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“There is an evolution and it is not going in the right direction”: rugby wants to educate bad spectators

2024-01-26T08:17:54.386Z

Highlights: Since the World Cup, public misbehavior has become widespread on the Top 14 and Pro D 2 fields. Vannes club issued a press release at the start of the year to denounce the abuses. “It was noted that whistles accompanied the players during their attempts. This does not resemble RCV DNA. Let's keep our values,” the club said in a statement. ‘There is an evolution and it is not going in the right direction’: rugby wants to educate bad spectators.


Since the World Cup, public misbehavior has become widespread on the Top 14 and Pro D 2 fields, to the point of worrying the clubs.


The first signs appeared during the World Cup.

From Saint-Denis to Marseille, via Lille or Lyon, the same scenes, the same excesses.

Screams that were a little too forced, "Marseillaise" tumbling from the stands as soon as the kick-off, whistles, boos against everything that wasn't blue, the opponent, the referee... As if the team of France had become a pretext.

As if it served as an outlet for some discomfort.

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What was then just a feeling turned into an observation when the French Championship resumed its rights.

In Top 14 as in Pro D 2, unusual scenes have multiplied.

To the point that the Vannes club issued a press release at the start of the year to denounce the abuses.

“It was noted that whistles accompanied the players during their attempts.

This does not resemble RCV DNA.

Let's keep our values.

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