This is not the first time that legend has taken precedence over reality.
But the example of the last rugby union match played at the Olympics is, in this sense, edifying.
He entered history adorned with a little phrase, of which we no longer even know whether it was pronounced by the captain of the French team, the famous Alphonse Jauréguy, or by the Franco-American second row Allan Muhr:
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It's the worst thing we could do without knives or guns.
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Enough to leave the memory of a butchery and justify the definitive exclusion of the discipline from the ring competition program.
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Still, on May 19, 1924 at the Colombes stadium, the ultimate Olympic rugby union final took place.
Opposing, like four years earlier, the United States to France.
For a victory, as in 1920, for the Americans: 8-0 in Antwerp, 17-3 this time.
Americans forever, double Olympic rugby union champions!
However, it should be noted…
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