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September 19, 2005
French sport: Agen v Castres
One of the highlights of the holiday was watching local powerhouse Sporting Union Agen take on regional rivals Castres Olympique. Both teams are in the top league in France (Top 14) and have internationals playing for them - this was high quality sport.
The home team won convincingly (Agen 40 Castres 16) despite conceding the first nine points and having one of their high-scoring forwards sent off early in the first half. I tried to find some commentary on the Internet, but this is all I could come up with.
The weather was perfect and we had seats three rows off the pitch at midfield. I could not get over how close we were to the action...the pictures below give you a pretty good idea.
The first picture is the entrance to the ground. To the right is the home team lining up for the opening kick. On the bottom left is one of the lineouts...right in front of us (!). The last picture is the home fans helping the team celebrate.
