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Top 14: Boxing Day matches under the sign of solidarity

2021-12-24T13:07:35.719Z


The Top 14 matches that are being played on Sunday and Monday will extend the spirit of Christmas solidarity with donations to Restos du Cœur and


Boxing Day is also the spirit of Christmas.

This tradition of playing a league day on Boxing Day, which came from English football, has been exported to the French Rugby Championship for a few years.

And for this 13th day of the Top 14, Sunday December 26 and Monday 27, the National Rugby League (LNR) wished to once again carry out solidarity actions on the sidelines of the matches.

This year, the Restos du Cœur are supported by the big rugby family. The LNR announced that it had given 30,000 euros, or the equivalent of 30,000 meals, to the charity. And it is not over since the collection, via players, clubs or directly from the general public, continues in January. In a video clip, the stars of the Top 14, from Gaël Fickou (Racing 92) to Maxime Médard (Toulouse) via Cameron Woki (Bordeaux) or Baptiste Serin (Toulon), sing the famous restaurant song. " We count on you ! »Conclude the players.

At the beginning of the month, Racing 92 launched its fundraising.

The Hauts-de-Seine club has a habit of using the end-of-year holiday season to donate to local associations.

On Tuesday, vans loaded by the players themselves left to hand over donations (toys, clothes, food) to the Restos du Cœur du Plessis-Robinson branch, where its training center is based.

An improbable Sunday mascot match

The solidarity operation continues on the grounds of the Top 14 this weekend.

All match balls will have the logo and color of the Restaurants.

And Sunday evening for the poster between the Toulouse Stadium and the Stade Français, an improbable exhibition match will oppose, at half-time, the mascots of the Top 14 clubs. An unusual event under the cameras of Canal + which is intended to be fun and will aim to encourage the public to give to the Restos du Cœur.

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Photos that will appeal to young and old 😄



First collective training for the 2 teams of the mascot match 💪



An improbable match to follow on Dec 26 on Canal + 📺



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- TOP 14 Rugby (@ top14rugby) December 21, 2021

In the stands, hundreds of beneficiaries of the association will be invited.

For the Racing-Pau match on Monday, December 27 at 7 p.m. at Paris La Défense Arena, the Ciel et Blanc club has reserved 400 places at the Restos du Cœur and at the Secours populaire, and 200 others for the staff of the Marie Lannelongue du Plessis hospital. Robinson and the soldiers engaged in Operation Vigipirate.

This last meeting is, however, not yet certain to take place.

The Altoséquanais club must, in fact, deal with many cases of Covid-19, around ten according to our information, within its professional workforce.

A final decision should not be made until Sunday.

Source: leparis

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