Fans to Grow Moustaches to Get Half Price Tickets
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October 11, 2011 TheFreshOutlook  |
French rugby club Bayonne are offering half-price tickets this weekend to anyone who sports a moustache like coach Marc Lievremont.
The French Top 14 club Bayonne will be offering half-price tickets to all supporters who have Lievremont-style moustaches. The club has stated that false moustaches are fine, so that both men and women can get involved.
Lievremont, France’s international coach, has grown a moustache after losing a bet to defence coach David Ellis and the moustache has been the go to joke for a number of commentators during France’s games in the World Cup.
France are now through to the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup after beating England 19-12. This means that the French side will now face Wales on Saturday in Auckland. France have named an unchanged team for this match, which means Morgan Para retains his number 10 jersey.
One of the main reasons for Bayonne’s promotion of the moustache is because Lievremont’s brother Thomas is the forwards coach at the club.
Bayonne will be looking for their third win of the season against Montpellier and will be favourites going into this game as the club from Languedoc-Roussillon are currently in 12th place and have only one win this season.
The supporters will hope that the addition of the Lievremont moustache will be the lucky charm that they need to win, as they do not want to be caught up in a relegation battle again this year.
By Jonathan Davies
[Image courtesy of arbyreed]