The footage hit home, with TV footage showing Toulouse's players welling up at what they were seeing on the screen. Clearly fired up by Dupraz before the game, Toulouse's players then went out and did the business on the field. Normally pre-match team talks from managers stay within the realms of the changing room or team hotel but in Toulouse's case, this particular one was different. When you're struggling to avoid relegation going into the last game of the season, the pre-match team talk from your manager has to strike exactly the right note. For two and a half months I have been saying that you will stay up,' he told his starstruck players.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 20, 2016 16:03 UTC