the essential
A great figure in French Rugby, Fabien Pelous is the godfather of the 6th edition of the “Amateur Rugby Trophies” in Tarn-et-Garonne, whose awards evening is scheduled for this Thursday in Montauban.
Fabien Pelous does not hold grudges. He is back in Montauban, where he died a few months ago, for the TV film “Murder in Montauban”. “It’s true, this is where I took a bullet,” he laughs with a big burst of laughter. But rest assured, the emblematic ambassador of the oval ball will be present in the city of Ingres at the invitation of “La Dépêche”. “It is a real honor to participate in your event. I find it wonderful to honor amateur rugby in all its components. Rugby starts from below, from these clubs, these volunteers who work every weekend to make us happy. We celebrate the highest level every year, that's good, but thinking about all the others is even better. Thanks to you, a whole world is being put forward,” explains the big guy with 118 national caps, which has still not been beaten.
“Preserving your roots is essential”
A few days ago, it was at Saverdun, the club that trained him, and saw him grow before he took charge of Graulhet, Dax, and Stade Toulouse, that he found himself for celebrate the association’s 115th anniversary: “It’s always important, even essential, to keep your roots. We know where we come from. I try as often as possible to go see so-called amateur rugby matches, because there are still quite a few veterans who play (smile). Of course, I still have this passion for this sport in my heart, and I try to exercise it differently from now on. » Today Fabien Pelous has turned the page on the locker room and the pitch, to share his immense experience with as many people as possible. Transmission which remains essential. Fabien Pelous knows full well that high-level rugby and amateur rugby are two different rugbys, but that they are also two complementary rugbys, and that one cannot go without the other, and an activity “that must be supervise to avoid slippages”.
