Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Friday November 1, 2024 at 8:12 p.m.
It will be in the wake of Clermont – Bordeaux-Bègles, in the afternoon, and almost at the same time as the Top 14 multiplex.
The development of women's rugby involves live broadcasting of French elite matches. The Canal+ group had already announced that this step was about to be taken, the big day is coming since it is Saturday that Clermont – UBB (which is therefore not just a Top 14 clash), nothing other than the last final of the championship, will be broadcast from 4:45 p.m. on Canal+ Sport. “It’s a common ambition, a test and even a little more: behind our heads, we have the conviction that the idea is going to be good,” announces Eric Bayle, the director of rugby on the encrypted channel, in an interview with to our colleagues at Midi Olympique.
Bayle: “We asked them to stay on the pitch at half-time”
There is no formal contract yet, so the latter does not know to what extent the women's matches will benefit from regular exposure, ten years after a first unsuccessful attempt because the level was not yet high enough. high: “We do not yet have the precise idea, it will depend on the programming of the Top 14 and the capacity of the clubs to organize these women's matches, raising or lowering the curtain. But we will move forward very quickly: from Next week, we have to meet to agree on the date of the second poster.” And it is no coincidence that the other Clermont – UBB, that of the men, will previously open the ninth day of Top 14 (at 2:30 p.m.)…
Indeed, it will be precisely a curtain drop: “We are maximizing the resources on site which we will therefore reuse. For women's rugby, this will ensure very good exposure, with resources similar to those put on a match of Top 14. This is very important data.” Eric Bayle evokes an approach that is both sporting and editorial: “We asked them to stay on the pitch at half-time, so that we could capture these moments and the coaches' speeches. As was done at the time among the boys! They accepted without any problem.” The quarter-hour delay compared to the Top 14 multiplex (kick-off at 4:30 p.m.) will also make it possible to highlight this meeting at half-time of this traditional meeting, all overseen by the consultants already very established Marie-Alice Yahé and Marjorie Mayans.
