It's unusual but it's for a good cause and it should be highlighted. This weekend the Telethon will take place and like every year, the call for donations will be important. And for this, many personalities are committed to raising money. And in particular the former legend of the XV of France, namely ex-captain Fabien Pelous. Record holder for the number of selections within the French XV with 118 selections, the former second row will participate in the Telethon this Saturday. As reported by Ouest-France, the town of Firminy located near Saint-Étienne will attempt to break a world record: that of the largest melee in the world on Saturday evening. And Fabien Pelous will be present.
Pelous present to break a crazy record
It turns out that the current record is held by the Americans where 2,939 people participated. Except that the Loire commune, which is one of the four ambassador cities with Quimper (Finistère), Avesnes-sur-Helpe (North) and Bonifacio (South Corsica) for the 38th edition of the Telethon, will try to beat this record mad. The event should take place on the lawn of the Le Corbusier stadium and should bring together more than 3,600 participants, 3,637 to be exact, as indicated by Ouest-France. And among these thousands of people, the legend of the XV of France Fabien Pelous will be there.
“France is a nation of challenges. The objective, obviously, is to mobilize the rugby community around this event to do something, beyond the record, that has meaning on this Telethon day. My commitment is above all an extension of everything I have experienced in rugby, which is a sport where we share things a lot. Whatever our differences on the ground, we are a whole with very strong relationships. So in relation to that, I find that heritage and the common good are things that bring together as many people as possible, and that's why I invest a lot in these initiatives.“, confided the former captain of the Blues and Stade Toulousain, now 50 years old.
To summarize
It's unusual but it's for a good cause and it should be highlighted. This weekend the Telethon will take place and like every year, the call for donations will be important. And for this, many personalities are committed to raising money. And in particular the former legend of the XV of France, namely ex-captain Fabien Pelous.
