Abdelatif Benazzi US Tours Rugby match, Digi Mart USA News (Tours, France): Former France rugby captain Abdelatif Benazzi will be present this Sunday, November 8, in Tours. He will spend the afternoon with the partners, players and supporters of US Tours Rugby.
He will give the kickoff for the Federale 1 match against Montmelian. The Stade Tonnelle in Tours hosts one of the season’s key clashes in Federale 1, a top-of-the-table fixture between US Tours and US Montmelian.
US Tours Rugby is currently co-leader of its pool, and for the first time this season the Tours players will wear a new orange and blue striped jersey. The shirt recalls the one worn in 1997, when Tours was crowned French Second Division champion.
The club’s leaders invited Benazzi to kick off the match and spend the afternoon with US Tours Rugby fans. The match begins at 3:15 p.m.
against US Montmelian.
Earlier, the US Tours players lost 27-26 to Peyrehorade of the Landes in the return leg of the Federale 1 round of 16. The narrow defeat closed a strong season for the newly promoted club.
Tours had also beaten the Basques in a Federale 1 playoff at the Stade Tonnelle, winning 27-23. The promoted club ended Nafarroa’s season and will compete in the final phase in the year of its promotion to fourth division.
In another result, Tours won 16-15 at Issoire in Puy-de-Dome on September 14. US Tours returned to Federale 1 this season after 14 years away, recruited around twenty players, and aims to stay up while competing with its opponents.
