2023-09-01 08:34:25
In this year of the World Cup, En Exergue editions celebrate the bicentenary of rugby in a beautiful book that has just been released. A book that gives pride of place to photography with no less than 200 shots.
©Pascal Villalba Rugby Bicentenary Book Featured
History tells that in November 1823, during a football game within the College of the city of Rugby in England, the young William Webb Ellis then seized the ball in his hand, thus breaking with the rules of foot play. Rugby had just been born. Two hundred years later, this sport has become one of the most popular in the world.
The opportunity to make a book of it with the publication of legendary photos and others more confidential, but just as spectacular, of this game. This is in any case what Yvon Rousset, emblematic former player of Racing, said Club de France, at the origin of the project. In “Rugby, the bicentenary book”, En Exergue editions have brought together 200 photos of professionals and amateurs selected by a jury as part of an international competition.
© Luís Cabello Livre Bicentennial Rugby En Exergue
A bilingual book (French and English) which is aimed at all generations and in which the timeless values of rugby are expressed, bringing together children, women and men of all eras, of all levels. In a word, an incarnation of society by and for lovers of the oval ball.
This book should also find an echo thanks to an exhibition of published photos, the location of which remains to be confirmed for the moment.
With the RugbyGirl Academy, rugby is also for girls
©Rugby Girl Academie
Lenaïg Corson, a former international rugby player and rugby sevens player, imagined this heritage and transmission project to give back to rugby what it has given her throughout her career. Her objective: to introduce this sport to young girls while awakening them to eco-responsibility, a subject that is particularly close to her heart. Via the RugbyGirl Academy, it offers two highlights for girls aged 13 to 16, whether they are beginners or experienced: a discovery day on Wednesday September 20 in Orsay (Essonne); a course, at the same place, during the All Saints holidays (from October 30 to November 3). On the program: rugby, of course, but not only. Thus, an awakening to healthy and sustainable nutrition to learn about “eating well”, a cooking workshop with a chef, English lessons, an expression and communication workshop, a playful awareness of the environment for boost yourself to act for the planet, wheelchair rugby 7 as well as yoga will be offered to trainees.
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