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Biarritz-Bayonne, a derby to the madness

2021-06-12T14:46:57.628Z


The two Basque clubs face each other this Saturday for a place in the Top 14. Story of a passionate rivalry.


The joke began to circulate on Sunday morning on the markets of Bayonne.

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Saturday, you have to go abroad. 

“Abroad is… Biarritz, and its Aguilera stadium where a glowing derby will be played this Saturday (5.30 pm, Canal +). The challenge ? The Top 14 for the winner, the Pro D2 for the loser. 80 minutes, and maybe a little more, to settle a family matter, a matter of honor. Only 4.769 kilometers - the title of a tasty documentary devoted to this never-ending rivalry - separate the two cities, Bayonne the proletarian and Biarritz the bourgeois. In any case, this is how the two camps portray themselves to justify their incessant bickering. A quarrel of steeple which finds its climax, its release, when the two rugby teams clash. For more than a century - Aviron was founded in 1904, BO in 1913 - we are white and blue or we are red and white.And the rugby players are the

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Source: lefigaro

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