Every day, the morning of Europe 1 looks back on one of the sporting events that make the news.
This Friday, Virginie Phulpin is interested in the launch of the Women's VI Nations Tournament which begins this weekend.
According to her, the gap with men's competition allows women's rugby to have more visibility.
The Women's 6 Nations Tournament begins this Saturday. Les Bleues host Wales at Vannes. Usually this tournament is held at the same time as the men's tournament, but it has been postponed due to the pandemic. For Virginie Phulpin, so much the better, it gives visibility to the players.
When the postponement of the women's tournament was announced, Virginie Phulpin's first reaction was to say to herself that it was still embarrassing that since the start of the health crisis, women's competitions are postponed or canceled much more easily. that the male games without it disturbing anyone or almost.
And then she spoke with Jessy Trémouliere, the back of the XV of France elected best rugby player of the decade at the world level.
She wanted to know if she didn't find this difference in treatment unfair.
She had smiled diplomatically.
Jessy Trémouliere replied that in fact, she preferred to take things on the safe side, and that playing in the spring in milder temperatures was more enjoyable, even if the audience is still missing.
Even if there is no longer a season and it may snow next week, Laurent Cabrol warned us, Jessy Trémouliere is not wrong.
We should always take things on the safe side.
It's a difference among millions between a champion's mind and mine.
It is true that we will no longer follow the Women's Tournament if it does not take place at the same time as the Men's Tournament.
You might as well be alone on stage rather than playing at the same time as the men.
Because otherwise, there is no point in pretending, we know very well where the spotlight is.
So ultimately, yes, the postponement of this Tournament can serve the cause of women's rugby.
Moreover, the organizers are not mistaken, and they even wonder how they did not have this idea before.
They are standing by to monitor the audiences, to see if that makes the sponsors react too.
And their goal, if the experience proves conclusive, is to perpetuate a women's tournament which would take place just after the men's tournament.
Very good.
It will give visibility to the players, it will prevent us from stupidly comparing men and women when the matches are concurrent.
And those who are not yet familiar with women's rugby will be able to see that all we expect in this Tournament is to know which of France or England will win in three weeks.
Crunch also exists among women, and we want to beat the English as well as the English.