If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.

- Hemingway

French men make me sick, always have done. I'm degenerate, but they are dirty with it. Not only in the physical sense either, they have greasy minds. Other foreigners may have garlic on their breath, but the frogs have it on their thoughts as well.

- Flashman

Monday, 14 March 2011

'Échappé' by Bourg-en-Bresse.

We turned up at Stade Yves du Manoir, Colombes, yesterday afternoon expecting a fairly easy outing. And so it turned out to be, a bonus point win, definitely the easiest win we've had all season. This was down to the no-show of Bourg-en-Bresse, due to some issue with a front rower (I was in the toilet when this was being explained) and so we have been awarded a bonus point win.


So we trained instead. I then hot-footed it onto a bus, then a train, then 2 metro journeys and was in the packed Auld Alliance pub just in time to watch Toby Flood bring England level at 3-3. This particular Scottish Pub was mainly Scottish dominated, with pockets of aggressive English enclaves amongst bemused French couples trying to enjoy a Sunday lunch. 


So we begin preparation for next weekend's match at Massy. I've been browsing some French rugby websites and one in particular which covers the Crabos competition in excellent detail. Surprisingly, we have the best defence in the country! To see where our attack comes in, and where we are in relation to Toulouse, Bayonne and Brive etc, here it is http://www.itsrugby.fr/statistiques-crabos-2010.html
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