S3 EP49 - The Golden Boeufs

On that basis, let's go into the Les Golden Buffs, the, the, the Ro- Rosbys Rugby's end of season French Rugby awards, and we are gonna start with trip of the year, Richard, which you're gonna talk us through.

Yeah.

Talk us through the contenders.

Yeah, I mean, you've, you've got more to pick from.

You know, k- any trip to the Stade de France is always, always special.

Um, I got the little bonus, and I did mention that this was awards evening attire.

I've got the Massy-Essonne, uh, regional nightclub tie to, uh, to maybe wear round my neck.

And I'm also wearing my Castres shirt, which I don't, don't usually do, but it's a special occasion.

So yeah, they were all a lot of fun.

But I think the, the two that, that stand out for me, and I wanna know, and I'd like to think these are in the three, the three-trip shortlist, but, um, Agen, Montauban, Toulouse.

A couple of th- Agen, one of the, one of the great, the great kinda beating heartlands of, of French rugby, an inaugural trip made all the better by a fantastic meeting with Beau Farrance, who was incredibly generous with his time, and access, and free bar tab, [laughs] uh, around the corridors of Agen, which was, which was a huge amount of fun.

Taking in a, an incredible Montauban draw against the eventual top four team runners-up, um, and also doing the top four team two in a day double header-

I'm not sure I'd go back within that [laughs]

... uh, which I don't know [laughs] I don't know if I'd do that again.

But it was, uh, it was, it was good, good craic.

Um, getting, making to La Rochelle, uh, finally, the, um-

I'm wearing...

Well, you mentioned what you were wearing.

I'm wearing my La Rochelle T-shirt picked up-

Very nice

... from, from Stade Marcel Deflandre.

Yeah, thought, thought I'd give a nod to that because we finally made it, and we finally got tickets.

And yeah.

It was a lot of fun.

Yeah.