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Rugby juniors welcome back French friends
FRAMPTON Cotterell RFC Juniors have welcomed back their counterparts from French club Parisis for the first time in four years.
At the end of April, the Fram welcomed more than 50 children from the club based in Franconville, North West Paris.
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The two clubs' exchange has been running for over 40 years but this year was particularly important as it was the first visit since Covid.
With the previous three years of exchanges being cancelled, both clubs wanted to get this tradition back up and going again.
The event is quite unique within community rugby, as we are one of only a few clubs, if not the only one, that has run such an exchange for so long.
On the weekend there were three well-supported matches played throughout the junior age groups, from Under-12s to Under-16s.
Frampton were victorious in all three, with some excellent rugby, sportsmanship, and healthy competition seen throughout!
The event wouldn’t happen without a lot of organisation, host families and Google translate – thank you to everyone who supported a great weekend.
Next year it will be our turn to visit Parisis, and the plans have already started!
