Rugby: Bordeaux-Bègles perches on the roof of Europe

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The French team of Union Bordeaux-Bègles won their first European Rugby Cup on Saturday, May 24. Photo Fabien Cottereau / PHOTOPQR/SUD OUEST/MAXPPP
Union Bordeaux-Bègles did not miss its first European final this Saturday, May 24, dominating the English club Northampton (28-20) to secure the first trophy in its young history.
What happens when a European Rugby Cup final is all about challengers? Union Bordeaux-Bègles of France and Northampton of England delivered a fine response on the pitch this Saturday, May 24, in Cardiff: the two teams, almost taken by surprise in this final duel—where all the forecasters had rather imagined Stade Toulousain and the Irish team Leinster, both eliminated in the semi-finals—distinguished themselves by a fierce desire to play and above all, by not letting themselves be paralyzed by the stakes.
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