FFR, LNR and diffusers Canal + et France Télévisions announced a new and latest “double programming” of the top 14 and the first female division, the elite 1. This time it is the final of the female championship and a meeting of the 25th day of Top 14 in this case Clermont – Stade Français.
“The FFR and the LNR wanted to shed more light on female rugby. And this elite 1 championship deserves today that television is interested in it“said Eric Bayle, the boss of rugby of Canal + In these columns at the end of 2024. It was therefore only a matter of time before knowing the programming of the final. The three major players in French rugby, namely the FFR, the LNR and the broadcasters Canal + et France Televisionannounced the clear broadcast of the elite 1 final on Saturday May 31 at the Marcel-Michelin stadium in Clermont-Ferrand. The meeting will take place in the curtain (4:45 p.m.) of the meeting between ASM at the Stade Français (scheduled for 2:30 p.m.). It will be broadcast in on France 4 et Canal + Sport 360.
In the previous two “double programming” (ASM Romagnat – UBB on November 2 and Lou – Stade Toulousain on December 22), it was a success, evidenced by the influx record during the very first retransmission on the encrypted channel. During this day, the tributary record for an elite 1 female match, with 12,500 spectators present at the stadium, had been broken.
