BRITISH UNIONS

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 9, 11 July 1934, Page 19

BRITISH UNIONS

NO RUGBY WITH FRANCE

The four British Rugby Unions, in their reply to the. French Federation have decided that the timers not. yet ripe for a resumption of international matches with France, says the "Daily Telegraph." ~ ' . ■ A translation of an extract, of the letter, received by the French Federation, reads: f'lf your.-federation has done much for .the. recovery of Rugby, iwe consider it has not yet done sufficient. 1 ■ ■■ '■■ "As long as Rugby, as practised in France, is not played in the right spirit arid, in accordance with the -traditions of the game long' ago laid down by ,tho .home, .unions,, and, above all, ,as long' as the present system of compotiition_ exists in, France, it will ,not be possible to consider the arranging of international or inter-club matches." This negative reply-has caused much disappointment in France. "A masterly slap in the face," is the comment of' the "Paris Soir." M. Dantou, president of the French Federation, who was a member of the delegation which recently visited London, expressing his. personal opinion, said: "I consider that we have no lessons or suggestions to receive from the British Unions. We have done without them for three years, and we shall continue to do without them in the future. As for suppressing competitions, like the French Championship, I reply, speaking for myself, that this is our business."