Rugby-Pioneers: Rugby in French army, Lyon, 1905

15/05/2008

Rugby in French army, Lyon, 1905

Rugby in the army... propagating the game in France in the early XXth century... nice scrum indeed... everybody freezing for the photographer... it could be a bit tough to distinguish the white side from... the other white side...

Caption reads : Lyon - 98e Régiment d'Infanterie - Football. - Une mélée (a scrum)

(larger picture here)

15 May 2008 00:52:39 | 2 Rugby postcard

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