Biellie-Biarrey is fast becoming the poster boy for rugby in l'Hexagone.

The 21-year-old scored eight tries and claimed the Player of the Tournament award as Les Bleus won the Six Nations.

Bialle-Biarrey missed the semi-final win over Toulon with a concussion but has been declared fit for Saturday and, with 33 tries for club and country this season, will be raring to go.

So will Toulouse hooker Julian Marchand, who has reclaimed the starting role in Peato Mauvaka's absence and Mauvaka again misses out in Saint-Denis through injury.

Bordeaux are excellent in attack but if they have a weakness, it is their concentration without the ball. 

Some of their players occasionally make defence look like an optional extra they didn't sign up for and a bull like Marchand, who scored a try in last season's final, can take advantage.

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Jack Ogalbe adds:

Bielle-Biarrey is back from injury and will be doing all he can to help Bordeaux win their maiden Top 14 title. Toulouse's Marchand will have similar motives and both can grab five-pointers.

Tactics, Form and Team News

Toulouse are still without their skipper Dupont after the knee injury he suffered in the Six Nations and Paul Graou continues to deputise. 

Unlike his opposition scrum-half Maxime Lucu, Graou may aim to keep things tight and use his forwards to tie the Bordeaux pack up before releasing Blair Kinghorn, Santiago Chocobares and others out wide.

Mola has named a strong bench featuring Cyril Baille, Emmanuel Meafou and Pita Akhi.

Toulouse: Ramos; Mallia, Barassi, Chocobares, Kinghorn; Ntamack, Graou; Neti, Marchand, Aldegheri; Brennan, Flament; Cros, Willis, Jelonch.

Replacements: Cramont, Baille, Meafou, Banos, Saito, Ahki, Lebel, Merkler.

Bielle-Biarrey's return adds to the expectation that Bordeaux will look to take Toulouse on by throwing the ball around and the wing's inclusion in place of Pablo Uberti is the sole change to their XV.

On the bench, prop Sipili Falatea replaces Toma'Akino Taufa as the reserve tighthead. 

Despite their power up front, UBB's forward efforts are based more on brute force than technique, so they may look to move the ball quickly and avoid opportunities for turnovers. 

Bordeaux: Buros; Penaud, Depoortere, Moefana, Bielle-Biarrey; Jalibert, Lucu; Poirot, Lamonthe, Tameifuna; Petti, Cazeaux; Gazzotti, Bochaton, Samu.

Replacements: Sa, Perchaud, Gray, Verges-Taillefer, Retiere, Carbery, Van Rensburg, Falatea.

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