Good job in summarizing these last 2 decades. To give an overview of how high they went: Harinordoquy, Yachvili, Traille, Brusque, Ngwenya, Lièvremont, Dusautoir, Couzinet, Bobo, Betsen, Thion, Johnston were all in these winning teams. Man was it hard to survive at the time 5kms away for Bayonne ! However, they have always been short on money with lack of local sponsors (mainly in Bayonne) and now there's no billionnaire behind, they have dropped a bit. It's nice this year to see the club revive a bit after a very troubled period that made even amateur sections suffer quite a lot. And thank god there never was any merging !!
Biaritz have always been my second favourite team and most rugby people I’ve met in Ireland , wales , Scotland etc always rooted for them as a second club. It’s sad that they’ve gone from having dimitri yachvili and co to being in the current state .
That 2006 team was glorious : Balan, August, Thion, Harinordoquy, Betsen, Lièvremont, Dusautoir, Yachvili, Peyrelongue, Traille, Bobo, Brusque... then some great youngsters like Ngwenya, Lauret, Barcella, Haylett-Petty, Lakafia came but the club globally rested on its laurels of this ageing generation. Having its former star Serge Blanco (nicknamed "Bancorleone") as president was another disaster.
All eggs in one basket. Its a serious financial trap for clubs. There probably should be a accounting and financial regulation to prevent this situation arising. Primarily due to the social hazard of communities investing so much locally only to be let down so badly. Perhaps sponsors who enter these types of relationships with clubs should be forced to taper sponsorship unless theres a good reason not to. Single 'sponsor's' should be treated as owners or special category stakeholders.
BREAKING NEWS: Since this video aired, Biarritz have been given a ProD2 points deduction for failing to submit the correct paperwork to LNR! 🤦
Good job in summarizing these last 2 decades. To give an overview of how high they went: Harinordoquy, Yachvili, Traille, Brusque, Ngwenya, Lièvremont, Dusautoir, Couzinet, Bobo, Betsen, Thion, Johnston were all in these winning teams. Man was it hard to survive at the time 5kms away for Bayonne !
However, they have always been short on money with lack of local sponsors (mainly in Bayonne) and now there's no billionnaire behind, they have dropped a bit. It's nice this year to see the club revive a bit after a very troubled period that made even amateur sections suffer quite a lot.
And thank god there never was any merging !!
Biaritz have always been my second favourite team and most rugby people I’ve met in Ireland , wales , Scotland etc always rooted for them as a second club.
It’s sad that they’ve gone from having dimitri yachvili and co to being in the current state .
they definitely get under your skin!
The way this lad pronounces french names is just hilarious
That 2006 team was glorious : Balan, August, Thion, Harinordoquy, Betsen, Lièvremont, Dusautoir, Yachvili, Peyrelongue, Traille, Bobo, Brusque... then some great youngsters like Ngwenya, Lauret, Barcella, Haylett-Petty, Lakafia came but the club globally rested on its laurels of this ageing generation. Having its former star Serge Blanco (nicknamed "Bancorleone") as president was another disaster.
Hi Mate nice video, however its pronounced Cap-Gem-an-eye. like Gemini the star sign👍
thanks mate I was sure I was getting that wrong 😆
All eggs in one basket. Its a serious financial trap for clubs. There probably should be a accounting and financial regulation to prevent this situation arising. Primarily due to the social hazard of communities investing so much locally only to be let down so badly. Perhaps sponsors who enter these types of relationships with clubs should be forced to taper sponsorship unless theres a good reason not to. Single 'sponsor's' should be treated as owners or special category stakeholders.
What a story!
Was over there couple of years ago (Bayonne/Biarritz double header) rumour was they were proposing to relocate to Nice 😮
Jeez I forgot Biarritz existed.
Can you please make a video about Béziers ?
have they done something wacky?
Is this the most chaotic club in rugby right now? 🤯
That's not how you pronounce Capgemini 😂
Cap-jem-in-eye in English. Cap-jhem-ee-nee in French.
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