France v Scotland tomorrow at Stade de France... and a recent find that will only interest a few hardcore rugby memorabilia collectors...
Let me tell you the whole story... Collecting each and every rugby cigarette cards is a titanesque (and expensive...) mission that only a few Masters in collecting are tackling (Paul, John, Justin... if you're passing by...). That's why I've decided to keep it low profile... and only collect British cards involving French rugby ! Untill very recently, I was thinking that my herald mission was completed as it was believed to be only two of them... and, booom !, I found that W.D.&H.O.Wills cigarette card, card n°32 in "Homeland Events series 1932" captioned "Rugby International Match"
A careful reading of the back of the card will detail that the front picture is Scotland v France at Murrayfield, 1931... where French side (Galia, Rousié, Ribère...) lost 4-6 to the Scots... Hope the odds will be better for France tomorrow !
BTW, let me introduce Justin McCullough's "Rugby Cards International Collectors Guide"... a wonderful Rugby Card Reference book published last year that every serious collector or memorabilia fan should consider buying : you'll find all details about it on Justin's website... Here are the cover and a sample page...
Enjoy the rugby this week-end...
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