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Le Tournoi des Six Nations
The Six Nations Championship
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Published 2008
But what woul d the south–west be without rugby... or, what woul d rugby be without the south–west?
When sport and philosophy hit it off, when sport and gastronomy are but a single entity, then it’s obvious we’re close to talking about rugby. Rugby is a little like the joyful lung of a whole region, and now a whole country.
The north-south divide has disappeared to give way to a rugby nation. It is true that it’s hard to stop oneself taking on someone from the south–west as soon as one says the word ‘ruuuby’, and that one necessarily dreams of cassoulet de confit de canard as soon as one hears it. Never has a sport had such an identity, from the French team to the Bacchus of Épernon, le ruuuby is very much alive.