They left on Friday morning. After a month in the Catalan state, the The Portuguese selection left his base camp At Perpignan (Eastern Pyrenees) to Toulouse where they faced and defeated Fiji. This is the only victory in their journey Group stage of the 2023 Rugby World Cup. A goal was achieved for Os Lobos, a large part of whose players are amateurs, but at the end of the match the team returned to Portugal, Not eligible for the quarter. She left behind many memories for the Villa Duflot team that welcomed them, as well as for the guards at the Sports Park where they trained on USAP infrastructures.
“The guys were walking around the hotel in their underwear.”
Jacqueline works as a linen worker at Duflot Villa and still remembers the first day she saw the players from the squad. “Little kids, got out of their ice cube tray, and crossed the entire hotel to their room in their underwear! Well, the eldest among us, they looked good!She still laughs about it with her colleagues.
Already, the rugby team and its 61-strong staff are preparing for the World Cup Very specific and somewhat unusual habits. Especially at meal timesWe quickly had to increase the amount of eggs and avocado“Remembers Allen, the waitress, and the players’ bedtime.”We had to change rooms for players who were cramped in one bedThe players in question are former hooker Mike Tudger and his roommate.
“They arrived at the park. You thought you saw the boss coming.”
For Gill, a sports park ranger, it was the security aspect that particularly impressed him. The city hall employee remembers arriving on the first day.”The president deserves it. We first saw two motorcycles arriving, then two motorcycles again and then their bus. During training, there were four men from GIGN monitoring the field. It was impressive.“
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