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Lot n° 35

Lot collector Rugby à XIII

Louis BONNERY, former French international of Rugby in XIII, President of the Occitanie League, recent flag bearer of the French team on the occasion of the Rugby in XIII World Cup and today consultant on beIN SPORTS, proposes a package for the lovers of Rugby in XIII including : - a French Rugby Team bath sheet which was part of the equipment supplied to the French Rugby Team for its international match on 6 April 1990 in Leeds - Headingley Stadium. This match is the last victory to date of a French team in England (25-18). It is one of the rare and coveted remnants of a great victory of the French Rugby Team in England. Louis BONNERY was in charge of this team and this towel was given to him by the captain of the French Team Hughes RATIER of FC Lézignan Corbières XIII at the end of the match. - 2 programs of the Dragons' finals at Wembley, dating from 2007 and 2018, the year of their historic victory. These two programmes correspond to the finals of the prestigious and oldest competition in the world of Rugby at XIII: The "Cup" final. Those of 2007 and 2018. The only two Cup finals played by the only French team engaged since 2006 in the Super League competition: the Catalan Dragons of Perpignan. Very popular programs which also belong to the history of the Cup. They frame a large part of the history of the Catalan Dragons and tell the story of the best performance of their current record of achievements. The prize will be accompanied by a word from Louis BONNERY.