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"We don't bring our children to school so that they get hurt": in the South-West, emotion and questions about the practice of school rugby

2023-01-10T16:13:47.760Z


REPORT – Mathias, 17, became a quadriplegic following a match between his Hautes-Pyrénées high school and a neighboring establishment.


It is a rugby stadium in the Hautes-Pyrénées with a breathtaking view of the Pic du Midi, a foyer decorated for Christmas and changing rooms decorated with a discreet photo.

On the picture, Mathias, 17, winger of the Stade Bagnérais juniors, stares at the goal.

A way for the club to remind that the young man is still there, even if the time when he put on the black and white jersey before going on the pitch at the Marcel-Cazenave stadium is definitely over.

Saturday January 7, for their first match without Mathias, the juniors defeated FC Lourdais XV 41 to 14 at home

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from his hospital bed.

That in Tarbes, his other team, that of his high school, no longer has the right to play.

And that in Paris, the authorities of school sport are wondering about the future of the practice of rugby at school.

The accident happened on Wednesday, December 14.

Two days before the school holidays, the Saint-Pierre vocational high school in Tarbes faces…

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Source: lefigaro

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