"Happily We Had the Rugby": How the Castrais Lived the Game After

The Castrais played on Saturday in Bordeaux their first game since the death of Josaia Raisuqe on 8 May. They bowed against the UBB (34-29), but were able to pay a very moving tribute to their teammate, with his parents, their opponents and under the applause of the 30,000 spectators.

At the final whistle of UBB – Castres, the Tarn players gathered in a circle on Chaban-Delmas lawn to honour Josaia Raisuqe, their tragically disappeared teammate a few days earlier. The...