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Le match Montpellier-Toulon se jouera à Béziers

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Vue générale de l'intérieur du Stade Raoul-Barrière de Béziers le 23 février 2024 à Béziers, France. (Photo de Pedro Salado/Federugby via Getty Images)

La rencontre entre Montpellier et Toulon, programmée samedi 15 février pour le compte de la 16e journée de Top 14, a été délocalisée à Béziers en raison du mauvais état de la pelouse du GGL Stadium, a annoncé dimanche le club héraultais.

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«?Grâce à l’aide précieuse de l’AS Béziers Hérault, la rencontre est délocalisée au stade Raoul-Barrière de Béziers. Suite à l’expertise d’un prestataire indépendant mandaté par la LNR (Ligue nationale de rugby, ndlr), l’état de la pelouse du GGL Stadium a été, en l’état, jugé impraticable?», a justifié le MHR dans un communiqué publié dimanche.

En conséquence, la LNR a décidé de faire jouer le match entre les Montpelliérains et les Toulonnais sur la pelouse du club biterrois, qui évolue en Pro D2. La prochaine rencontre de Montpellier à domicile face à Castres, prévue le samedi 1er mars, pourrait subir le même sort.

Le MHR n’a plus joué devant son public depuis le 11 janvier et le rendez-vous en Challenge Cup face à la franchise sud-africaine des Lions. Le club du président Mohed Altrad, en conflit avec le maire de Montpellier Michaël Delafosse, évolue au complexe Du Manoir, dont la Métropole de Montpellier est propriétaire. Montpellier occupe la 8e place du Top 14 avant d’aborder les onze ultimes journées de championnat.

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takata 1 hour ago
Can Les Bleus avoid a Black-wash in New Zealand?

Sure a break is better than no break at all - but to use the same analogy as before, it’s like refilling a car with gas but not giving it a good service.

But, here, I’m just answering what it’s so hard for you to see, as you wrote above: “Overall, it is very hard to see what France is gaining in the player welfare equation. It is simply replacing one set of overworked players with another.”


And for me, the gain in the player welfare equation is certainly obvious and I wonder how you could have missed it. Or maybe you’re more a Polemist than a real Analyst?


The third Test is 19 July, round one of Top 14 2025-26 first weekend of September. Probably a month of pre-season in August with three warm-up games. Where is the off-season for players to recover properly?


In the NFL they have 7 months.

Yeah right!

The NFL is also distributing contracts worth $210.000.000+ for 4 years… In Top 14, Dupont was paid a yearly €480.000 (brut) by Toulouse while F. Russell was offered £1.000.000 with Bath. Consequently, I really fail to see how anything NFL is relevant with rugby, but you already know that.


Beside, La Section Paloise already started its pre-season (today) and the number of warm-up games would range from 0 - 2 (mostly 1). For the bulk, after five weeks, the restart is next week as their last game was on 7 June. The break is shorter than 6 weeks for their staff and those players who were not involved in their last game.


Last season ranking. Club -> date restart (break weeks)

08. Pau (SP) -> 9 July (~ 4w)

00. Montauban (USM Sapiac) -> 14 July (> Pro D2)

07. La Rochelle (SR) -> 14 July (~ 5w)

12. Paris (SF) -> 15 July (~ 5w)

11. Lyon (LOU) -> 15 July (~ 5w)

10. Racing 92 -> 15 July (~ 5w)

13. Perpignan (USAP) -> 16 July (~ 5w)

09. Montpellier (MHR) -> 16 July (~ 5w)

06. Clermont (ASM) -> 21 July (~ 5w)

05. Castres (CO) -> 21 July (~ 5w)

04. Bayonne (AB) -> 28 July (~ 5w)

03. Toulon (RCT) -> 28 July (~ 5w)

02. Bordeaux (UBB) -> 6 August (~ 5w)

01. Toulouse (ST) -> 4-11 August (~ 5-6w)


If Attissogbe (from Pau) is also playing the 19 July test (very doubtful), he will be back from holliday on 1 September (6 weeks later). No matter what, he is going to miss several rounds of Top 14.


(…) three-Test series in NZ is not ‘friendly’. It is a serious opportunity to prove you can beat one of the best nations in history in their own backyard.

You can also repeat it a million time but it won’t change the fact that those summer tests are the lowest priority on the FFR agenda. It’s a shame, it’s not going to change - even if they rename the window something else, but it’s for good reasons in my humble opinion.

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