Before Rugby World Cup starts: The Church of the 200 Dead Rugby Players – Sport

2023-09-05 10:00:00

His chest was so wide that it didn’t even fit in the black and white picture that hangs on the wall of the chapel in Larrivière. Georges Magendie was fronting Racing Club de France in 1974 when he fractured his vertebrae in the pack and died a few months later. Now his blue and white striped jersey hangs in Notre-Dame du Rugby. The only church dedicated to the sport brings together around 200 jerseys from deceased rugby players. Among them are foreigners, such as Brit Billy Joe Edwards of the Wigan Warriors, who succumbed to rugby in 2003.

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