a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z0GMBaSoOOM/StSzl9ykayI/AAAAAAAADd8/PQXYiuDJj0s/s1600-h/vincent-clerc-toulouse-sale.jpg"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z0GMBaSoOOM/StSzl9ykayI/AAAAAAAADd8/PQXYiuDJj0s/s400/vincent-clerc-toulouse-sale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392132118692522786" border="0" //aspan style="font-weight: bold;"Former European champions Toulouse sent a message out to the other contenders in the tournament as they put on a superb display of rugby as they beat the Sale Sharks 36-17 in the South of France. /spanbr /br /Toulouse ran in five tries as they cruised to the bonus point win by dominating the forward battle, then letting their potent backs lose out wide.br /br /Maxime Medard started things off, scoring an early try for the home side after a pinpoint crosskick. They led 24-3 at halftime, with wing Vincent Clerc scoring two tries as he took his tally to 30 tries in the Heineken Cup.br /br /The French international has now overtaken Cardiff Blues wing Dafydd James as the leader for all time in the competition.br /br /Yves Donguy scored the bonus point two minutes after the re-start, before adding the fifth try later in the half to take their lead out to 36-3.br /br /Sale grabbed late consolation tries through prop-cum-lock Rob O'Donnell and wing Ben Cohen.br /br /Toulouse manager Guy Noves described the first-half performance as "virtually excellent