USAP in 'semis'
Heineken Cup
Halil Bárcena
On 9 April, a bright sun Saturday, unusually warm for this time of year, took place at the Olympic Stadium Lluís Companys of Montjuïc the great festival of rugby Catalan. Throughout the day various activities were developed to promote the noble sport of rugby - so rare and unusual, but so beautiful! - Featuring clubs coming from all Catalan-speaking territories. But the highlight of the day was the match that pitted the USAP, the Catalans of Perpignan, and Toulon, for test-match to the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup, something like Champiosn Rugby League. The kick-off took place at 16:30 pm, with the stands filled to overflowing with more than fifty-seven thousand fans coming from both sides of the Pyrenees. According to the organization of the event a success, by the way, thirty thousand followers of the USAP team accompanied her to the magic mountain, about ten thousand of Toulon and here is the surprise, some seventeen thousand fans.
As far as the crash itself, we saw an encounter so intense as vibrant and contested, it was decided in the final stretch, when the Franco-Catalan asserted their courage - go a way to strike against the enemy defense in the fourth quarter of an hour! - enclosing the Toulon in their area of \u200b\u200b22 meters, going up to finish a game they had been very much complicated in the first half and a good time of the second . Personally, I prefer the power of Perry Freshwater, the backbone of the USAP novazelandés who got a special essay, that of the Catalan victory after so unstoppable percurtir feet from the goal line of Toulon and with the elegance Jon English and accuracy of Wilkinson, 10 of Toulon, whose chuts to the sticks, kicking old-fashioned, were monumental. No wonder it is one of the best players in the world today, Wilko holds the record for points scored in international team matches, 1,190, two more than the black Dan Carter. In short, victory worthy of the USAP, which passes this way to the semifinals of the Heineken Cup hope that the Catalans on the other side of the Pyrenees get to the final.
not want to close this review without mentioning the initiative carried out by Barcelona fans rugby against Barcelona City Council's decision to ban the 'third time' in the fields, to call them something way, as authentic potato fields half-earth, in compliance, they argue, the law that prohibits public drinking in the street. And what is rugby without the 'third time'!, That moment of camaraderie at the end of each meeting, in which players from both teams gather together to end all talk to each party, sipping a beer. Well, that, as a protest against such an absurd decision, ten-minute shock the fans showed a red card against the municipal authorities and their 'thought bambi. "
Here are a couple of test-match summaries. The first opens with the anthem of the USAP, which is none other than "L'stake" de Lluís Llach:
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