During the match between the seniors of Saint-Jory and TEC, a Toulouse club.

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Melody Cazes

  • Sunday, during the rugby match between Saint-Jory and Toulouse club TEC, players showered in the open air.

  • A photo that made the buzz and aroused many reactions, in particular on the ban on access to the locker rooms.

  • The president of the Occitanie Rugby League, Alain Doucet, sent a letter on Tuesday to the prefects of the region asking for a solution for the licensees.

The spectators who came to attend the rugby match between Saint-Jory and the Toulouse Electrogaz Club (TEC) on Sunday were able to rinse their eyes.

While the Toulouse club team was facing their hosts for the day, the players from the reserve who had just finished their match, decided to take the shower.

But now, due to the health crisis due to Covid-19, changing rooms are prohibited.

There was no question of staying muddy for almost two hours before hitting the road again.

While waiting for their colleagues to finish their regular 80 minutes, they decided to wash outside, on the edges of the field.

An improvised striptease that did not really undermine the modesty of rugby players.

Their show even made the buzz on social networks.

A prefectural decree in Ardèche prohibits access to the changing rooms of sports clubs.

So we respect.

No cloakroom.

#Hygiene above all # COVID19 pic.twitter.com/cDNb1KuKS5

- Herve Saulignac (@hsaulignac) October 19, 2020

To the point that some have taken it up, like this member of the Ardèche.

A photo that also prompted a comment on Twitter from the "community manager" of the Ministry of Youth and Sports who recalled in the tone of humor that it was necessary to shower "while respecting the barrier gestures!

".

Which had the gift of putting pressure on the co-president of TEC rugby.

Because if he agrees that the situation can lead to laughter, Philippe Bapt wanted to "take up the fray" on the issue of changing rooms ... which makes him laugh much less.

“For me it's a sporting oxymoron.

You can throw yourself in the mud, for eighty minutes to be in contact with other players making tackles and emails, and not shower together for a matter of protocol?

This photo illustrates the ineptitude of the trick, ”the amateur rugby player gets angry.

The latter comes to watch the weather to know if the weather is nice so that his players can rinse off outside.

He even bought armchair covers, like at the garage, so as not to dirty the cars to get home and avoid dirtying the cars.

“In Ariège, visiting teams have the right to shower.

But this is not the case everywhere.

Without speaking now of the curfew, for many teams which train in the evening it is a problem ”, continues Philippe Bapt.

The Rugby League steps up to the plate

Criticisms also carried by Alain Doucet.

The president of the Occitanie Rugby League has just sent a letter to the prefects of the various departments in the region to regret the conditions of the practice of his sport.

Letter from the president of the Rugby League by colin on Scribd

“Will we be forced to stop competing?

How long will the players be able to continue to exercise their favorite sport without having access to the changing rooms, in situations each more uncomfortable than the other and less and less respectful of our licensees?

He asks in his mail.

He demands from the authorities “a solution” arguing that it is for the “survival of the Occitan clubs”.

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