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The French Rugby League Federation and the Loire-Atlantique and Manche committees are organizing two international Pararugby League matches this week. France will meet Ireland, in Nantes, Thursday November 21, 2024, before challenging England, at the Pôle Hippique de Saint-Lô, Saturday November 23, 2024. La Manche, a surprising base for a discipline anchored in Occitania.
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Pararugby league sees teams of five wheelchair players compete with rules similar to rugby league. Here, one of the players of the France team. | FRENCH RUGBY 13 FEDERATION
The French Rugby League Federation and the departmental committees of Loire-Atlantique and Manche are organizing two international Pararugby League matches in the West this week. France will meet Ireland, at the Creps des Pays de la Loire, in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique), Thursday November 21, 2024, at 8 p.m., before challenging England, at the Pôle Hippique de Saint-Lô (Manche), Saturday November 23, 2024, at 5 p.m. La Manche, a surprising base for a discipline deeply rooted in Occitanie and the Pyrénées-Orientales. Dominique Baloup, president of the French Rugby League Federation, gives some explanations.
