Union Sportive Thuirinoise 2011 Home Shirt

Errea, whose diamond logo sits on the chest, dressed US Thuir in wide hoops and a V neck, the crest with the Catalan coat of arms' three towers under XV, confirming the code. The sponsor is Frédéric Bouchet, a Thuir plumber specialising in sanitary, heating and air conditioning work, in gold lettering that takes up almost the whole chest, a portrait of how local trade sustains club rugby in France.

It is the 2011 shirt, from the years of the slow climb through the regional divisions that would eventually bring the club back to Fédérale level this decade.

Here at Hoopster, enter the three Catalan towers: a club that swapped union for league and came back, dressed by the local plumber.