Le Rugbynistère is a French website about

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. The name "Rugbynistère" is made of the words " rugby" and ministry (ministère in French), put together to create the Ministry of Rugby.

History

The website was released in 2008, November, and born thanks to the will of two friends to share their passion, both for

and the web : Maxime Rouquié ( rugby

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) and Nicolas Rousse (rugby union player). The goal was to create a perpetual place to share with other rugby union fans like we do after the games around the pitch. People can cross react after, before or during the games, using

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, or directly on the website. The Rugbynistère is now visited by several thousands of readers each day, and is still growing.

Rugbynistère's divisions

Website

Videos, transfers, picks,

Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the National Rugby League (France), France National Rugby League, also ...

Pro D2 The Pro D2 is the second tier of rugby union club competition division in France. It is operated by Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) which also runs the division directly above, the first division Top 14. Rugby Pro D2 was introduced in 2000. It ...

Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It has previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Super Rugby started as the S ...

Aviva Premiership Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition, consisting of 10 clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby u ...

Heineken Cup The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Investec Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union tournament organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the top-tier competition for clubs who compete in a pre ...

Six Nations Championship The Six Nations Championship (known as the Six Nations, branded as Guinness M6N) is an annual international rugby union competition by the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It is the oldest sports tournament conte ...

Rugby World Cup The Men's Rugby World Cup is a rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams, the winners of which are recognised as the World championship, world champions of the sport. The tournament is administer ...

, and others competitions.

Shop

A rugby union shop : Le Rugbynistère designs and sells tee shirts in the most traditional rugby union spirit.

Blog

The blog is dedicated to non-rugby topics, games and competitions arranged by le Rugbynistère within the community, etc. in other words, a place where the founders talk about their audience, and people around them (such as other bloggers), and sometimes even themselves, always following the rugby spirit rules.

Rugby Community (
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)

Thanks to the community section, users can create a personal profile, get (back) in touch with other clubs and/or players.

References

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