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oscar-piastri · 5 months

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short scenes of a love story

ii. first day

Cassy started to walk slowly to the training campus of the Rugby Club Toulonnais, with a mix of excitement and nervousness. After doing all the job interviews and signing papers remotely, it was the first time she was seeing her new workplace. The only thing making her mind calm was that she was gonna be with Melvyn Jaminet, the only familiar face. She hoped he would remember her, considering their brief encounter just days ago.

As she got closer she noticed a figure waiting in front of the main door. “You must be Cassy” he greeted with a smile, placing his right hand in front. “I’m Matthieu Bastareaud, I’m the Team Manager and your guide for today. The communication department is in a meeting right now, so we’ll meet them later. I hope it’ll be alright?”

“Of course,” Cassy replied, shaking his hand. “I still can't believe I'm working for RCT. I grew up watching this team with my dad.”

“A lifelong RCT fan?” Matthieu inquired as they walked through the administration area. Cassy was following behind but she couldn’t help but look at her new surroundings. The white walls were covered with red and black decorations, with giant pictures of the key moments and players of the team.

Cassy chuckled, her cheeks turning slightly red. “Actually, I've always been a Toulouse fan, but Toulon is a close second. Maybe it’s the team colors that draw me in.”

“Then I guess we can include Lyon in your top 3” Matthieu joked, referring to the red and black colors Lyon was wearing as well.

The tour continued, with Cassy meeting various staff members and exploring the campus. After this little tour, Matthieu brought Cassy to the outside field so she could meet the players properly. The campus was built with an inside field so the players could still train inside while it was pouring outside; a rare weather for the town of Toulon, but still a smart decision from the team.

When they got closer to the field, Matthieu asked the coach; Pierre Mignoni, to stop the training so he could introduce her briefly to the team. Pierre whistled to signal his players that it was time for a break and asked them to gather around. Cassy spotted Melvyn among the players in the back of the group, chatting with his friends.

Once everyone was around, Matthieu let Cassy introduce herself. “Hello, I’m Cassy. I’m the new graphic designer and community manager. Guess we can say I’ll be the annoying person with the phone following you guys”

“Even in the lockers?” One of them asked as a joke and most of the team laughed, before Charles Ollivon; the team captain, slapped the back of his head to shut him up.

“Isa, that’s 20 minutes of running you got yourself” Pierre said, making the other players burst into laughter.

Cassy may not have noticed, too busy feeling embarrassed, but Melvyn didn’t take away his eyes from her, ever since she got his attention when she said ‘Hello'; his smile widening as their eyes met. Memories of their previous encounter during the board game night came flooding back.

After the introduction, the team went back to training and Matthieu left Cassy to watch the training session for a bit while he was busy with a phone call. She put herself a bit away, quite scared to be hit in the face by the ball, when she noticed Melvyn jogging towards her.

“So, we meet again. Really surprised to see you here, why didn’t you tell me you’d be working with me?” he said, crossing his arms on his chest.

“So you remember me?” she asked, ignoring his question.

“How could I not? You know I’m not like your friends, I don’t forget about you” he replied, realizing his mistake when Cassy’s smile faded. “Sorry, dick move”

“It’s fine” she muttered, remembering how her friends were acting the last time they saw her. “By the way, shouldn’t you be back there?” she asked, pointing to the training field where his teammates were all back to train. “Or are you too much of a star to train with them?” she smirked.

“Nah, it’s fine-”

“Hey loverboy! Your ass better be back on the field in 2 seconds” Matthieu growled as he was walking back to Cassy. Melvyn’s cheeks turned to red in two seconds and Cassy couldn’t stop giggling.

“Yes sir, sorry. I uh… yeah, I’m going” Melvyn apologized before sprinting to join his teammates.

“Hope he wasn’t bothering you, I swear these guys can be a real pain in the ass sometimes.” he apologized, shaking his head. “Okay, let’s meet your actual coworkers”

She followed Matthieu back to the building, and as they were walking, she tried to mind map the building to avoid being lost in the next few days. As soon as they reached the Communication office, she was met with two men; she assumed that they were her coworkers. Matthieu then left her in ‘good hands’ as he said and walked back to his office after Cassy thanked him for the morning tour.

Her new coworkers introduced themselves and explained each of their missions. It was said in the job interviews that Cassy would be working for and with the main XV team, as they thought that her style and ideas was more fitting to promote them; while her coworkers would focus on the women’s team and younger teams.

One of her coworkers then handed her a jacket, the official team wear she’d get to wear when attending events or matches. “It’s yours, welcome to the family”

#melvyn jaminet fanfiction #w*#*

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torentialtribute · 6 years

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SCRUM’S THE WORD: Who joins Ellis Genge in my Six Nations Aggro XV?

And, it is back. After a week of dizzying thumbs, Six Nations returns this weekend with a vengeance

Italy and Ireland – who can wait for that? France for Scotland – continue!

Oh, and Wales against England, which might be all right, we guess.

Join us, Scrum & # 39; s the Word brings an alternative guide to the games.

ALL HAIL THE AGGRO XV

Ellis Genge, Kyle Sinckler and Ross Moriarty can all play on the same field on Saturday when Wales plays England in Cardiff.

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So,

Presenting, the Aggro XV …

[19459] Yoann Huget

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Owen Farrell

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6 Peter O & # 39; Mahony

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Eddie Jones thinks everyone talks about Wales – which of course is not true – but almost nobody is bigging

The so-called & # 39; best side in & # 39;

The so-called & # 39; best side in & # 39; the world & # 39; of the November crown has slipped. But do not write them down.

