Cambridge University : Holidays in France...

Souvenir postcard of a Cambridge University XV enjoying French rugby in the beautiful medieval city of Carcassonne...

Sun... nature... good food... strong local teams (both Union and League)...  definitely a good place for a rugby break with friends...

From what I've read on the web, I understand that Cambridge teams (both RU and RL) have been regularly touring the region until now...

Having said that, I guess that local rugby in the 1920s wasn't exactly a gentlemen rugby for students... but tough grassroots rugby in rural France... "rugby de clocher" (belfry rugby) as we say in French where local teams (used to ?) show exacerbated rivalry against eachother...

Here is a larger picture of the C.U. team, if it could help someone to identify the team and date the picture.

Post-Scriptum for my Rugby League friends : Carcassonne is the hometown of French RL "superstar" from the 50s, Puig Aubert aka "Pipette"... another story...