Scrum III

Michel Birot

Birot mêlée NB Rugby Stade Français

Un mot sur l'oeuvre

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7th February 1998, Jean Bouin Stadium, French Championships ; Stade Français vs Colomiers

Le témoignage de Michel Birot

Le choix de Jean-Denis

Here again, as is often the case in Michel’s work, the match itself is of little importance. It is what the image shows us and where it takes us. It is a scrum like any other played on a Sunday. But it portrays everything in this particular phase of the sport, which is part of the DNA of the game. « No Scrum, no Win ». Everything is here, the dominant player, the dominated one, the suffering inflicted and endured. The group… One photo of a scrum for all scrums.