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October 28, 2010

Posted on 10/28/2010

Fireworks in Paris

Peter Bills was in the Stade de France last weekend to see the latest in Stade Francais owner Max Guazzini's spectacular productions and he describes it in detail in The Irish Independent.

"It wasn't something you see at rugby grounds every week. Entombed within a faux wall, a plaster of Paris- type creation, the half-naked girl lay draped upon the top of a cage in which a huge leopard prowled. By the time eight enormous men, dressed only in silk loincloth, complete with another 16 dressed as Roman guards, had wheeled the float onto the field and to the centre of the Stade de France in Paris last Saturday night, the girl and the leopard hidden inside must have been rather well acquainted. So they opened the faux plaster, to appropriate music, and the audience gasped at the sight of this beautiful creature. The animal, I mean, but you could have put a different interpretation on it.
"The girl was helped down from the roof of the cage, clutching a golden rugby ball. She wore a thigh-length, silk sash-type creation, which was swung across her body, leaving one enormous breast completely uncovered. She walked to the sideline holding high the ball. And as the players from Stade Francais and Toulon exploded onto the pitch amid this chaotic backdrop of climactic music and spectacle, the half-naked girl handed the ball to a player. Never mind the man with the golden gun; this was rugby's version of the girl with the golden breast.

"When you attend one of Max Guazzini's French rugby spectaculars, it's best to leave behind any preconceived images of a rugby occasion. But this being Paris and this being a home game for Stade Francais, you go expecting anything."

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