Two behemoths of world rugby will face off this Saturday (4 p.m.) in the Champions Cup.
Integration of South African franchises obliges, the Sharks of Durban will play a quarter-final against the most successful club in the competition (five successes), Stade Toulousain, Saturday at 4 p.m.
But to get to the Pink City, the band of Siya Kolisi, Eben Etzebeth (uncertain for this shock) or Lukhanyo Am will have to be patient.
In the podcast “
Entre les potos
”, Yannick Bru, former player and assistant coach of Stade Toulousain and current consultant in the staff of the South African franchise, detailed the long journey that awaits them.
And what a journey!
The team and the leaders who will fly to Toulouse will split into two different groups.
In one of the flights, the first group will make Durban-Johannesburg-Frankfurt then Toulouse while the second flight will make Durban-Johannesburg-Paris and finally Toulouse.
Both groups will travel economy class and the full team will be reunited on Wednesday.
It remains to be seen whether this long journey will impact the South African team on Saturday.
According to our information, this organization set up by the EPCR - which manages the competition - is not at all to the taste of the leaders of the Sharks who consider it "
scandalous
"...
