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« Richards had to fall on his sword | | Outlook is bright for resurgent Wilkinson » August 10, 2009 Posted on 08/10/2009 It's enough to make you sick
This season's third kit - modeled on the right by new recruit James Haskell - features a tattoo-inspired design incorporating a flurry of Fleur-de-lys so common in French heraldry, lightning bolts and raging seas. A real feast for the eyes - and all in glorious technicolour. Those longing for the face of Blanche de Castille, the wife of Louis VIII, that memorably emblazoned last season's third kit can rest assured she has found a new home on the team's change strip - something of a promotion? Who knows how much club president Max Guazzini makes from the sale of these shirts - I can't imagine the figure hugging style suiting the average fan - but at 78 euros (£67) they must be swelling the club's coffers. In comparison Leicester Tigers' new shirt will set you back £45. On the subject of the cost of supporting your side - a top price ticket for the 12,000-capacity Stade Jean Bouin will set you back 60 euros (£51) although you will no doubt get a cheaper ticket for one of the five games Stade are set to switch to the 80,000 capacity Stade de France. In comparison, the most you will pay to see the Tigers at their re-vamped 24,000-seater Welford Road home this season is £35. It appears it is not only the club owners who have deep pockets in France's Top 14. And such prices are not just the domain of the league's gig guns. Big spending Toulon only just escaped relegation last year and as a result club president Mourad Boudjellal dusted off his cheque book again this summer. Perhaps as a result, the best seat at Toulon's Stade Mayol home will cost you 55 euros (£47) and a Toulon/Jonny Wilkinson No.10 shirt will cost you 79 euros (£68) via the club's website. Many readers have inquired about the latter which suggests a fair few of you are planning your own Top 14 sojourn this season à la New Zealand's Dan Carter. And if you are planning to follow the injury-prone England fly-half on the latest leg of his storied career then rest assured that you will have to dig deep to do so! Comments
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