New Zealand rugby legends, Carlos Spencer and Mattua Parkinson photographed at Bardi d’Albi
Yesterday, two New Zealand rugby celebrities were on a date in Albi filming a program for Archipelago TV.
On Wednesday afternoon, Carlos Spencer and Mattua Parkinson made an appointment with Bardy’s manager, Michaela Mitchell, to film one of the last episodes of the four-hour one-TV series, with the sweet tentative name “Lost in France.” Episodes to be broadcast at the start of the school year on Sky Sports New Zealand in order to preserve the opening of the Rugby World Cup in France.
On one side we find Carlos Spencer, 47 and 35 caps for the All Blacks, and on the other Mattua Parkinson, the former New Zealand international rugby player. The duo supervised by a small technical team decided to discover the “kiwi” remained in the country the sweetness of France but also the path of the former champions of the oval proven in the hexagon.
So after Paris, Biarritz, the Basque Country with the splendid presence of Serge Blanco, Castelnau-Mouniac with the scrum-half of France Antoine Dupont, but also Canet, Béziers and especially Toulouse to meet the unique practice of aquatics but also former third-line international winger Jerome Caino, the team had a date for a shoot Short in the episcopal city.
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And the planned sequel to Bardi on Gambetta Street owes nothing to chance. Because right off the bat, Michaela Mitchell who runs the pub with companion Thibaud Allary is closely linked to the world of New Zealand rugby. Coming from the archipelago, his father was also a former All Black. Through a group of New Zealanders living in France, she suggested that her foundation host Small Troops on a Wednesday afternoon. A good opportunity to introduce them to its cuisine and the charm of the episcopal city.
And immediately, Matois Parkinson confirmed it, “We are here with my friend Carlos, to take part in a show about our trip. More precisely here, to discover her cuisine in the wonderful bar. This is one of our last moments in France. And it was good for us to be able to chat With one of our compatriots and discovering her cuisine,” laughs the rugby player who wasn’t having fun at the Albigen bar. The rugby tour of France kicked off on June 16, and ended on Thursday in Toulouse.
To find out how to view this Albigensian adventure, turn to TV New Zealand this September.
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