French RUGBY CONNECTIONS with Veronique Landew & Bill Hooper

Casque D'or aka Jean Pierre Rives & Les Bleus Grand Slam Conquest

March 17, 2022 Veronique Landew & Mike Pearce Season 2 Episode 21
French RUGBY CONNECTIONS with Veronique Landew & Bill Hooper
Casque D'or aka Jean Pierre Rives & Les Bleus Grand Slam Conquest
Show Notes

This week with Jean Pierre Rives, nicknamed Casque d’Or – Golden Helmet – Rives was the star of French rugby in the 1970s and 1980s and became French captain
34 times, playing alongside Jean-Claude Skrela and Jean-Pierre Bastiat in a legendary back row. His style was free-spirited, unpredictable, and entertaining.....in one word ....Very French.
Mike Pearce and I review and preview the last crucial game for France and briefly for the other nations. Enjoy the French Rugby CONNECTIONS Podcast, the rugby podcast with the French Flair!