If they are preparing to engage in a duel Sunday in Bordeaux, French and Georgians have not crossed paths on a rugby pitch since their only meeting, during the 2007 World Cup (64-7, in Marseille, in phase chickens). But the Blues and the Lelos shared one thing in common in 2017: that year they wore the same sponsor on their national jersey, “Altrad”, on the stomach for the former, on the back for the latter. It is a practical spatio-temporal shortcut, but which gives a clue on the economic investment of Mohed Altrad, the president of the group (whom we requested, but who could not answer us), since he moved into rugby in 2011, acquiring 50.26% of the Montpellier club’s shares and injecting 2.4 million euros into it to cover the deficit.
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