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The Rugby World Cup is fast approaching, beginning September 5 in Paris. What better way to commemorate your favorite francophone rugbyman or in this case rugbymen than with a 2008 calendar of your French Rugby players all naked!?? Does it merit the name, “Dieux du Stade Calendrier 2008” (Gods of the Stadium, 2008 Calendar)? I think so.
Who’s on this calendar jam-packed with French rugby players showing off their best assets?
- Christophe Dominici
- David Skrela
- Rémy Martin
- Dimitri Szarzewski
- Clément Poitrenaud
- Vincent Clerc
- Nicolas Jeanjean
- Ignacio Corleto
- Sergio Parisse
- Mirco et Mauro Bergamasco
- Geoffroy Messina
- Julien Arias
- Marcello Bosch
- Loïc Jacquet
This year the calendar photos were shot by Steven Klein, well-known for his provocative images - for example, could the photo of Brad Pitt in a very short Greek skirt (for his film, Troy) be indelibly engraved in your memory? Klein has also shot Madonna for years as well as other stars and athletes.
Order one now (26.60 euros (about $36), free delivery in France)
[via Dieux du stade (in French)]
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YESSSSSS
What a wonderful way to start off my year in France….!
Comment by jooree 08.29.07 @ 1:54 amThat Dieux du Stade link was priceless. “Les Garçons dans les vestiaires” video was quite fun. Terrible song, and, frankly, a rather trite and tasteless video, but still very amusing to watch.
Comment by Elisabeth 08.29.07 @ 7:48 pmThanks for the news.. eventhough I was a bit disappointed byt the last 2 years of the calendar… the photo were … far too nice.. alll the guys seemed gays. And they can’t all be. Can they ? 
Some of them sure are.
The deep tought about this calendar is that it was the start of the soccer economic model applied to rugby. 10 years ago, rugby was still an amature sport and the economic buisness with this sport was far less efficient than now.
It will do exactly the same than with soccer : a popular sport will become the sport of a financial elite (most of the world cup tickets are bought for companies for their best clients).
back to gayish things, the interesting fact is that a few players do not hide they gayness and there is not so much problem with that.
The only soccer player that has made his coming out has been murdered.
Open minded you say?
Comment by houbs 09.08.07 @ 9:56 amno chabal in the calander why?
Comment by mary 09.17.07 @ 9:33 amHottt!!!
Comment by katie 10.16.07 @ 8:26 amI was really disappointed to see that Sebastian Chabal wasn’t in the calendar. What a letdown! Very sexy man 
cave man???? ladies, we have differing taste in men, apparently. i am not so sure i’d want to see him in that calendar.
great pix. nice variety of envirnoments, lighting and composition. The guys are Very Hot! No English translation required to know that!
Comment by scott 11.16.07 @ 6:44 pmchabal isn’t in the calendar because it’s only players from paris team and chabal plays in sale!
Comment by pauline 12.31.07 @ 9:16 amomg hot stuff i think i will take a trip to france for rugby
xoxo gossip girl
very sexy!
Comment by Christopher 05.21.08 @ 2:26 amI love gay men!
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Comment by Dieux du Stade fan 08.28.07 @ 5:44 amThank you for talking about my blog, “Dieux du Stade”.
Given to the growing interest of English speakers, I am going to create an English version of the blog.