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XV De France
The France national rugby union team (, ) represents the French Rugby Federation (FFR; ) in men's international rugby union matches. Colloquially known as ''Le XV de France'' (French for "The XV of France"), the team traditionally wears blue shirts with a Gallic rooster embroidered on the chest, white shorts and red socks in reference to the French national flag. ''Les Bleus'' (French for "The Blues") mostly play home matches at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship along with England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. France have won the tournament on 27 occasions (including 8 shared victories), and winning the Grand Slam 10 times. Rugby was introduced to France in 1872 by the British before a first France national team was formed in 1893 (as a selection of the best Parisian-club players under the USFSA governance) to face a club in England. A few years later, on New Year's Day 1906, the national side played it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallic Rooster
The Gallic rooster (, ) is a national symbol of France as a nation, as opposed to Marianne representing France as a state and its values: the Republic. A rooster, in a different pose, is also used as the symbol of the Wallonia and the French Community of Belgium. France During the times of Ancient Rome, Suetonius, in ''The Twelve Caesars'', noticed that, in Latin, rooster (''gallus'') and Galli (''Gallus'') were homonyms. Its association with France dates back from the Middle Ages and is due to the play on words in Latin between ''Gallus'', meaning an inhabitant of Gaul, and ''gallus'', meaning rooster, or cockerel. Its use, by the enemies of France, dates to this period, originally a pun to make fun of the French, the association between the rooster and the Gauls/French was developed by the kings of France for the strong Christian symbol that the rooster represents: prior to being arrested, Jesus predicted that Peter would deny him three times before the rooster crowed on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
