The new darling of the XV of France is very attached to its helmet and the reason is very personal.
French international rugby in XV, the Frenchman Louis Bielle-Biarrey has become one of the darling of the French public since the World Cup in France. Its fairly phenomenal speed often leaves opponents on site, like the fall tour and a monstrous test registered against New Zealand.
Player from Bordeaux Bègles, the winger has a specificity in his equipment: his helmet, red. A helmet he would like to keep each meeting for a very personal and family reason. “One day, my father said to me: ‘I bought you a new helmet, test the’,” said the international for Actu.fr.
“It was a red canterbury helmet which was sold for 6 euros. I must have been 7 or 8 years old. Since then, I have not left it, or more exactly, I have not changed my model. I ‘I kept until the 2019-2020 season and, afterwards, I managed to find the same. “
However, purists will have noticed that for several months now, Louis Bielle-Biarrey has not worn this helmet during the Bordeaux games outside. The reason is quite lunar and incomprehensible on the part of the National Rugby League, which wishes to standardize the equipment a little more …
“The league no longer wants me to put my red helmet in the outside games. For color standardization. Since Bordeaux Bègles plays white outside, the league finds that it makes you bad on TV”, regretted the player.
A decision that has trouble passing for French. “Baptiste yellow and Killian Tixer (Clermont) also had to change headphones like that. From my coast, I can only keep it at home. I find it completely absurd, because there is also a sentimental value. If I can , I will have my whole career in red, “he said.
Good news all the same: this rule is not currently imposed in international matches and the Champions Cup for the moment. You will therefore see the three quarter wing with its famous red helmet throughout the 6 nations tournament.