Stade des Ponts Jumeaux

The Stade des Ponts Jumeaux (the "Twin Bridges Stadium") was rugby union stadium, inaugurated on 24 November 1907, in the "Ponts Jumeaux" district of Toulouse, south-western France.Rugby Nomads] The land was purchased by the embryonic Stade Toulousain rugby team – with financial assistance from city notables – then headed by a law professor from the University of Toulouse, Ernest Wallon. The stadium, nicknamed "Le Wallon", had a capacity of 6500 and hosted many internationals during its existence. In the early 1980s, the land on which the stadium stood was compulsorily purchased to make way for the Toulouse ringroad and the "Stade Toulousain" moved from the "Ponts Jumeaux" to a new stadium at "Sept-Deniers", later renamed "Stade Ernest-Wallon". One of the pavilions at "Stade Ernest-Wallon" is named after the "Ponts Jumeaux". [Stade Toulousain website]

Notes and references

* [http://www.rugby-nomades.qc.ca/info-nomades/histoire_toulousains.php Rugby Nomads web-site, in French]
* [http://www.stadetoulousain.net/index2.php Stade Toulousain home page, in French]
* [http://www.stadetoulousain.net/musee_historique.php Stade Toulousain history page, in French]