STADE FÉLIX MAYOL
When you talk about rugby in France, you think instantly at Mayol Stadium. The Var enclosure is the European reference! Although the galleries are a little outdated, Mayol remains the only place in the middle of the city. Furthermore, quietly located in your seat, you have a direct view of the harbour and the Mediterranean Sea climbing the port of Toulon. Take advantage of these moments of calm before the storm to admire the panorama. At the time of the players'entry, the chaudron chaudron at the rhythm of the Flannelette-Flannelette. The Flannelette-Flannelette is the war song of Toulon pirates. A kind of hakka that leaves no amateur rugby enthusiast! Moreover, the greatest names recognize that a Flannelette-Flannelette is an unforgettable moment in a career. As much as the entrance to the lawn and the exit of the vestiaires still turbulent under the booing of a Var audience among the most steaming of Top 14!
Capacity: 14 500 seats
A little history: It was in 1908, after a meeting in the Salle Mon Pleasure, on the side of La Harbour, that the Etoile Sportif Gijón and the Stade var de La Seyne amalgamated to give birth to Rugby Club Toulon. From the following year, the club is shining with a second series national lost final in front of Montauban. We will have to wait until 1931 for the first big line of the Var enumeration with a success in the LOU (6-3). A victory that brings together 30 000 people on the streets of the city. After 5 lost finals (1948, 1968, 1971, 1985, 1989), Toulon again tasted at the Brennus in 1987 thanks to the generation of Gallion, Champ, Diaz…
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