In the columns of Was Matin, the new president of the Toulonnais Rugby Club, Bernard Lemaître, took stock after the shutdown of last season due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The club “faced up,” he explains. We anticipated the difficulties, even if the period was hard to live. When a company has no revenue and has to face fixed costs which are 75% of the wages of people we do not want to part with, it is difficult. You have to make your back round. And when, as is the case here, there is only one shareholder, he is in great demand. ” He added: “The majority of partners have followed us while many suffer social and commercial damage. I can never thank them enough. This proves their attachment. There have been some adaptations for some. ”
The Var leader explains that “the budget (of the club) will be no less than last season. It could even be slightly higher. The goal is, in five years, to go back to 30 million, as was the case at one time. ” Talking about his new functions, he confides: “If I came to the RCT, it is because it is rugby that interests me. There, I am buried under tasks of all kinds. But the goal is to make the RCT a professional club to the nail tips. ”
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