Friday 28 October 2016 11:08, UK
Toulon's new coach Mike Ford has promised to bring excitement and attacking rugby back to the former European champions.
Ford takes charge of the French giants for the first time against Grenoble on Saturday. The former Bath boss replaced Diego Dominguez, who was sacked on Monday by owner Mourad Boudjellal.
"[With] the president, we spoke before I came and we both have the same philosophy of how the game should be played," said Ford, who was originally brought in a month ago as backs coach.
"Simply, he [Boudjellal] employed me to get a game-plan in place: that is attacking rugby.
"The situation, with me now being in charge of the first team, has obviously accelerated because we want to play some good rugby."
The dismissal of Dominguez stunned Toulon's players.
"We were a bit surprised at the beginning of the week because we weren't expecting it at all," admitted hooker Guilhem Guirado.
"But then we concentrated on the [training] pitch and this match against Grenoble because that's the most important thing.
"We as players need to be good and most of all better than we were in our last match."
Toulon have had a poor start to the season. They were beaten 31-23 by Saracens in the Champions Cup earlier this month, leaving them with an uphill battle to qualify for the knock-out stages.
They are fourth in the Top 14 having lost three of their first eight matches, including a shock 25-21 defeat at home to Brive last month and a 28-23 reverse away to newly-promoted Bayonne - their only win of the season - in August.
Only four teams in the French league have scored fewer tries so far this season.
On announcing the dismissal of Dominguez, Boudjellal said: "I wasn't happy with what I was seeing. If I were a Toulon fan, I wouldn't feel like buying a ticket to come to the stadium."
