Toulouse vs Montpellier Top 14 Final preview: Confirmed lineups

Toulouse
Montpellier
Venue Stade de France
Competition Top 14 Final
Kick off time 8 pm (UK and Ireland)
Watch Live in the UK Premier Sports

Toulouse vs Montpellier Top 14 final preview as the sides meet in the showcase game of the season at the Stade de France.

The teams topped the regular season. Toulouse clinched the league by four points. Both sides lost eight of their 26 regular-season games. Toulouse won 18, while Montpellier secured 17 wins and a draw.

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Toulouse vs Montpellier confirmed lineups

Toulouse Montpellier
Forwards
Neti 1 Erdocio
Mauvaka 2 Uelese
Merkler 3 Haouas
Brennan 4 Verhaeghe
Meafou 5 Duguid
Cros 6 Nouchi
Willis 7 Becognee
Roumat 8 Vunipola
Backs
Dupont 9 Price
Ntamack 10 Miotti
Lebel 11 Taofifenua
Chocobares 12 Cadot
Barassi 13 Vintcent
Thomas 14 Ngandebe
Kinghorn 15 Banks
Replacements
Ainu’u 16 Tolofua
Marchand 17 Forletta
Verge 18 Beard
Flament 19 Masibaka
Graou 20 Coly
Gourgues 21 Piccardo
Ramos 22 Darmon
Aldegheri 23 Hounkpatin

Recent Form:

Toulouse (Home team): 

Result Date Competition Opponent Score
Won 19th June 2026 Top 14 semi-final Racing 92 71-17
Loss 6th June 2026 Top 14 Racing 92 31-20
Won 30th May 2026 Top 14 Lyon  39-31
Loss 17th May 2026 Top 14 La Rochelle 38-10
Won 9th May 2026 Top 14 Toulon 27-51

Toulouse enter the final after a stunning win over Racing 92 in the semi-final. They led 38-3 at halftime and extended it to 66-3 with 10 minutes left. Racing scored twice in the final 10 minutes, while Capuozzo added another for Toulouse.

Montpellier (Away team): 

Result Date Competition Opponent Score
Won 20th June 2026 Top 14 semi-final Stade Francais 25-15
Won 6th June 2026 Top 14 Lyon 25-28
Won 30th May 2026 Top 14 Pau 26-18
Won 22nd May 2026 Challenge Cup Final Ulster 59-26
Won 16th May 2026 Top 14 Castres 33-36

Montpellier have won their last 11 games, pushing them to the top two and into the final. They dominated Ulster in the Challenge Cup final with a 59-26 victory. In the semi-final, they faced Stade Francais and only trailed for 10 minutes. Hugo Miotti kicked 11 of their 16 points, leading 16-15 at halftime. They shut down Stade Francais’ attack and added three more penalties to win by 10.

Toulouse vs Montpellier head-to-head record (last five matches):

Date Competition Winner Score
28th March 2026 Top 14 Toulouse 45-29
20th September 2025 Top 14 Montpellier 44-14
25th January 2025 Top 14 Toulouse 27-17
21st September 2024 Top 14 Toulouse 11-20
18th May 2024 Top 14 Toulouse 22-29

Toulouse have won nine of the last 10 meetings. Montpellier’s only win came at home this season. In the last two matches, winning teams scored 44 or more points. Before that, no team had scored 40 points in this fixture since 2018.

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