Slamming doors, loud voices, blowers... These hallway noises are generally very bad signs for a rugby team, and most often result in fiascos on the field.
Not at the Stade Français.
The Parisian club, which dominated Perpignan this Saturday at the Jean-Bouin stadium (32-19), seems to feed on its own crises to the point of proudly sitting at the top of the bill.
“It’s a club apart,” smiles winger Lester Etien.
After 15 days, the capital's team is simply first in the Top 14, ahead of Toulouse, which has the same number of points, thanks to the particular ranking.
Who would have believed it, at the very start of the season, when the workforce with its remodeled staff was awaiting the arrival, after the World Cup, of the great leaders, Laurent Labit, director of rugby, and Karim Ghezal, manager, then assistants of Fabien Galthié with the Blues?
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