Castres Olympique, qualified for the final of the Top 14 on Friday against Montpellier, flies to Paris this Wednesday, June 22. The club invites supporters to meet at 1 p.m. at Castres-Mazamet airport to encourage players and staff before the long-awaited final. The CO wants to pick up a fifth shield de Brennus after the last in 2018, against these same opponents from Hérault. The entire Tarn department is behind the Castres club which finished as the regular season leader. Shopkeepers, schoolchildren and even religious support the blue and white.
Castres qualified by beating Stade Toulousain (24-18) last Friday in Nice. The final of the Top 14 between the CO and the MHR is to be experienced in full from 8 p.m. this Friday on France Bleu Occitanie. A giant screen must be installed in Castres for the final. At the Stade de France, 2,500 places are allocated to each club. The CO has already filled 14 buses for Paris.