They will certainly take five points in Italy, move them to nine – leaving them at a distance from England if they lose to Wales or over the Welsh if they are defeated

If England wins, it is probably all gone, then it is probably all finished

Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack play No 9 and 10 for France against Scotland and the wheel turns again.

Sales in French half-backs are extraordinary. According to elite stigmatist Stu Farmer, France has waited in the past decade – HOME SIX (!!!) pairs of 9 and 10 in Tests. But thirty-six. Thirty-current-six.

Ten players have played scrum half (Sebastien Tillous-Borde, Morgan Parra, Julien Dupuy, Dimitri Yachvili, Maxime Machenaud, Jean-Marc Doussain, Rory Kockott, Sebastien Bezy, Baptiste Serin and Antoine Dupont)

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Twelve have played fly-half (Lionel Beauxis, Benoit Baby, Francois Trinh-Duc, Damien Traille, David Skrela, Freddie Michalak, Camille Lopez, Morgan Parra, Remi Tales, Jules Plisson, Antony Belleau and Matthieu Jalibert)

Extraordinary. No wonder they are all over the place.

As a side note Jalibert – remember? – plays his first match for Bordeaux this Saturday since he blows his knee in pieces against Ireland after 20 minutes last February.

Cronin makes his Six Nations debut

The Irish hooker already has the record for most appearances as substitute (58 Tests ahead of Keven Mealamu at 55) and now nine years and 37 tournament tops after his debut in the

Stuart Hogg

Finn Russell, John Barclay, Richie Gray, Huw Jones, Ryan Wilson, WP Nel, Sam Skinner, Lee Jones, John Hardie, Matt Smith, Alex Dunbar, George Horne, Stafford McDowall, David Cherry, Murray McCallum, Jake Kerr.

A pretty handy Scottish couple, but like the sausages, pizza & # 39; s and Mars bars in Edinburgh – all battered.

All these players are injured for the bulkheads. It's brutal things. So hope for seeing the real Scotland fades again.

Every time Wales plays in Cardiff in England, some guy takes the bus from the away team …

… or you have to believe. Welsh fan is so ticked and emotional when he sees the white 12-wheeler fumbling that he decides to plow his bonce in the side of the coach while traveling on Westgate Street

Through the years – Lewis Moody, Ben Kay, Austin Healey, Chris Ashton and Ben Youngs have all told the story.

And this week Danny Care was there and told the BBC podcast a similar story.

Maybe it happens every time, maybe it's a different guy for each? Does he have a helmet? Or one of those daffodil hats? How old is it now if it was the same man from around 2001, 2011 and 2017? How painful is his head? What is the point?

So many questions, so few answers … what is it, like talking about Welsh Grandma's cutting the middle finger, and everyone in Tescos in line to give players advice on the Severn- bridge on the west side, it is probably extremely exaggerated.

16 – The last two games of Wales v England in Cardiff – in 2015 and 2017 – ended with exactly the same score. 21-16 against England

defeated Tier One opposition in the last 34 matches of Italy, and they lost 19 Tests in a row since they beat South Africa in November 2016.

One more to help and Conor Murray will end up with the best assists in Six Nations history – Jonny Wilkinson and Ronan O & # 39; Gara (both 16)

-96 – The last time that Scotland won two played Six Nations games on the bounce when they beat Ireland and Wales. She defeated Italy with the Six Nations of 2018 and went to Paris this weekend.

Three points scored by Wales in their last two home half-blocks against England. They lost both matches in the Six Nations despite the lead during the break.

1999 – The last time that Scotland won in the Stade de France. Gregor Townsend – now the head coach of Scotland – scored in a victory of 36-22.

France: Stands of France, Saturday 2.15 pm, LIVE on BBC One from 1.45 am Penaud, Bastareaud, Fickou, Huget; Ntamack, Dupont; Poirot, Guirado, Bamba, Vahaamahina, Lambey, Lauret, Iturria, Picamoles.

Bank: Chat, Falgoux, Aldegheri, Willemse, Alldritt, Serin, Belleau,

Scotland: Kinghorn; Seymour, Grigg, Maitland; P Horne, Laidlaw;

Bank: Brown, Allan, Fagerson, Toolis, G Graham, Price, Hastings, D Graham

4.15 pm

Wales: L Williams; North, J Davies, Parkes, Adams; Anscombe, G Davies; R Evans, Owens, Francis, Hill, AW Jones, Navidi, Tipuric, Moriarty

England: Daly; Nowell, Slade, Tuilagi, May; Farrell, Youngs;

Bench: Cowan-Dickie, Genge, Williams, Launchbury, Shields, Robson, Ford, Cokanasiga

ITALY v IRELAND LIVE on ITV from 2.15 pm

Italy: Hayward; Padovani, Campagnaro, Morisi, Esposito; Allan, Tebaldi; Lovotti, Ghiraldini, Ferrari, Ruzza, Budd, Tuivati, Mbanda, Steyn.

Bigi, Traore, Pasquali, Sisi, Zanni, Palazanni, McKinley, Castello

Ireland: Kearney; Earls, C. Farrell, Aki, Stockdale; Sexton, Murray; O & # 39; Brien, Murphy, Kilcoyne, Cronin, Furlong, Dillane, Roux, O & # 39; Mahony, O & # 39; Brien, Murphy. , Conway

Prediction: Ireland

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